Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACE2 (SPRAGUE). 327 
lower ; petiole about 1 lin. long. Umbels head-like, sessile, solitary or 
fascicled, about 3-flowered; pedicels (solid base of bract) about } lin. 
long; bract cupular, dorsal margin produced into a triangular acute 
lobe, umbonate, 13 lin. long, ventral margin 3 lin. long. Receptacle 
and calyx together 2? lin. long, subcylindric, constricted in the middle. 
Calyx ascending, irregularly toothed or split, 12 lin. long. Corolla 
orange, 13-1? in. long, basal swelling ovoid, 14-2 lin. long; tube split 
unilaterally about 4 in. down; lobes erect, linear, 44 lin. long from the 
_ Insertion of the filaments. Filaments tapering upwards, 23 lin. long, 
inflexed ; anthers oblong-linear, truncate, 3 lin. long (Zngler). Disc 
acutely lobed, } lin. high. 
Mozamb. Distr. (rerman East Africa: Ruanda District; Rugege Forest, 
Mildbraed, 882! 
98. L. remotus, Baker d: Sprague. Branches stout, 2} lin. in 
diam. 1 ft. below the apex, slightly flexuous, nodose, younger part 
densely whitish-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs, older part 
pubescent or puberulous, finally becoming glabrous, buff or ash-coloured ; 
internodes 4-14 in. long. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate, 
shortly petioled, obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, 
cuneate into the base, 2-2? in. long, 1-14 in. broad, thickly coriaceous, 
densely whitish-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs in a young 
State, glabrescent when adult, penninerved ; nerves slightly raised on 
the upper surface, hardly visible on the lower, lateral ones about 4 on 
each side, oblique, very slightly curved; veins not visible; petiole 2-3 
lin. long. Unmbels axillary, solitary or geminate, densely whitish-tomen- 
tose all over with verticillate-branched hairs, 5-6-flowered ; peduncle 
13-23 lin. long, stout; pedicels 1-1} lin. long; bract unilaterally 
developed from a circular base, narrowly oblong or oblong-linear, 
slightly broadened into the base, about 2 lin. long, concave, glabrous 
inside, margins inflexed. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, 14 lin. 
long. Calyx truncate, reduced to a mere rim, about } lin. long. 
Corolla cylindric-funnel-shaped, 13 in. long; tube slightly broadened 
into the base, split unilaterally more than half-way down ; lobes erect, 
oblong-linear, very concave, induplicate in bud, 43 lin. long. Fila- 
ments remaining erect (Kirk, drawing), about 1} lin. long, much 
thickened and darker below the anther; anthers linear, 1? lin. long; 
connective produced about ;\; lin. above the cells. Disc sunk, penta- 
gonal, shortly lobed, } lin. long, densely whitish-pilose with branched 
hairs. Style tapering upwards, thick and densely pilose with branched 
hairs in the lower half, slender and glabrous in the upper half; stigma 
ellipsoid, very slightly bilobed, 3 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Shupanga, Kirk, 40! 
A very isolated species resembling the section Cinerascentes in general appear- 
ance, but differing in the induplicate corolla-lobes, the erect filaments and the 
anthers, which are not divided transversely. 
99. L. rondensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb, xi. 524. Branches 
slightly flexuous, terete, nodose, about 1} lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 
