Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 351 
slightly raised on both surfaces, the upper pair running subparallel to 
the midrib; petiole about 4 lin. long. Umbels 4-flowered ; peduncle 
13-2 lin. long; pedicels 3 lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, distinctly 
umbonate, dorsal margin ? lin. long, ventral margin 3 lin. long. Re- 
ceptacle and calyx together campanulate with a very wide mouth, 2 lin. 
long. Calyx truncate, ciliolate, 1 lin. long. Corolla 13-2 in. long, 
glabrous outside, apical swelling in bud ellipsoid-oblong, truneate, nearly 
2 lin. long, basal swelling ellipsoid, 24 lin. long; tube split unilaterally ; 
lobes reflexed, spathulate, 34 lin. long, upper enlarged part 2 lin. long, 
¢ lin. broad, Filaments inserted about 4 lin. below the base of the 
corolla-lobes, 24 lin. long, tapering upwards, tooth 3 lin. long ; anthers 
narrowly oblong, 14-1} lin. long. Dise distinctly lobed, } lin. high. 
Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 3}-34 lin. long, neck 14 lin. 
long.—Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 166. Acrostephanus syringifolius, Van Tiegh. 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 268. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Ruwenzori, at 7000 ft., Stuhlmann, 2470! 
142. L. constrictiflorus, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 119, é. 3, 
Jig. B, excluding the Angola specimen. Branches nodose, wrinkled in a 
dried state, brown or grey, densely lenticellate, 14 lin. in diam. 8 in. 
below the apex; branchlets smooth, glabrous, brown, slightly com- 
pressed ; internodes 3-14 in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate, 
gradually narrowed to an obtuse or subacute apex, unequal and rounded 
at the base, more rarely obtuse or subcordate, 2-44 in. long, 3-13 in. 
broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, 
very oblique, raised on both surfaces, the uppermost running sub- 
parallel to the midrib ; petiole 3-9} lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 
4-flowered ; peduncle 1-1} lin. long ; pedicels about 1 lin. long; bract 
obliquely cupular, dorsal margin } lin. long, ventral margin 3 lin. long. 
Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, 14 lin. long. Calyx sub- 
truncate, 3-3 lin. long. Corolla over 12 in. long, glabrous outside, 
apical swelling in bud rounded, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2} lin. long; 
tube at first entire on the expansion of the corolla, broadest about 
the middle, afterwards splitting unilaterally and becoming funnel- 
shaped ; lobes reflexed, spathulate, acute, 34 lin. long, enlarged upper 
part lanceolate, 12 lin. long, nearly 3 lin. broad. Filaments inserted 
lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, slightly tapering upwards, 
2 lin. long, at first connate round the style, afterwards separating, 
deflexed, tooth } lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, nearly 1 lin. long. 
Disc about 4 lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 
23 lin. long, neck 1 lin. long.—Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 166. ZL. Pittospori 
(Pittospore), Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. xxxvii. 205. 
_Nile Land. Uganda: Ruwenzori; Kivata, 8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7658! 
Wimi Valley, Scott-Elliot, 7885 bis! Ruchigga, on Pittosporum abyssinicum, 
Delile, Bagshawe, 445! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Karagwe; Bukoba, 3700 ft., Sth/- 
mann, 1526! 3974! 
Pogge, 1322, quoted by Engler under Z. constrictiflorus, apparently belongs to 
Some other species. The material is insufficient for determination. 
