336 CXIX. LORANTHACE® (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
of L. glabratus separate from one another is a little uncertain: the flowers described 
above were young ones soaked and expanded in boiling water; and it is possible that 
the corolla in a living state splits unilaterally and that the lobes cohere slightly in a 
single piece up to the insertion of the stamens, as in LZ. Fischert. 
Following Engler in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 81, 107, I have kept up the two sections 
Longicalyculati and Coriaceifolii, transferring to the latter, however, all species in 
which I have found a tooth at the apex of the filament, in strict accordance with 
Engler’s scheme of classification. That too much reliance has been placed on the 
presence or absence of a tooth on the filament is evident, however, from the close rela- 
tionship between ZL. glabratus, which has a tooth, and L. Fischeri, which has noue. 
It would probably be a more natural arrangement to make the presence of 
appendages within the corolla-tube the criterion of the Coriaceifolii. 
113. L. microphyllus, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 86. Branchlets 
slender, pruinose in a young state, glabrous; internodes 24-5 lin. long. 
Leaves alternate, narrowly oblong or elliptic-oblong, rounded at the 
apex, obtuse at the base, 3-9 lin. long, 14-3 lin. broad, thickly coriaceous, 
glabrous; nerves usually not visible; petiole 3-3 lin. long. Flowers 
axillary, fascicled, few together; pedicels }~3 lin, long; bract cupular, 
with a rounded dorsal lobe } lin. long, 2 lin. broad, dorsally keeled, 
glabrous, dorsal margin 14-11 lin. long, ventral margin 3-? lin. long. 
Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 2} lin. long, glabrous. Calyx 
14 lin. long; lobes short, rounded, crenulate. Corolla 14 lin. long; 
tube cylindric, 5 lin. long, split unilaterally, with 5 horizontal depres- 
sions outside 14-17 lin. above the base alternating with the lobes and 
corresponding to 5 oblong deflexed fleshy densely papillate appendages 
inside the tube, 3 lin. long; lobes erect, linear, 9 lin. long. Filaments 
inserted about the base of the corolla-lobes, tapering upwards, about 
4 lin. long, involute, tooth oblong, } lin. long; anthers linear, about 
4 lin. long (Engler). Disc shortly lobed, 4 lin. high. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Masai Steppe? Fischer, SLL! 
114. L. ugogensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 86. Branches sub- 
terete, greyish, fairly slender, about 14 lin. in diam. 10 in. below the 
apex, finely lenticellate, young parts pruinose ; internodes up to 1 1. 
long. Leaves alternate, those of the previous year mostly falling off at 
the time of flowering, elliptic-oblong, rounded at the apex, obtuse oF 
cuneate at the base, 13-2} in. long, 3-1} in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous 
or minutely puberulous, distinctly 3-nerved; nerves raised, especially 
on the upper surface; petiole about $ lin. long; leaves of the flowering 
shoots elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 4-7 lin. long. Flowers fascicled oD 
axillary leafy cushion-like short-shoots; pedicels 2-3 lin. long; bract 
cupular with a concave dorsal lobe, glabrous, dorsal margin } lin. long, 
conspicuously keeled, keel ? lin. long, } lin. broad above, narrowé 
downwards, truncate above or produced into a horn, ventral margi? 
3 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 23-3 lin. long, 
glabrous. Calyx 13-2} lin. long; lobes short, crenulate. Corolla 1} in. 
long or more; tube cylindric, about 44 lin. long, with 5 slight horizontal 
depressions outside 2}-3 lin. above the base alternating with the lobes 
and corresponding to 5 ovate-oblong deflexeddensely papillate appendages 
