334 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). { Loranthus. 
109. Li. Ghikee, Volkens & Schweinf. in Ghika, Pays des Somalis, 200. 
Young branchlets densely greyish-pilose, $—-? lin. in diam., adult ones 
glabrous, bark longitudinally cracked, inconspicuously lenticellate ; 
internodes 14-4 lin.long. Leavesalternate, subsessile, oblong, rounded 
at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 24-5 lin. long, 1-14 lin. 
broad, thickly coriaceous, densely and shortly greyish-pilose; nerves not 
visible. Flowers solitary; pedicels about } lin. long; bract obliquely 
cupular, dorsal margin 1 lin. long, prominently keeled, keel sometimes 
apiculate, ventral margin nearly 2 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together tubular, about 21 lin. long. Calyx about 14 lin. long, shortly 
lobed; lobes rounded, crenulate. Corolla about 13 lin. long; tube 
cylindric, nearly 5 lin. long, split unilaterally nearly 2 lin. down, with 
5 horizontal depressions outside 13-13 lin. above the base alternating 
with the lobes and corresponding to 5 oblong deflexed fleshy densely 
papillate appendages inside the tube, 3-3 lin. long; lobes erect, linear, 
about 83 lin. long. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, 
linear, slightly broadened into the base, 4 lin. long, tooth about 4 lin. 
long, rounded ; anthers linear, 24-3 lin. long (Volkens d: Schweinfurth). 
Disc } lin. high, shortly lobed. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Bourka; Kaldesch Mountain, Ghika! 
110. L. kihuirensis, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 528. - Branchlets 
terete, about 14 lin. in diam., minutely greyish-pilose in a young state, 
glabrous in an adult state; lenticels numerous; internodes 5-10 lin. 
long. Leaves oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, cuneate into the 
base, 1-2 in. long, }-1 in. broad, thickly coriaceous, puberulous in a 
young state, glabrous when adult, 3-5-nerved from the base; nerves 
slightly raised; petiole 24-4 lin. long. Flowers axillary, fascicled, 2 or 
more together; pedicels about % lin. long; bract cupular, minutely 
papillate-pilose outside, margin 14-12 lin. long, dorsally keeled. Re- 
ceptacle and calyx together tubular, 3} lin. long, minutely papillate 
outside. Calyx about 24 lin. long, subtruncate, minutely ciliolate. 
Corolla 124-14 lin. long, minutely and densely papillate-pilose outside ; 
tube cylindric, 43-54 lin. long, split unilaterally about 2} lin, down, 
with 5 small horizontal depressions outside 13-2 lin. above the 
base alternating with the lobes and corresponding to 5 ovate-oblong 
deflexed fleshy densely papillate appendages inside the tube, 3-3 lin. 
long ; lobes erect, linear, 8-8} lin. long, minutely hooked at the apex on 
the inner surface. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, 
involute, stout, linear, broadened into the base, about 44 lin. long, with 
a few transverse grooves on the dorsal surface, tooth oblong, } lin. long, 
rounded or subtruncate ; anthers linear, 3-34 lin. long (Hngler). Dise 
shortly lobed, } lin. high. Stigma subglobose, % lin. in diam. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Pare Mountains; between Kihuiro 
and Gonja, Engler, 1541! 
111. L. myrsinifolius, Engl. ¢& Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xiiii. 310. 
Branches 1}-1} lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, much wrinkled, 
glabrous ; young branchlets quadrangular, minutely and densely warted, 
