Loranthus. | OXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 365 
shortly 5-toothed, minutely ciliate, }-3 lin. long; intramarginal ring 
$ lin. high. Corolla 14 in. long, minutely and sparingly pilose outside ; 
tube split unilaterally 6 lin, down, basal swelling ellipsoid, 24 lin. long, 
5-grooved; lobes sublanceolate-linear, 44 lin. long, coherent above, 
thickly keeled, the upper 24 lin. with a hard inner layer. Filaments 
deflexed, 3 lin. long including the tooth, tapering upwards, tooth }-+ 
lin. long; anthers linear, 13-1} lin. long. Disc pentagonal, } lin. high. 
Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 232-3 lin. long, neck 1% lin. 
long ; stigma ellipsoid or subglobose, over 2 lin. in diam.—ZL. kraussianus, 
L. 8. Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 467, not of Meisn. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Buluwayo, on Combretum spp., Marloth, 3378! 
Matoppo Hills, Wiss Gibbs, 274! 
164. L. Fuellebornii, Yingl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 304. Branch- 
lets slender, 1 lin. in diam. 9 in. below the apex, at first smooth, dark 
brown, soon becoming rather densely and finely lenticellate ; inter- 
nodes 4—10 lin.long. Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, 
obtuse or rounded at the apex, sometimes minutely apiculate, obtuse 
at the base, 14-21 in. long, 7-14 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; 
lateral nerves 2 on each side, very oblique, slightly raised on both sur- 
faces ; petiole 2-5 lin. long, slightly winged. Umbels axillary, solitary 
or geminate, 2-3-flowered; peduncle 1-1} lin. long; pedicels ? lin. 
long, glabrous ; bract cupular, dorsal margin % lin. long, lateral % lin. 
long, ventral margin nearly } lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 
campanulate, wide-mouthed, 13-1? lin. long; receptacle cupular, 
%-1 lin. long, 3-% lin. in diam. at the apex. Calyx patulous, j lin. 
long, lobed to the middle; lobes rounded. Corolla about 1? in. long, 
glabrous outside ; tube split unilaterally about 8 lin. down, basal swell- 
ing ellipsoid or subglobose, 13-2 lin. long, 14-13 lin. in diam. ; lobes 
erect, lanceolate-linear, acute, 33-4 lin. long, hardly 4 lin. broad, hooked 
on the inner surface at the apex. Filaments inserted at or slightly 
above the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, tapering upwards, 2 lin. 
long, stout, tooth } lin. long ; anthers oblong-linear, 1} lin. long. Disc 
obtusely pentagonal, shortly 5-lobed, } lin. high. Style thickened into 
the base, skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2 lin. long, broadest 
below the middle, neck 14~-1# lin. long, thickened above into the base 
of the stigma; stigma subglobose, } lin. in diam. 
Mozamb. Distr. (erman East Africa: Northern Nyasaland, Goetze ! 
165. L. Goeetzei, Sprague. Young branchlets stout, blackish, sub- 
angular owing to compression of the internodes, finely lenticellate 
towards the base. Branches very stout, about 3 lin. in diam. 6 in. 
below the apex, nodose, brownish, very coarsely and densely lenticellate, 
lenticels rusty-brown ; internodes about 3 lin. long. Leaves alternate, 
oblanceolate, straight or subfaleate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, 
often apiculate, long-cuneate into the base, 14-3 in. long, 5-12 lin, 
broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, very finely wrinkled on both 
surfaces in a dried state; lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, very oblique, 
very slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole 3-5 lin. long. Umbels 
