386 CX1X, LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
ventral margin }- lin. long. Receptacle }-}lin.long. Calyx ascending, 
3-1} lin. long, shortly or deeply lobed. Corolla 103-114 lin. long, 
tetragonal in bud, obtuse, with a distinct swelling 24-3 lin. above the 
base, slightly enlarged above; tube 24 lin. long, split unilaterally about 
1} lin. down, with a dense band of papille below each sinus ; lobes linear, 
slightly broadened upwards, 84-9 lin. long, reflexed above the middle. 
Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, 6-7 lin. long, tapering 
upwards, grooved towards the base, glabrous, tooth 4—;/; lin. long; 
anthers linear, 13 lin. long. Dise acutely lobed, }-} lin. high, minutely 
and densely papillate.—Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. t. 15, figs. A-D. L. cris- 
pulomarginatus, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 529. Englerina Holstit, Van 
Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 257. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Mlalo, 4800 ft., Holst, 
325! 2424! Kwai, Hick, 128! 398! Albers, 182! Wilhelmstal, 4300 ft., Keudel in 
Herb. Amani, 616 11.! Wuga, Engler, 1126! Kwa Mshusa, 5000 ft., Holst, 8934! 
200. L. ramulosus, Sprague. Much branched, branchlets short, 
minutely puberulous in a young state, afterwards glabrous. Leaves 
opposite, suborbicular, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or 
subacute at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 3-12 lin. long, 
24-44 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves very oblique, 
2-3 on each side; petiole }-4 lin. long. Umbels solitary, 4-flowered; 
peduncle 1-1} lin. long, glabrous except at the apex; pedicels 1-14 lin. 
long, tetragonal, glabrous, inserted in shallow ciliate sockets. Braet 
equalling the receptacle and calyx, narrowly ovate-cupular, ciliate, 
sparingly pilose outside, dorsal margin ? lin. long, ventral margin 3 lin. 
long. Receptacle 3-8 lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, 4-4 lin. long. 
Corolla 10-104 lin. long, tetragonal in bud; tube oblong, 24 lin. long; 
not split unilaterally, with a thin line of papillz running down from each 
sinus; lobes 8} lin. long, linear, broadened upwards, reflexed less than 
} of the way up. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, 
4—4} lin. long, tapering upwards, much broadened into the base, slightly 
grooved below, minutely papillate at the base, tooth subulate, §-3 iin. 
long ; anthers linear, 3-34 lin. long. Dise slightly 4-lobed, $ lin. high. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: between Mombasa and Takaunga, Whyte ! 
between Mombasa and Lamu, Whyte! 
201. L. kagehensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 129, t. 3, fig. & 
Branchlets very slender, young ones minutely puberulous. Leaves 
opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, acute or subacute at the apex, cuneate OF 
obtuse at the base, 1-1} in. long, 43-7 lin. broad, chartaceous, midrib 
minutely puberulous on the lower surface in a young state, blade 
otherwise glabrous, nervation pinnate; petiole 1-1} lin. long, minutely 
puberulous, Umbels solitary, axillary or terminating abbreviated axillary 
shoots, 4-flowered; peduncle 3-14 lin. long, minutely and sparingly 
puberulous ; pedicels 2 lin. long, similarly puberulous; bract shortly 
and irregularly ovate-cupular, ciliate, minutely puberulous outside, dorsa 
margin § lin. long, ventral margin ;1,-} lin. long. Receptacle § lin. 
long. Calyx 3-$ lin. long, subtruncate or slightly lobed, ciliate. Corolla 
