Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEH (SPRAGUE). 385 
the middle ones elliptic, obtuse, the uppermost ones largest, ovate-oblong, 
acute. Umbels axillary, solitary, 2-3-flowered ; peduncle pilose, ? lin. 
long ; pedicels pilose, 4-3 lin. long; bract equalling the receptacle and 
calyx, broadly ovate-cupular, pilose outside, ciliate, dorsal margin 1 lin. 
long, erect, not umbonate, ventral margin hardly } lin. long. Receptacle 
about ? lin. long. Calyx truncate, long-ciliate, 4-} lin. long. Corolla 
yellow, tinged with red towards the apex, 1} in. long, tetragonal in bud, 
subacute, narrowly 4-winged, wings ciliate ; tube about 3 lin. long ; lobes 
about 1 in. long, linear, acute. Filaments over.6 lin. long in bud, much 
flattened, expanded at the place of insertion into a circular disc with free 
papillate margins, tooth } lin. long ; anthers linear, 5 lin. long, } lin. broad, 
. emarginate, the lobes exceeding the connective. Disc } lin. high, glan- 
dular-papillate. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Uhehe; hilly laterite plateau at 
Mbigiri, 4300 ft., Goetze, 509! 
A very distinct species, characterised by the short flowering shoots, perulate at 
the base, and the ciliate angles of the corolla in bud. 
198. Li. triplinervius, Baker & Sprague. Branchlets slender, 
glabrous, densely lenticellate, purplish-brown or pallid. Leaves opposite, 
subsessile or shortly petioled, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, straight 
or subarcuate, very obtuse or subacute at the apex, cuneate at the base, 
1}-12 in. long, 4-2 in. broad, chartaceous, glabrous, distinctly 3-nerved 
from shortly above the base ; petiole 1 lin. long or less, glabrous. Umbels 
solitary, 4-6-flowered ; peduncle 3-1 lin. long, glabrous; pedicels 1} lin. 
long, glabrous; bract elliptic-cupular, ciliate, glabrous outside, dorsal 
margin % lin. long, umbonate on the lower half, ventral margin }-} lin 
long. Receptacle nearly 4 lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, } lin. 
long. Corolla pale green, under 3 in. long, tetragonal in bud; tube 
1} lin. long ; lobes linear, broadened upwards, 34 lin. long. Filaments 
Inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, just over 2 lin. long, linear, 
tooth ,;—;1, lin. long; anthers linear, 1$ lin. long. Dise slightly and 
obtusely 4-lobed, 3 lin. high.—Z. Holstii, Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 167, 
partly, not of Engl. Jahrb. xx. 126. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Dar-es-Salaam, Kirk ! Holtz, 553! 
Stuhlmann, 7614! 7666! 7667 ! 7673! 7790! 
199. L. Holstii, Zngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx.126. Young branchlets 
and petioles rusty-pilose with spreading hairs. Leaves opposite, lanceo- 
late or ovate, acuminate, acute at the apex, obtuse, rounded or subcordate 
at the base, 1}-2 in. long, 4-5 in. broad, chartaceous, blade glabrous 
except the midrib, which is rusty-pilose on the lower surface, at least in 
& young state, penninerved, margin crispate ; lateral nerves patulous, 
slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole 2-4} lin. long, rusty-pilose. 
Umbels solitary, 12-26-flowered; peduncle 2}~4 lin. long, rusty-pilose ; 
pedicels 23-23 lin. long, shortly pilose or very minutely and sparingly 
papillate ; bract ovate-cupular or lanceolate-cupular, with or without a 
distinct ventral lobe, densely or sparingly pilose outside, thickly keeled, 
°r conspicuously umbonate on the lower half, dorsal margin $~1 lin. long, 
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