Loranthus. ] CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). 337 
inside the tube, 3 lin. long; lobes about 1 in. long, linear, slightly 
broadened upwards, reflexed below the middle. Filaments inserted 
about 12 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, about 6 lin. long, 
broadened into the base, slightly tapering upwards, involute, with about 
0-7 transverse grooves on the dorsal surface, tooth }-} lin. long ; anthers 
linear, 34 lin. long. Disc }-} lin. high. Stigma ellipsoid, } lin. long.— 
Engl. Jahrb, xl. 524. JZ. tanaensis, Engl. |.c. 528. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Witu, Thomas, 58! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Muansa District; near Sonjo, 
Merker, 435! Moshi District; Gelei Mountain, near Lake Natron, Uhlig, 312! 
Ugogo; Mjesse, Stuhlmann, 342 ! 
It is difficult to determine in a dried state where the corolla-tube ends and the 
lobes begin: see note under L. glabratus. 
115. L. Kelleri, Zngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 537. Branches short, 
terete, about 14 lin. in diam. 3 in. below the apex; bark greyish, longi- 
tudinally cracked, lenticellate ; internodes }-1 in. long. Leaves sub- 
Opposite or alternate, ovate-elliptic or broadly elliptic, rounded or very 
obtuse at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 24-24 in. long, 
13-1? in. broad, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, glaucescent, 5-7-nerved 
from the base; nerves raised on both surfaces; petiole stout, 24 lin. 
long, 1 lin. broad. Pedicels 3-4 lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, 
densely papillate outside, more or less produced into a retuse or sub- 
truncate dorsal lobe, thickly keeled, dorsal margin 1-1} lin. long, ventral 
margin {-1 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 23-2 lin. 
long. Calyx slightly lobed, 18 lin. long, minutely and densely papillate 
outside, Corolla-tube cylindric, split unilaterally; lobes narrowly linear, 
7} lin, long. Filaments linear, 14 lin. long, tooth subulate, 3 lin. long ; 
anthers linear, 44 lin. long. Disc shortly lobed, § lin, high. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Webi Abdallah, Keller, 219! 
. An imperfectly known species. The description of the flower is mainly from 
ngler. 
116. L. Schimperi, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 341. 
Young branchlets velvety-pilose, or puberulous, soon becoming glabrous, 
adult ones greyish, glabrous, 14-1} lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex. 
ves alternate, elliptic, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-oblong, rounded at 
the apex, rounded, obtuse or cuneate at the base, $-1 in. long, 4-3 in. 
broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, or minutely puberulous in a young 
State, soon becoming glabrous, 3-5-nerved; nerves slightly raised, 
especially on the upper surface; petiole }-24 lin. long. Flowers axil- 
lary, fascicled ; pedicels 4-1 lin. long, puberulous; bract cupular, sub- 
truncate, 2-lipped or with a slight dorsal lobe, more or less pilose 
outside, ciliate, slightly keeled or not, dorsal margin 1-1} lin. long, 
ventral margin 3-1 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 
24-34 lin. long. Calyx truncate or slightly 5-lobed, ciliate, 1}-2 lin. 
long. Corolla 11-12 lin. long; tube 44-5 lin. long, split unilaterally, 
with 5 depressions outside, 14-2 lin. above the base, alternating with 
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