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long, slightly tapering upwards, ventral tooth narrowly triangular, 
about 4 lin. long, slightly bicuspidate: anthers linear, 1} lin. long, 
x lin. broad after dehiscence, transversely divided, cells about 9 in each 
of the four vertical rows. Disc pentagonal, about + lin. high, glabrous. 
Style slightly skittle-shaped above, neck 1} lin. long; stigma oblong- 
ellipsoid, $ lin. long, } lin. in diam. Young berry ellipsoid, 3} lin. long, 
rusty-tomentose, apical cup $—3 lin. long.—Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 166, t. 16, 
figs. D-K; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 133. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Bukumbi, on Lake Victoria, S/u/J- 
mann, 819! 
L. Eminii was placed by Engler in the group Odfectiflori, from which it differs 
in the verticillate-branched hairs, transversely septate anthers and slightly skittle- 
shaped style. In all these respects it agrees with Z. proteicola, Engler, the type of 
the group Eubracteati, 
108. L. proteicola, Engl. in Engl. /ahrb. xxx. 303. Young 
branches stout, subterete, villous-tomentose with rusty verticillate- 
branched hairs, 24-23 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex; internodes 
7-10 lin. long. Leaves opposite, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse or sub- 
acute at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, #-14 in. long, 5-8 lin. 
broad, coriaceous, greyish-pubescent on the upper surface, tawny- 
tomentellous with much-branched hairs on the lower; petiole 2-3 lin. 
long, villous-tomentose. Flowers axillary, geminate, subsessile ; pedicel 
about 4 lin. long; bract consisting of a concave sheath and a foliaceous 
or subfoliaceous blade, sheath about 1 lin. long, glabrescent inside, blade 
ovate or elliptic, 3-4 lin. long, 24-34 lin. broad, densely tomentellous 
with verticillate-branched hairs on both surfaces. Receptacle and calyx 
together cupular, 13-13 lin. long excluding the hairs, villous-tomentose 
outside with simple or nearly simple hairs, 1-1} lin. long. Calyx sub- 
truncate, 3-} lin. long, densely ciliate, hairs 3-1} lin. long. Corolla 
about 24 in. long, tomentellous outside with short verticillate-branched 
hairs and sparingly villous with long nearly simple hairs ; tube cylindric, 
nearly 1? in. long, entire when the corolla expands, afterwards splitting 
unilaterally ; lobes reflexed, spathulate, 6-7 lin. long, upper enlarged 
part oblong-lanceolate, 23-3 lin. long, 8-3 lin. broad. Filaments inserted 
-§ lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 34-3} lin. long, tapering 
upwards, connate in their upper part round the style when the corolla 
expands, afterwards separating and becoming involute, tooth oblong, 
bicuspidate, % lin. long; anthers linear, 13-2 lin. long, transversely 
divided, cells 6-7 in each of the four vertical rows. Dise about } lin. 
high, densely rusty-pilose above, hairs up to 2 lin. long. Style slightly 
skittle-shaped above. 
_ Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kinga (Livingstone) Range, on 
Lipanye Mountain, 8000 ft., on Protea kingaensis, Engl., Goetze, 995! 
The group Eubracteati was founded to accommodate L. proteicola by Engler 
(Z.c.), who characterised it by the presence of verticillate-branched hairs, large bracts 
and toothed filaments, An additional character is that the anthers are transversely 
Septate. ZL. nigritanus, which was assigned to the Eubracteati by Engler (i.c.), has 
nO tooth on the filament, and belongs to the section Rufescentes. 
