Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). dot 
truncate, 3-,°, lin. long; intramarginal ring about ;', lin. long. Corolla 
not known in an expanded state, about 14 in. Jong in bud, pinkish with 
yellow tip (Bagshawe), broadest about the middle, tapering upwards 
to a slightly incurved apex, narrowed downwards and then slightly 
broadened towards the base; tube glandular inside; lobes linear, about 
5 lin. long in bud. Filaments slightly tapering upwards, about 2% lin. 
long in bud; anthers oblong-linear, 14 lin. long in bud; connective 
slightly produced beyond the cells. Disc hardly lobed, + lin. high. 
Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma subglobose, 3,5, lin. in diam. Berry 
obovoid or oblong-ellipsoid, 34-4 lin. long, apical cup 4 lin. long. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Unyoro; above Kibero, 3000 ft. on Ficus sp., Bay- 
shawe, 911! 
105. L. Stuhlmannii, Fngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 85.  Branchlets 
long, slender, sparingly greyish-pilose, 2-1 lin. in diam. Leaves alter- 
nate, linear-lanceolate, subacute or obtuse at the apex, cuneate into the 
base, 24-33 in. long, 4-5 lin. broad, subcoriaceous, sparingly pilose in a 
young state, soon glabrous; lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, very oblique, 
slightly raised on both surfaces, the uppermost pair running subparallel 
to the midrib; petiole 14-3 lin. long. Flowers axillary, solitary or 
geminate; pedicels }-% lin. long, puberulous; bract cupular, slightly 
oblique, sparingly puberulous or glabrous outside, ciliate, dorsal margin 
1 lin. long, slightly umbonate 2 lin. below the apex, ventral margin { lin. 
long. Receptacle and calyx together 3 lin. long ; receptacle campanulate, 
hardly 3 lin. long. Calyx tubular, truncate, 2 lin. long, glabrous outside, 
ciliate ; intramarginal ring 5}, lin. long. Corolla about 10 lin. long ; 
tube narrowly cylindric, about 2 lin. long; lobes about 8 lin. long, linear 
below, linear-oblanceolate above, reflexed below the middle, papillate 
along the inner edges. Filaments inserted 1} lin. above the base of the 
corolla-lobes, linear, 44 lin. long, involute; anthers linear, 1% lin. long ; 
connective produced about 51, lin. beyond the cells, emarginate. Disc 
pentagonal, } lin. high. Style narrowed in the uppermost 2 lin.; stigma 
ellipsoid, 4 lin. long.—Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 165, t. 12, figs. A-C. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Muansa, Stuhlmann, 4572! Ukerewe 
Island, in Lake Victoria; Neuwied, Conrads, 260! 
Var. somalensis, Engl. Branches puberulous in a young state, soon becoming 
glabrous; internodes 3-7 lin. long. Leaves oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, 
gradually narrowed into the base, 14-21 in. long, 33-8 lin. broad, 3- (or 5-) nerved 
from shortly above the base; nerves slightly raised on the upper surface, less so on 
the lower; petiole 3-2 lin. long. Pedicels hardly 4 lin.long, Receptacle and calyx 
together 23 lin. long. Corolla 8 lin. long in bud; tube 2 lin. long; lobes 6 lin. long. 
Filaments 4% lin. long, much flattened ; anthers, 14 lin. long. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Webi Abdallah, Ke//er, 218! 
Var. somalensis may be distinguished at a glance from typical L. StukImannii 
by the shape of the leaves, and will probably be found to represent a distinct species 
when better material is received. 
106. L. Fischeri, Engl.in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 85, t.1, fig. A. Young 
branchlets velvety-pilose, adult ones greyish, puberulous or glabrous ; 
