Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEH (SPRAGUE). 335 
internodes 15-5 lin, long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, elliptic or 
obovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, obtuse at the base, 5-8 lin. long, 
33-5 lin. broad, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, brownish or blackish in a 
dried state, lateral nerves not visible ; petiole 3-1 lin. long. Umbels axil- 
lary, solitary, 2-flowered ; peduncle $—3 lin. long, subtended at its base by 
a transverse pair of deltoid scale-leaves, 3 lin. long, sockets of the pedicels 
saucer-Shaped, 4-4} lin. deep; pedicels ?-% lin. long; bract obliquely 
cupular, dorsal margin { lin. long, keeled on the lower } lin., keel 
truncate above, ventral margin 2 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together 23 lin. long; receptacle oblong-ellipsoid, 1} lin. long, % lin. 
broad. Calyx cylindric, shortly lobed, 2 lin. long. Corolla about 14 in. 
long, glabrous; tube narrow, slightly broadened towards the apex, split 
unilaterally 4 of its length; lobes erect, linear-lanceolate, acute, nearly 
» lin, long, rigid, slightly thickened towards the apex. Filaments linear, 
2 lin. long, broadened into the base, involute, ventral surface terminating 
in a distinct rim in front of the anther; anthers linear-oblong, obtuse, 
3-3 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ruanda; Rugege Forest, 6000 ft., 
Mildbraed, 903 ! 
The above description, from the corolla onwards, is a translation from Engler and 
Krause. The position of the species is doubtful: I have placed it in the section 
Coriaceifolit on account of the filament terminating in a rim (rudimentary tooth) 
on the ventral surface. The lobes, however, are described as shorter than the tube. 
112. L. glabratus, Sprague. Branchlets subtetragonal ina young 
state, brown, glabrous, afterwards becoming subterete with 4 longi- 
tudinal ridges, yellowish-grey, very finely lenticellate; internodes 4-1} 
in. long. Leaves alternate, obovate-elliptic or elliptic, rounded at the 
apex, obtuse or cuneate at the base, 1-24 in. long, 4-1} in. broad, 
rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, margin irregularly undulate, 3-5- 
nerved from the base; nerves prominent on the upper surface, less so 
on the lower; petiole 14-34 lin. long. Umbels axillary, 4-flowered ; 
peduncle 14-14 lin. long; pedicels 3 lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, 
glabrous, dorsal margin thickly keeled, % lin. long, emarginate, ventral 
margin 3 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together cylindric, 2-24 lin. 
long. Calyx truncate, 12 lin. long. Corolla 5-84 lin. long, swollen 
in bud at the insertion of the stamens; tube cylindric, 14-1} lin. long, 
unappendaged ; lobes reflexed below the middle, linear, much broadened 
at the insertion of the stamens, about 7 lin. long, }—} lin. broad, enlarge- 
ment elliptic, 4 lin. broad. Filaments inserted 1 lin. above the base of 
the corolla-lobes, involute, slightly tapering upwards, 2? lin. long, 
4-angled, angles rigidly serrate, tooth ;', lin. long; anthers linear, 
2$lin.long. Disc slightly lobed, } lin. high.—L. Fischeri, var. glabratus, 
Engl. in Eng). Jahrb. xl. 528. 
Wile Land. Galla Highlands; Abu-el-Kasin, Ellenbeck ! Luku, 5000 ft., 
Ellenbeck, 1229! 
Distinguished from L. Fischeri, Engl., to which it is nearly related, by the 
presence of a tooth on the filament, and the serrate margins of the latter, as well as 
by the glabrous branchlets, bract and calyx. The extent to which the corolla-lobes 
