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CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). { Loranthus. 
internodes 14-5 lin. long. Leaves alternate, obovate-oblong or obovate, 
rounded at the apex, more or less cuneate into the base, #-14 in. long, 
4-8 lin. broad, rigidly coriaceous, densely pilosein a young state, minutely 
puberulous when adult ; lateral nerves about 2 on each side, very oblique, 
the upper pair running nearly to the apex; petiole 4-1} lin. long. 
Flowers axillary, 2 or more together; pedicels about 3 lin. long; bract 
cupular, subtruncate or slightly 2-lipped, ciliate, densely or sparingly 
pilose outside, margin {-11 lin. long, dorsal surface slightly or distinctly 
umbonate. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 13-24 lin. long, 
glabrous outside. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, 13-14 lin. long. Corolla 
orange or yellow, about 1 in. long, swollen and 5-ribbed in bud at the 
insertion of the stamens; tube 23-23 lin. long, splitting unilaterally to 
the middle or below; lobes linear, about 9 lin. long, separating from 
below upwards, reflexed or twisted about the middle. Filaments inserted 
near the base of the corolla-lobes, 64-7 lin. long, involute ; anthers 
linear, 13-2} lin. long. Dise pentagonal, } lin. high. Stigma globose 
or ellipsoid, }-} lin. long. —Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 165; Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Imi, Riva, 1044! British East Africa: near Lake 
Naivasha, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6887 | Mau Plateau, 7000 ft., Johnston, 2! Guaso 
Nyiro, 6000 ft., Zvans, 752! Kibwezi, Scheffler, 169! 1694! Taita, on Acacia Sp-» 
Hildebrandt, 2494! Kiboko Mountains, 3300 ft., Gregory! and without precise 
locality, Elliott, 91! 
_Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; by the Himo River, 
3600 ft., Volkens, 1746! 
Parasitic on Gymnosporia senegalensis, Loes., and species of Acacia. 
107, L. Eminii, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 113. Young branches, 
leaves and inflorescences rusty-tomentellous with verticillate-branched 
hairs. Branches sharply quadrangular in a young state, 13-2 lin. In 
diam. 1 ft. below the apex; internodes 2-4 in. long. Leaves opposite, 
ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute at the apex, rounded or sub- 
cordate at the base, 14-21 in. long, 8-13 lin. broad, coriaceous, rusty- 
tomentellous ; lateral nerves 5-7 on each side, patulous, raised on both 
surfaces but more or less hidden (especially on the lower surface) by the 
dense covering of hairs; petiole 2-3 lin. long, densely tomentellous- 
Flowers axillary, fascicled, 2-5 together; pedicels 1 lin. long; bract 
unilateral, patulous, trough-shaped, when flattened out ovate-oblong, 
13-27 lin. long, 14-14 lin. broad, densely tomentellous outside, glabrous 
inside except towards the apex. Receptacle and calyx together sub- 
urceolate, 13-2 lin. long; receptacle rusty-tomentellous. Calyx ascend- 
ing, slightly 5-lobed, Z-1 lin. long, long-ciliate, stellate-pubescent out- 
side, nearly glabrous inside. Corolla narrowly eylindric-funnel-shaped, 
1}-2 in. long, densely clothed outside with rusty verticillate-branched 
hairs ; tube about 1} in. long, glandular inside, splitting unilaterally ; 
lobes reflexed, narrowly spathulate, 44-5 lin. long, upper enlarged part 
oblong-lanceolate, 2}-24 lin. long, 8 lin. broad. Filaments inserte 
about } lin, below the base of the corolla-lobes, involute, about 3 lin. 
