5o2 CXIX. LORANTHACE® (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
Var. karaguensis, Sprague. Corolla truncate in bud. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Karagwe; Bukoba, Stuhlinann, 
40194! Mtagata, Stuhlmann, 3190! 
143. L. globiferus, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 341. Branches stout, 
wrinkled, lenticellate, older ones up to 5 lin. in diam.; branchlets fairly 
slender, terete, smooth, buff-coloured, about 1 lin. in diam. 9 in. below 
the apex; internodes 3-2 in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 
varying from elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, rounded or obtuse at the 
apex, cuneate or obtuse at the base, 1-34 in. long, 5-15 lin. broad, 
thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, 
obliquely ascending, anastomosing far from the margin, slightly raised, 
especially on the upper surface; petiole 14-3 lin. long. Umbels 
axillary, fascicled, 4-6-flowered; peduncle 1-1} lin. long; pedicels 3-3 
lin. long; bract ovate-cupular, slightly 2-lipped, dorsal margin ? lin. 
long, lateral margin } lin. long, ventral margin 3 lin. Jong. Receptacle 
and calyx together campanulate, 14 lin. long. Calyx irregularly split, 
8-2lin. long. Corolla about 13 in. long, apical swelling in bud rounded, 
2 lin. long, basal swelling ellipsoid, 23-3 lin. long, or subglobose; 
tube split unilaterally ; lobes reflexed, spathulate, acute, 34 lin. long, 
enlarged upper part lanceolate, 2 lin. long, 2 lin. broad. Filaments 
inserted about 2 lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, involute, 24 lin. 
long, tooth 2 lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, 1} lin. long. Disc hardly 
lobed, } lin. high. Style skittleshaped above, thickened part about 
3 lin. long, neck 1 lin. long.—Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 109; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 197; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Apps 
ii. 149; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. 1892, 358. ZL. congestus, R. Br. 0 
Salt, Abyss. App. 64, name only. ZL. Lingelsheimii, Pax in Engl. 
Jahrb. xxxix. 615. Tapinanthus globiferus, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. France, xlii. 267. 
Mile Land. Eritrea: Belta, 5000 ft., Schweinfurth, 1041; Geleb, 6300 ftv 
Schweinfurth, 1587; Acrur, 5600 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 718! Abyssinia: 
Begemeder and Dembea, Schimper, 1491! Agow Country; Gageros, on Balsamo 
dendron africanum, Arn., Schimper, 2187! Shoa; Haro, 7000 ft., on Rhamnus 
sp., Olea chrysophylla, Lam., &c., Rosen ! 
Var. bormensis, Sprague. Leaves mostly elliptic-oblong. Floweys considerably 
smaller than in the type. Receptacle and calyx together 1 lin. long. Calyx 3 lin- 
long. Corolla under 14 in. long, basal swelling subglobose, 1} lin. in diam.; lobes 
about 3 lin. long. Anthers 7 lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria: Nupe, on Anona sp., Barter, 1126 4 on 
Mimosa asperata, Linn., Barter, 1149! Bornu, on Acacia spp. and a great variety 
of other trees, Vogel, 79! Bure, near Lake Chad, Elliott, 115! 
Var. salicifolius, Sprague. Leaves linear-lanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, 
24-3} in. long, 4-9 lin. broad. Pedicels about 3 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together 1} lin. long. Corolla 14-13 in. long. Anthers 13 lin. long.—L. globi- 
Serus, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxix. 615, from description. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Province of Tigre; Amba Harrer, 7300 ft., Schimper» 
888! Memsach District ; Gessat Errar, Schimper, 414! Amba Sea, Schimper, 567 * 
Province of Amhara; Lake Tana, Mitraa, 6000 ft., on Acacia sp., Rosen ; without 
precise locality, Plowden ! 
