378 CXIX. LORANTHACEH (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus, 
185. L. uhehensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 382. Branchlets 
patulous, rather stout, 1} lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, rusty- 
tomentellous; branches 2—23 lin. in diam., striate, younger parts rusty- 
tomentellous; internodes 3-2 in. long. Leaves subopposite or alternate, 
lanceolate, acute or obtuse at the apex, obtuse at the base, 23-4 in. 
long, 10-15 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrescent on the upper surface, 
more or less scurfy-pubescent on the nerves below; midrib prominent 
on the lower surface ; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, arcuate-ascending, 
anastomosing far from the margin, raised on both surfaces; petiole 
rusty-tomentellous, 6-10 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, about, 
13-15-flowered; peduncle 24-3 lin. long, rusty-pilose, especially 
round the sockets of the pedicels; pedicels and bract densely rusty- 
pilose with branched hairs; pedicels about 2 lin. long; bract erect, 
arcuate-boat-shaped, 13 lin. long, 4-8 lin. deep, dorsal margin 1} lin. 
long, ventral margin patulous, 1 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together subcampanulate, 1} lin. long, densely rusty-pubescent outside. 
Calyx 3 lin. long, shallowly lobed, densely ciliate with branched hairs; 
intramarginal ring about ;4, lin. high. Corolla about 13 in. long, 
densely clothed with rusty much-branched hairs; tube split unilaterally 
about 64 lin. down, basal swelling ovoid, 2 lin. long; lobes erect, 
spathulate, 44 lin. long, upper part boat-shaped, 24 lin. long, @ lin. 
broad, oblong-lanceolate seen from within, hard inner layer rather 
sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted at the base of the 
corolla-lobes, deflexed, tapering upwards, 3 lin. long, the uppermost 
+ lin. thickened and darker than the rest, tooth about }$ lin. long; 
anthers linear-oblong, 1-1} lin. long. Disc pentagonal, very shortly 
lobed, 4 lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part about 
3 lin. long, neck 1 lin. long; stigma subglobose, 3—;%, lin. in diam. 
Mozamb, Distr. German East Africa: Uhehe ; Uchungwe Mountains, near 
Dabagga, 6500 ft., Goetze, 641! , 
186. L. villosiflorus, Zngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 125, as 
Welwitsch, 4890. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence shortly rusty- 
villous; branchlets short, nodose, tawny or brownish, about 1} lin. 1D 
diam. 5 in. below the apex; branches greyish-brown, glabrous, finely 
and inconspicuously lenticellate, 14-21 lin. in diam.; internodes }-1 
in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, lanceolate-oblong, or more 
rarely ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate into the 
base, 1-2? in. long, 4-12 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous or nearly 895 
lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, oblique, raised on the upper surface, 
inconspicuous on the lower; petiole 2—4 lin. long, shortly rusty-villous 
especially on the upper surface. Umbels axillary, solitary, about 15-18- 
flowered ; peduncle 2} lin, long; pedicels 14-14 lin. long; bract ovate- 
saucer-shaped, dorsal margin 8 lin. long, strongly umbonate, ventral 
margin } lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, lin. long, 
lower half densely pilose outside with long downwardly-directed hairs, 
upper half shortly pilose. Calyx 4 lin. long, ciliate; intramarginal 
ring 4/5 lin. high. Corolla 13-14 lin. long, sparingly villous outside; 
tube split unilaterally 45 lin. down, basal swelling ellipsoid, 14 lin- 
