Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACE# (SPRAGUE). 339 
118. L. rhamnifolius, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 87. Young 
branchlets subangular, dark, glabrous, adult ones stout, nodose, pallid, 
densely lenticellate. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate, elliptic~ 
oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse at the apex, cuneate into the base, 
1}-2 in. long, 6-10 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral 
nerves 2-3 on each side, very oblique, slightly raised on both surfaces, 
the lowermost short, the next running beyond the middle of the leaf ; 
petiole 1-1} lin. long. Umbels 1-3 together in the axils of the fallen 
leaves, 3—7-flowered; peduncle 1 lin. long; pedicels 3-1 lin. long; 
bract inserted very obliquely on the pedicel, cupular, with a rounded 
dorsal lobe, dorsal margin 3 lin. long, umbonate, umbo acutely horned 
above, horn + lin. long, ventral margin 2 lin. long. Receptacle 
and calyx together elongate-cupular, 1} lin. long. Calyx ascend- 
ing, irregularly lobed, minutely ciliolate, $ lin. long or rather less. 
Corolla 7 lin. long in bud; tube flask-shaped, not split unilaterally, 
1} lin. long; lobes 52 lin. long, linear below, linear-oblanceolate above, 
broadened into the base, reflexed below the middle. Filaments inserted 
about the base of the corolla-lobes, about 4 lin. long, straight below, 
much thickened and involute above, tooth } lin. long; anthers linear, 
1} lin. long. Dise slightly lobed, } lin. high. Stigma depressed- 
globose, } lin. in diam.—Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 165, t. 12, figs. D-H. JZ. 
Carvalhi, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 87, in error. Oncocalyx rhamni- 
Solius, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 740. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Tanga District; Amboni, Holst, 
2796! 2813! Pangani, Stuhlmann, ser. i. 774! 781! Dar-es-Salaam, Holtz, 546! 
nee on the way to Lindi, Busse, 2459! Portuguese East Africa ; Gorungosa, 
arvalho ! 
119. L. subulatus, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 112. Branchlets 
acutely tetragonal or narrowly 4-winged, glabrous, 1-14 lin. in diam. 
9 in. below the apex, dark and smooth in a young state, greyish and 
rather densely lenticellate when adult ; internodes }-2 in. long. Leaves 
Opposite or subopposite, ovate, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute 
or obtuse at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 1-3 in. long, 
4-1} in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 2-3 on 
each side, oblique, slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole 14-24 lin. 
long. Umbels axillary, solitary, up to 20-flowered ; peduncle tetragonal, 
stout, 5-9 lin. long; pedicels 3-1 lin. long ; bract boat-shaped, 13-3 lin. 
long, minutely ciliate, thickly keeled, keel extending }-4 lin. below the 
apex, produced above into a spreading or ascending triangular or oblong 
acute or obtuse lobe, 3-14 lin. long, ventral margin saucer-shaped, 
$-} lin. long, sometimes bifid. Receptacle and calyx together cam- 
panulate, 3-14 lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, 3-4 lin. long. 
Corolla 14-14 in. long, purplish (Zngler), with an oblong-ellipsoid 
apical swelling (hardly 2 lin. long) in bud; tube about 13} lin. long, 
Split unilaterally, broadest in the middle in bud, slightly broadened 
again into the base; lobes erect, narrowly spathulate, acute, 4 lin. long. 
Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, flattened, 
tapering upwards, 23-8 lin. long, tooth oblong, obtuse, }-} lin. long; 
