316 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
fleshy, glabrous.—Z. Dregei, forma subcuneifolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb, 
xx. 104, in small part. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Doda, Holst, 2946 ! 
77. Ll. lindensis, Sprague. Branchlets long, straight, pendulous, 
slender, slightly over 1 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, youngest 
part rusty-pubescent, older parts stellate-puberulous, finally glabrous, 
tinely and rather densely lenticellate ; nodes rather conspicuous, inter- 
nodes }-1} in. long. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, elliptic or 
ovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, cordate or subcordate at the base, 
1}-24 in. long, ?-1} in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, slightly 
glaucous; petiole 14-23 (-44) lin. long, pubescent. Heads axillary, 
solitary, 4-flowered; peduncle 3-1 in. long, rather slender, glabrous 
or stellate-puberulous ; bract foliaceous, elliptic, 4-1 in. long, 4-3 in. 
broad, glabrous on both surfaces. Receptacle and calyx together 
tubular, 2?~3 lin. long, basal villous band about 1 lin. long. Calyx 
subtruneate or irregularly lobed, 2} lin. long, sparingly pilose outside, 
ciliate. Corolla 24 in. long, densely villous outside except the lower- 
most 2 lin., orange, with green lobes; tube 9-10 lin. long; lobes 1} i. 
long, linear, the uppermost 34 lin. linear-lanceolate. Filaments inserted 
32 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes ; anthers 2 lin. long. Dis¢ 
not lobed, 4 lin. high, glabrous. Berry oblong-ellipsoid, 4 lin, long, 
glabrous, deep red, apical cup 1} lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Lindi, on Zerminalia Catappa, Linny 
Busse, 3005! 
78. L. panganensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 92. Branchlets 
smooth, glabrous, more or less ribbed in a dried state, dark grey or 
purplish, about 14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, rather sparingly 
and inconspicuously lenticellate. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alter- 
nate, those on the 1-year-old shoots deciduous before the production of 
flowers, elliptic, ovate or obovate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, obtuse 
or cuneate at the base, 3-13 in. long, $—-1} in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous ; 
petiole 2-5 lin. long. Umbels subsessile, 3-5-flowered ; peduncle at 
most 1 lin. long, sometimes almost suppressed ; pedicels 1-14 lin. longs 
bract broadly ovate from a saucer-shaped base, acute, or more rarely 
rounded, 3-3 lin. long, ventral margin }-,1, lin. long. Receptacle and 
calyx together 1-2} lin. long, glabrous. Calyx patulous, $—1 lin, long, 
truncate. Corolla 23-23 in. long, rose-coloured or purple ; tube 8-13 lin. 
long, slightly broadened upwards, minutely and densely papillate inside 5 
lobes 13-2 in. long, linear, much broadened into the base, linear-lanceo- 
late above, lowermost 3 lin. with a dense longitudinal band of papille 
on the inner surface } lin. within the margin on either side. Filaments 
inserted 23-6 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 11-13 lin. long, 
linear, flattened, with 3 grooves on the ventral surface; anthers jinear, 
5-10 lin, long ; connective produced beyond the cells into a membranous 
flap, 3-g lin. long. Dise } lin. high. Style tetragonal, minutely 
papillate on the angles; stigma ellipsoid, 2 lin. long.—Pfl. Ost-Afr. CG. 
