Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). 319 
Dise 5-lobed, hardly } lin. high, fleshy. Style not thickened upwards, 
pentagonal, glabrous. Berry ellipsoid or oblong-ellipsoid, smooth, 
24-23 lin. long, 1% lin. in diam., apical cup 1 lin. long.—Pfil. Ost-Afr. 
C.165,t. 13, figs. A-D. JZ. crassissimus, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx, 122, 
as to the Pangani specimen. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Pangani, Stuhlmann, ser. i. 107! 
116! Dar-es-Salaam, Hildebrandt, 1226! 
83. L. Deltz, Baker d& Sprague. Young branchlets papillate, older 
ones greyish, glabrous. Leaves opposite or alternate, obovate, elliptic 
or elliptic-oblong, rounded at the apex, obtuse or cuneate at the base, 
slightly oblique, 14-24 in. long, 2-14 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous 
d-7-nerved at the base; petiole 1$—4 lin. long. Umbels axillary, sub- 
sessile, 3-flowered, solitary or fascicled; pedicels 2 lin. long; bract 
cupular, irregularly truncate, 1 lin. long, densely glandular-papillate 
outside. Receptacle and calyx together shortly tubular, 12 lin. long. 
Calyx 2-3 lin. long, very sparingly glandular-ciliate. Corolla pink, 
nearly 1} in. long, glandular-papillate outside, especially above; tube 
eylindric-funnel-shaped, split unilaterally, glandular within ; lobes 
Separating from below upwards, linear-spathulate, 5-54 lin. long, 
eventually reflexed. Filaments 24 lin. long, deflexed ; anthers linear, 
13-12 lin. long. Dise slightly lobed, } lin. high, fleshy. Style not 
thickened upwards, pentagonal, glabrous; stigma capitate, 3 lin. in 
diam. Berry oblong-ellipsoid, 44 lin. long, apical cup } lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta; at the mouths of 
the Luabo and Kongone Rivers, on Avicennia sp., Kirk ! 
Engler, 2198! from Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa, probably belongs to 
L. Deltz, but the material is not sufficient to determine the species with certainty. 
84. L. trinervius, “ngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 527. Branchlets 
rather slender, glabrous, younger part angular, adult part grey, very 
densely and conspicuously lenticellate, 14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 
apex. Leaves opposite, sessile or subsessile, ovate to lanceolate, gradu- 
ally narrowed to the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 24-43 in. 
long, 3-2 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, slightly glossy on the upper 
surface, very distinctly 3-nerved from the base; nerves prominent, 
especially on the upper surface. Flowers axillary, subsessile; pedicels 
hardly £ lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, produced dorsally into a 
triangular lobe, acutely umbonate at the base of the lobe, dorsal margin 
1}-14 lin. long, ventral margin } lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together elongate-cupular, 14-1? lin. long. Calyx erect, slightly 
toothed, glandular-ciliate, 1 lin. long. Corolla 14 in. long or rather 
more, glabrous outside; tube elongate-funnel-shaped, slightly enlarged 
towards the base, split unilaterally, ribbed outside, glandular inside; 
lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, 33 lin. long. Filaments tapering from 
a broad base, 12 lin. long, inflexed ; anthers linear, retuse at the apex, 
% lin. long. Dise hardly } lin. high. Style not thickened above, 
glabrous ; stigma ellipsoid, rather over } lin. long. Berry in a young 
