Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACE& (SPRAGUE). 367 
3-5 in. long. Leaves subopposite or alternate, ovate, elliptic or sub- 
orbicular, subacute, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded or obtuse 
at the base, 12-34 in. long, 1-2} in. broad, coriaceous, usually thin, 
glabrous ; lateral nerves raised on both surfaces, 2-3 on eaeh side of the 
midrib, the upper ones running nearly to the apex of the leaf; petiole 
2-5 lin. long. Heads axillary, fascicled, 2—3-flowered ; peduncle 1 lin. 
long; bract obliquely cupular, umbonate, minutely ciliolate, dorsal 
margin 2-% lin. long, including a triangular acute lobe, which is 
4-1 lin. long, ventral margin nearly } lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together narrowly campanulate, wide-mouthed, slightly constricted 
about the middle, 1? lin. long. Calyx patulous, irregularly split, 
2-{ lin. long. Buds constricted below the apex of the corolla-tube and 
above the base of the lobes. Corolla 14 in. long or less, glabrous out- 
side; tube split unilaterally 5-6 lin. down, basal swelling ellipsoid, 
2—2? lin. long; lobes erect, linear, slightly broadened upwards, 3? lin. 
long, upper part with a hard inner layer, Filaments inflexed, 24-2} lin. 
ong, tapering slightly upwards, stout, broadly grooved on the inner 
surface, tooth }-} lin. long; anthers linear, {-1}4 lin. long. Disc 
d-lobed, } lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2 lin. 
long, neck 1 lin. long; stigma 4 lin. in diam. Berry red, verrucose.— 
L. Sadebeckii, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 122, t. 3, fig. C; le. xxviii. 
385. L. Volkensii, Engl. l.c. xx. 110. JL. crassissimus, Engl. l.c. 122, 
as to Stuhlmann, ser. i. 776; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. t. 14, figs. E-G. 
L. viridizonatus, Werth, Veg. Ins. Sansibar, 87. Odontella Voikensii, 
Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 260. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Witu; Kau, Thomas, 151! between 
Mombasa and Takaunga, Whyte! Nyika Country, near Mombasa, Wakefield, 2! 
Taita; Voi River, Hildebrandt, 2502! Machakos, Pospichal ! 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Hildebrandt, 1031! Stuhlinann, i. 776! 
on Citrus Aurantium, Linn., Busse, 1138! Stuhlmann, i. 772! on Citrus 
medica, Linn., Bojer! German East Africa: near Sonjo, Merker, 436! Pare 
Mountains, Trotha, 294! Usambara; Mombo, Zimmerman, 949! Engler, 3275! 
Simbili, 2600 ft., Hols‘, 2865! Doda, Holst, 2970! Tanga, Volkens, 183! coast 
Opposite Zanzibar, Forbes! Ruaha River, 2300 ft., Goetze, 475! Portuguese East 
Africa: Lower Shire District, Morambala Mountain, 3500 ft., Kirk ! 
LL. sansibarensis exhibits considerable variation in the shape of the leaves, 
and some of its forms have been considered distinct species. L. Volkensii, Engl., 
differs from typical sansibarensis in having thicker leaves. It is probably only a 
form of Z. sansibarensis, but this cannot be decided until fully developed flowers 
are known. The type specimens bear only very young flower-buds. 
L. erassissinus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 122, is a mixture of ZL, Kayseri and 
L, sansibarensis, 
168. L. sakarensis, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 538. Branchlets 
slender, about 1 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, glabrous, the 
youngest parts dark, soon becoming paler, minutely and densely 
lenticellate ;_ branches 14-2 lin. in diam., very densely lenticellate ; 
internodes 5-14 lin. long. Leaves alternate, lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 
obtuse at the apex (more rarely elliptic, rounded at the apex), sub- 
cuneate or obtuse at the base, straight or slightly curved, 23-4 in. long, 
