330 CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus, 
103. L. platyphyllus, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 341. 
Young branchlets smooth, subglaucous, about 1} lin. in diam. 6 in. 
below the apex, older ones rough, glabrous. Leaves ternate, subopposite 
or alternate, lanceolate, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong (the lowermost 
ones of each branchlet elliptic or obovate, smaller than the others), sub- 
acute, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate into the base, 2-4} in. 
long, 3~1$ in: broad, coriaceous, glabrous, bluish-green (/tosen), penni- 
nerved ; lateral nerves oblique, about 5-8 on each side, slightly raised 
on the upper surface, raised on the lower surface; petiole 4-8 lin. 
long. Umbels axillary, solitary, 5-8-flowered ; peduncle 4-6 lin. long; 
pedicels 24 lin. long; bract shorter than the receptacle and calyx, broadly 
elliptic-ovate from a saucer-shaped base, 7 lin. long, minutely ciliate, 
umbonate at the base, ventral and lateral margins }-} lin. long. Re- 
ceptacle and calyx together cupular, 14-12 lin. long, glabrous. Calyx 
truncate, about } lin. long; intramarginal ring } lin. long. Corolla 
orange-red, subcylindric in bud, broadest about the middle, slightly 
tapering upwards and downwards, shortly acuminate to the apex, 
13-2 in, long; tube split unilaterally; lobes separating from below 
upwards, linear, shortly acuminate. Filaments inserted 24-2} lin. 
above the base of the corolla-lobes, 4—5 lin. long, tapering upwards, 
inflexed or involute; anthers linear, 34-44 lin. long; connective pro- 
duced } lin. beyond the cells. Disc pentagonal, not distinctly lobed, 
$+} lin. high. Style not skittle-shaped above ; stigma ellipsoid, } lin. 
long—Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 148; Pax in Engl. 
Jahrb, xxxix. 615. Schimperina platyphylla, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. France, xlii, 257. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: plains between Mareb and Godofelassi, 5000 ft., 
Schweinfurth, 181! Abyssinia: Tigre; Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1584! Mai Sellasa, 
6000 ft., Rosen. 
Loranthus amenus, Delile ex Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xii. 257, 
name only (Schimperina amena, Van Tiegh. 1.c.), is unknown to me. It is founded 
on a specimen in the Delessert herbarium, collected by Figari at Fazokl, Upper 
Sennar ; and is probably a form of Z. platyphyllus. 
104. L. unyorensis, Sprague. Young branches slightly compressed 
and blackish in the upper part, tawny and finely lenticellate in the 
lower, older ones subterete, 13 lin. in diam. 9 in. below the apex, pale 
greyish-brown, finely lenticellate; internodes 14-2} in. long. Leaves 
opposite or subopposite, lanceolate, acuminate to an acute apex, obtuse 
or rounded at the base, 33-43 in. long, 14-13 in. broad, thickly corla 
ceous, glabrous, penninerved ; lateral nerves patulous, about 5 on each 
side, slightly raised on the upper surface, hardly visible on the lower; 
midrib prominent, especially on the lower surface ; petiole 5-8 lin. long. 
Racemes axillary, solitary or fascicled, very short, much-contracted, 
umbel-like, 8-13-flowered ; peduncle 24-43 lin. long, clavate, broadened 
into the base; pedicels borne on the upper 13-23 lin. of the peduncle, 
14-1} lin. long, broadened into the base; bract ovate-cupular, dorsal 
margin rounded, }-§ lin. long, ventral margin about } lin. long. — Re- 
ceptacle and calyx together campanulate, 13 lin. long, glabrous. Calyx 
