370 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
lanceolate, obtuse at the apex (more rarely elliptic, rounded at the 
apex), obtuse or subcuneate at the base, 2-34 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, 
thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, slightly rough in a dried state, reticula- 
tion more or less visible, especially on the upper surface ; lateral nerves 
about 3 on each side, rather oblique, raised on both surfaces; petiole 
2-4 lin. long. Heads sessile, 2—4-flowered; axis }-{ lin. long; bract 
obliquely cupular, about 3 lin. long, ciliolate. Receptacle and calyx 
together narrowly campanulate, 13-2 lin. long; receptacle verrucose on 
the upper half. Calyx irregularly split and lobed, about 1 lin. long, 
ciliolate. Corolla red, about 1 in. long, glabrous outside; tube split 
unilaterally, basal swelling ellipsoid, 14 lin. long; lobes erect, oblan- 
ceolate-linear, acute, 2? lin. long, 3 lin. broad, upper part with a hard 
inner layer. Filaments 12 lin. long, tapering upwards, grooved on the 
inner surface, much thickened towards the apex, tooth % lin. long; 
anthers linear, § lin. long. Disc shortly lobed, } lin. high. Style 
slightly skittle-shaped above, neck 3 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara ; Sakare, 4000 ft., Engler, 
9394! Buchwald, 677! 
L. Holtzii was placed by Engler in the section Inflati. It seems, however, to 
be closely allied to L. sakarensis, which occurs in the same locality. 
173. L. sambesiacus, “ngl. & Schinz ex Schinz, Pl. Menyharth. 
43. Young branchlets olive-green, glabrous, older ones greyish-brown, 
deeply wrinkled longitudinally in a dried state, inconspicuously lenti- 
cellate, about 1 lin. in diam. 3 in. below the apex; internodes 3-7 Jin. 
long. Leaves opposite or alternate, straight or more rarely subfalcate, 
linear-lanceolate, acute at the apex, attenuate into the base, 24-3 in. long, 
24-5 lin. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, olive-green in a dried state ; 
lateral nerves very oblique, slightly raised on the upper surface, not 
visible on the lower; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, 
4—5-flowered, glabrous; peduncle 1-13 lin. long, very stout, constricted 
in the middle ; pedicels inserted in very shallow sockets, broadened into 
the apex and base, 1-14 lin. long; bract saucer-shaped with a trans 
versely oblong rounded dorsal lobe, dorsal margin 7%~4 lin. long, more 
or less thickened, ventral margin } lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together campanulate, 1} lin. long, glabrous. Calyx patulous, } lin. 
long, very shallowly lobed, ciliolate; intramarginal ring ;), lin. hig 
Corolla about 1} in. long, glabrous outside ; tube split unilaterally, 
swelling ellipsoid, 24-3 lin. long ; lobes separating from one another an 
curved outwards in their lower part before the expansion of the corolla, 
afterwards erect, sublanceolate-linear, 44 lin. long, upper part boat- 
shaped, obtusely keeled, 21-22 lin. long, under 3 lin. broad, with a hard 
inner layer sharply demarcated at the base. Filaments tapering upwa! 
from a broad base, 23 lin. long, nearly } lin. broad at the base, much 
contracted above, $ lin. broad in the uppermost $-8 lin., slightly thickened 
near the apex, tooth 4 lin. long; anthers linear, 14 lin. long. 
shortly lobed, } lin. high. Style conspicuously skittle-shaped above, 
thickened part 3 lin. long, broadest below the middle, abruptly contrac 
