340 CXIX. LORANTHACEZ (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus, 
anthers oblong, 3-{.lin. long; connective produced ,}, lin. beyond the 
cells, 4 lin. broad. Disc $ lin. high. Stigma } lin. in diam.—Pfl. Ost- 
Afr. C. 166, t. 17, figs. B—D. 
Mozamb. Distr. (German East Africa: Pare Mountains, Trotha, 272! 
Usambara ; Sakare, 4300 ft., Engler, 9344! 942a! 1005! Lutindi, Holst, 3304! 
Kwai, Eick, 129! 262! Silai, 3600 ft., Holst, 2299! Uguelo, Scheffler, 61! Amani, 
3000 ft., Braun, 318! 1866! Kwa Mshuza, Holst, 4117! and without precise 
locality, Buchwald, 634 ! 68c! 338! 
L. subulatus is remarkable for the great variation in the shape of the dorsal 
appendage of the bract. 
120. L. latibracteatus, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 303. Young 
branchlets subtetragonal, blackish or dark brown, older ones terete; 
internodes about } in. long. Leaves opposite, narrowly oblong, obtuse 
at both ends, 2~4 in. long, 7-16 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 
slightly roughened in a dried state with raised points; lateral nerves 
2-3 on each side, very oblique, slightly raised on the upper surface, less 
so on the lower; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, 
head-like, many-flowered; peduncle stout, about ? in. long; pedicels 
} lin. long; bract oblong, obscurely apiculate, slightly concave, 44-5 lin. 
long, 2-3 lin. broad when flattened out. Receptacle and calyx together 
campanulate, 1} lin. long. Calyx ascending, very slightly toothed, 
ciliate, 3-} lin. long. Corolla 13-2 in. long, with an oblong-ellipsoid 
subacute apical swelling in bud 2 lin. long, white, reddish above; lobes 
yellowish-green ; basal swelling oblong-ellipsoid, 3-34 lin. long; tube 
narrowly cylindric-funnel-shaped upwards, split unilaterally ; lobes erect, 
spathulate, 4} lin. long, upper enlarged part elliptic-lanceolate, 1} lin. 
long, 2 lin. broad. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, 
tapering upwards, inflexed, 3 lin. long, tooth subulate, 4 lin. long; 
ee oblong-linear, 1 lin. long. Dise not distinctly lobed, % lin. 
igh, 
Mozamb. Distr. (ierman East Africa: Langenburg District ; Konde Land, 
Ntuli Mountain, 5600 ft., on Ficus kondensis, Warb., Goetze, 1310! 
121, L. usambarensis, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 111. Young 
branchlets acutely tetragonal, blackish, the youngest part very shortly 
and sparingly puberulous, quickly becoming glabrous, older branchlets 
greyish, densely lenticellate ; internodes 4—2 in. long. Leaves opposite 
or subopposite, varying from ovate-oblong to broadly ovate, obtuse or 
rounded at the apex, obtuse, rounded or subcordate at the base, 14-5 
in. long, 3-1? in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 2-3 
on each side, slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 1-2 lin. long- 
Umbels axillary, solitary, 10-20-flowered ; peduncle 24-10 lin. long; 
pedicels ? lin. long; bract ovate-oblong or lanceolate, more or less 
apiculate, 3—6 lin. long, 1-1? lin. broad, glabrous or sparingly puberulous, 
ventral margin saucer-shaped, $ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 
campanulate, 1-1} lin. long. Calyx slightly toothed, ciliate, 3 lin. long 
in bud. Corolla 14-1} in. long, rose-coloured or red with yellow or 
greenish lobes, with an ellipsoid obtuse apical swelling in bud, 13 lin. 
