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Loranthus. | CXIX, LORANTHACEX (SPRAGUE). 315 
long. Heads 4-flowered ; peduncle slender, 1}—1} in. long, densely pubescent ; bract 
with a horizontal or reflexed foliaceons limb, densely pubescent on both surfaces. 
Receptacle and calyx together 23 lin. long. Calyx irregularly toothed, ciliate, 2 lin. 
long, nearly glabrous outside. Corolla about 12 in. long, greenish-yellow, base of the 
tube reddish. Anthers 14-1} lin. long; connective mallet-headed. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ssongea District; Kwa Kihingi, 
Busse, 764! 
Distinguished by the small thin leaves, the long peduncle and the horizontal or 
reflexed foliaceous limb of the bract. 
75. L. nyikensis, Sprague. Much-branched. Young branchlets 
pubescent or tomentellous. Branches short, flexuous, glabrous, finely 
wrinkled, dark, inconspicuously lenticellate; internodes $—-14 in. long. 
Leaves opposite, sessile or shortly petioled, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or 
ovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 
4-1} in. long, 4-1 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, coarsely stellate-pubes- 
cent especially on the lower surface, upper surface finally more or less 
glabrescent; petiole up to 3 lin. long. Heads solitary, axillary or 
terminating much-contracted leafy axillary short-shoots, 3-4-flowered ; 
peduncle 3-8 lin. long, tomentellous ; bract foliaceous, broadly ovate, 
43-7 lin. long, 3-5$ lin. broad, tomentellous on both surfaces. Recep- 
tacle and calyx together cupular, % lin. long, densely villous from the 
lower part, villous band about 14 lin. long, thinly and shortly villous 
above. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, 14-13 lin. long. Corolla 12 lin. long ; 
tube 7-74 lin. long, basal swelling clavate, 24 lin. long, subglabrous 
below, densely villous above; lobes 1-1} in. long. Filaments inserted 
2§-3 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 84-9 lin. long; anthers 
linear, 17 lin. long, biapiculate. Disc 5-lobed, } lin. high, fleshy. 
Mozamb, Distr. British Central Africa: Nyika Plateau, WeClounie, 111! 
L. nyikensis resembles in some respects L. Dregei, var. foliaceus. The latter, 
however, has long straight branches, longer internodes than L. nyikensis, larger and 
more coriaceous leaves, smaller bracts, and a denser covering of hairs on the younger 
parts; and the hairs on the corolla are denser and less adpressed. 
76. L. alveatus, Sprague. Young branchlets tomentellous or 
pubescent, older ones glabrous, greyish. Leaves opposite, obovate- 
oblong, rounded at the apex, cuneate or obtuse at the base, 1-1} in. 
long, 3-2 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous; petiole 14-2 lin. long. Heads 
solitary, axillary, 4-flowered; peduncle 5-7 lin. long, pubescent ; bract 
foliaceous, recurved-trough-shaped, 43-5 Jin. long, stellate-pubescent. 
Receptacle and calyx together cupular, 1Z—2 lin. long, basal villous 
band 1-14 lin. long, upper part more sparingly villous. Calyx sub- 
truncate, 1}-14 lin. long. Corolla over 13 in. long ; tube about 64 lin. 
long, basal swelling obovoid-oblong, 2} lin. long, glabrescent below, 
upper part long and densely villous, constriction very inconspicuous 
éwing to the hairs; lobes subspathulate-linear, over 1 in. long. Fila- 
ments inserted 23 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, about 7 lin. 
long, broadened above and finely grooved on the inner surface ; anthers 
linear, 14-18 lin. long; connective mallet-shaped. Disc } lin. high, 
