366 CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus, 
axillary, fascicled, 3-6-flowered ; peduncle stout, 1-14 lin. long, glab- 
rous ; pedicels ? lin. long, glabrous ; bract ovate-cupular, dorsal margin 
3-2 lin. long, truncate, umbonate, umbo much flattened, ventral 
margin } lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together narrowly campanu- 
late, 24 lin. long. Calyx ascending, { lin. long, irregularly split. 
_ Corolla 13 in, long in bud or more, glabrous outside, madder-red, con- 
stricted part of the tube yellow, upper part of the lobes violet 
(Goetze); basal swelling subglobose ; lobes linear, subacute, about 4 lin. 
long, nearly 3 lin. broad, hooked on the inner surface at the apex. 
Filaments tapering upwards, 23 lin. long, tooth } lin. long; anthers 
oblong-linear, rounded-subtruncate, 1} lin. long; connective slightly 
exceeding the cells. Dise deeply 5-lobed, } lin. high, lobes deltoid. 
Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 3-31 lin. long, neck 1} lin. 
long, upper half thickened into the base of the stigma; stigma 
depressed-globose, concave at the apex, 3-3 lin. in diam.—JL. Sade- 
beckii, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 304, not of Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. 
Ds tag eae 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kinga (Livingstone) Range in 
Ussangu; Tikurugwa Mountain, 8000 ft., on Protea sp., Goetze, 989! 
According to Goetze, the leaf of Z. Gatzei resembles that of its host in form 
and colour. 
166. L. G&hleri, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 526. Branches pale 
brown, about 1} lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, 24 lin. in diam. 1 ft. 
below the apex, rather finely lenticellate ; internodes 5-10 lin. Jong. 
Leaves subsessile, obovate-oblong, obtuse at the apex, often apiculate, 
cuneate into the base, 7-15 lin. long, 3-6 lin. broad, coriaceous, glab- 
rous, }—5-nerved from shortly above the base; nerves inconspicuous oD 
the upper surface, rather more distinct on the lower; petiole 4-? lin. 
long. Heads subsessile, axillary, 3—4-flowered ; axis % lin. long; bract 
shortly and obliquely cupular, } lin. long dorsally. Receptacle and 
calyx together 2 lin. long. Calyx irregularly lobed. Corolla yellowish- 
red, about 14 in. long, glabrous outside; tube split unilaterally about. 
8 lin. down, basal swelling subglobose, about 1} lin. in diam. ; lobes 
erect, linear, acute, 4} lin. long, 5%, lin. broad, slightly hooked on the 
inner surface at the apex. Filaments inserted shortly above the base 
of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, slightly tapering upwards, 2} lin. long; 
thickened towards the apex, grooved on the inner surface, tooth { lin. 
long; anthers linear, 1} lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened 
part about 24 lin. long, neck 14 lin. long; stigma subglobose. Berry 
narrowly obovoid, 5 lin. long, coarsely tubercled. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Masai Steppe, Oehler, 43! 
j L. @hleri was referred by Engler to the section Jnflati, in which it oceupied 
an isolated position. It appears to be allied to ZL. sansibarensis, Engl., with which 
it agrees in the 3—5-nerved leaves, toothed filaments and tubercled fruits. 
167. L. sansibarensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 121. Young 
branches blackish, glabrous, 14-12 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, 
older ones greyish, densely lenticellate, more or less nodose ; internodes 
