338 CXIX. LORANTHACEZ (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
the lobes, corresponding to 5 oblong deflexed densely pilose appendages 
inside the tube, }-} lin. long; lobes linear, separating from below 
upwards, 64-7} lin. long. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla- 
lobes, 3-34 lin. long, involute, tooth 4-} lin. long; anthers linear, 
2-3} lin. long; connective produced } lin. beyond the lobes. Disc 
pentagonal, ;,—,), lin. high.—Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 108; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 198; Deflers, Voy. Yemen, 197; Schweinf. 
in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 149; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxix. 610. 
L. calycinus, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 64, name only. Odontella 
Schimperi, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii, 260. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: numerous localities, 4600-6600 ft., Schweinfurth ¥ 
Riva, 787! 1188! Schweinfurth, 642, 678, 821, 1551; Steudner, 179! Beecari, 10! 
Abyssinia: Schahageni Valley, Schimper, 158! near Adowa, Schimper, 1983 ! 
Amba Sea, Schimper, 579! Tigre; near Axum, Mariama, 7300 ft., on Acacia Lahai, 
Steud. & Hochst., Rosen. Samen; Ataba, Steudner, 180! Harar, Ellenbeck, 620! 
British Somaliland: Golis Range, Drake-Brockman, 280! 284! and without precise 
locality, Drake-Brockman, 338! 339! 
Also in Arabia. 
Steudner, 180, has exceptionally large leaves, 23 in. long, 1} in. broad. 
117. L. sulphureus, Lngl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 165. Branchlets 
pallid, nodose, rather slender, 14-14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, 
younger part angular, adult part subterete, finely lenticellate ; inter- 
nodes short. Leaves alternate, obovate-oblong or obovate, rounded at 
the apex, cuneate into the base, 3-13 in. long, 4~9 lin. broad, thinly 
coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, very oblique, 
slightly raised, especially on the upper surface; petiole 3-1 lin. long. 
Umbels sessile, few-flowered; pedicels 14 lin. long; bract obliquely 
ovate-cupular, } as long as the receptacle and calyx. Receptacle and 
calyx together subtubular, slightly constricted above the lower two- 
thirds, 14 lin. long. Calyx shortly lobed, glandular-ciliolate, nearly 
4 lin. long. Corolla 13 in. long or less, sulphur-yellow; tube 54-6 lin. 
long, not split unilaterally, suprabasal swelling commencing } lin. above 
the base, ellipsoid, 13-1}? lin. long, neck about 1 lin. long; lobes about 
11 lin. long, $-3 lin. broad at the base, tapering upwards in the Jower- 
most 3 lin., linear in the middle 6 lin., linear-lanceolate in the upper- 
most 24 lin., cohering together above, slightly inflexed at the apex. 
Filaments inserted 4-5} lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 34-4 lin. 
long, involute, terminating above on the ventral surface in a bifid mem- 
branous flap } lin. long, produced dorsally } lin. above the insertion of 
the flap; anthers linear, truncate, 13-13 lin. long; connective slightly 
produced beyond the cells. Disc slightly lobed, } lin. high. Style not 
thickened above; stigma ellipsoid, 3 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Karrakia Ravine in 
Useri district, 6000-6300 ft., Volkens, 2002 ! 
L. sulphureus was placed by Engler in section Rigidiflori, from which it differs 
in the filaments, which are inserted a considerable distance above the base of the 
corolla-lobes, and are provided with a flap-like ventral tooth. It is probably related 
to L. rhamnifolius, Engl., which was also placed in section Rigidiflori. 
