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Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACE® (SPRAGUE). 375 
180. L. blantyreanus, Lng. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 537. Young 
branchlets rusty- or fulvous-pubescent, about 1 lin. in diam. 3-4 in. 
below the apex, nodose; branches stout, longitudinally wrinkled, glab- 
rous, 13-24 lin, in diam., finely and inconspicuously lenticellate ; inter- 
nodes }-14 in. long. Leaves opposite or alternate, ovate-oblong, 
obtuse at both ends (those at the base of the branchlets obovate, 
rounded at the apex, cuneate into the base), 1-2 in. long, 4-1 in. broad, 
coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, rather oblique, 
raised on the upper surface, not visible or hardly visible on the lower ; 
petiole shortly pilose, 14-24 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, about 
9-10-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bract shortly and rather densely 
pilose ; peduncle 14-2 lin. long; pedicels 13-2 lin. long; bract ovate 
from a saucer-shaped base, ciliolate, dorsal margin }—3 lin. long, ventral 
margin patulous, hardly 4 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 
cupular, 14 lin. long, puberulous. Calyx suberect, shortly 5-toothed, 
é-} lin. long; intramarginal ring under } lin. high. Corolla 14-13 in. 
long, shortly pilose outside, apical swelling of the bud oblong, obtuse, 
pentagonal, 24 lin. long, with grooved faces; tube split unilaterally 
63-7 lin. down, basal swelling ellipsoid, 24 lin. long; lobes erect, 
subspathulate-linear, acute, 44} lin. long, upper part very shallowly 
boat-shaped, 2-21 lin. long, 4-3 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate seen from 
within, hard inner layer sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted 
at the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, stout, tapering from a broad 
base, 2} lin. long, uppermost } lin. thickened, tooth } lin. long; anthers 
oblong-linear, 14 lin. long. Disc pentagonal, very thick, }-} lin. high, 
shortly lobed. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2? lin. long, 
broadest below the middle, neck 12 lin. long, the uppermost } lin. 
thickened into the base of the stigma ; stigma subglobose, with a minute 
apical depression. : 
_ Mozamb. Distr. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Blantyre, Buchanan 
in Herb. Wood, 6983! Shire Highlands ; Mandala, Scott-Elliot, 8560! and without 
precise locality, Buchanan, 51! 
181, L. Schweinfurthii, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 124. 
Branchlets pallid, shortly pubescent, about 1} lin. in diam. 6 in. below 
the apex ; branches stout, wrinkled, glabrous ; internodes #—2 in. long. 
Leaves opposite or subopposite, broadly ovate, obtuse or rounded at the 
apex, subcuneate, rounded or cordate at the base, 24-3 in. long, 
14-24 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 3-5 on each side, 
patulous, raised on both surfaces; petiole 3-7 lin. long, puberulous. 
Umbels axillary, solitary, 9-10-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bract 
pubescent; peduncle 2-2} lin. long; pedicels 1-1} lin. long; bract 
Ovate-saucer-shaped, dorsal margin 2-3 lin. long, ventral margin hardly 
+ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, 1-1} lin. long, 
nearly glabrous outside. Calyx } lin. long, ciliate; intramarginal ring 
12-10 lin. high. Corolla under 14 in. long, shortly pilose outside, 
apical swelling of the bud oblong-ellipsoid, 2} lin. long, pentagonal, 
With grooved faces; tube split unilaterally about 5 lin. down, basal 
Swelling ellipsoid, 24 lin, long ; lobes erect, spathulate, 44 lin. long, 
