368 CXIX. LORANTHACEH (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
14-13 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves about 5 on 
each side, very oblique, raised on both surfaces; reticulation more or 
less visible on both surfaces; petiole 24-34 lin. long. Heads axillary, 
solitary or geminate, sessile, 2—3-flowered; axis about 1 lin. long; 
flowers inserted in very oblique sockets; bract obliquely cupular, 
sparingly ciliate, dorsal margin 1} lin. long, thickened in the lower 
third, ventral margin 3 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 
obconical-campanulate, 23-3 lin. long. Calyx suberect, 24 lin. long, 
split unilaterally, irregularly toothed, sparingly ciliate. Corolla nearly 
21 in. long, glabrous outside; tube slightly curved below, basal swelling 
unilateral, boat-shaped in outline, 4—5 lin. long, neck about 4 lin. long, 
upper part of tube cylindric-funnel-shaped ; lobes erect, linear, acute, 
54 lin. long, $ lin. broad, upper part with a hard inner layer. Filaments 
3 lin. long, tapering slightly upwards, stout, grooved on ¢he inner 
surface, the uppermost 2 lin. much thickened, tooth } lin. long; anthers 
linear, 14 lin. long. Disc shortly lobed, 4 lin. high. Style skittle- 
shaped above, thickened part 24—23 lin. long, neck 13-2 lin. long; 
stigma subglobose, 4 lin. in diam., concave at the apex. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Sakare, 4300 ft., Engler, 
9434! 
169. L. laciniatus, Zngl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C.166. Young branchlets 
subangular, glabrous, older ones terete, greyish, coarsely and densely 
lenticellate, about 14 lin, in diam. 10 in. below the apex ; internodes 3-1 
in. long. Leaves alternate. ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse at the apex, 
rounded or obtuse at the base, 13-2} in. long, 3-14 in. broad, coriaceous, 
glabrous; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, anastomosing far from the 
margin, hardly visible or inconspicuous on the upper surface, more 
evident on the lower; petiole 3-5 lin. long, slightly winged. Heads 
axillary, fascicled, 3-flowered ; peduncle }-? lin. long; bract cupular, 
2-lipped, minutely ciliate, umbonate, dorsal margin ? lin. long, lateral 
margin 1 lin. long, ventral margin 4 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together campanulate, wide-mouthed, 13 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long, 
irregularly split by the basal expansion of the corolla. Corolla over 
1} in. long, glabrous outside; tube split unilaterally about 6 lin. down, 
basal swelling ellipsoid-globose, 24-24 lin. long; lobes erect, ‘sub- 
spathulate-linear, 34 lin. long, upper part with a hard inner layer. 
Filaments inserted almost at the base of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, 
tapering upwards, 2 lin. long, thickened towards the apex, tooth } lin. 
long; anthers oblong-linear, % lin. long. Disc lobed, 3 lin. high. 
Style slightly skittle-shaped above ; stigma subglobose, 3 lin. in diam. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; above Kilema, 
8000 ft., Volkens, 1818 ! 
170. L. Keudelii, Zngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 538. Branches long, 
rather slender, about 14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, glabrous, 
pallid, very densely and rather coarsely lenticellate ; internodes 4-1 in. 
long. Leaves ovate or elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded 
or obtuse at the base, 1}-23 in. long, 1-14 in, broad, rather thinly 
