Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEA (SPRAGUE). 387 
under | in, long, tetragonal in bud ; tube oblong-ellipsoid, 23 lin. long, 
with a narrow line of papille running down } lin. from each sinus ; 
lobes 84 lin. long, linear, slightly broadened upwards, much broadened 
into the base. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, about 
6 lin. long, tapering upwards, grooved below, minutely papillate at the 
base, tooth subacute, 4-} lin. long; anthers linear, 1{ lin. long. Disc 
¢ lin. high.—Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 167. Ischnanthus kagehensis, Van Tiegh. 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 260, 
Mozamb, Distr. German East Africa: Kagehi, on Lake Victoria Nyanza, 
Fischer, 537! Unyamwezi; Urambo, Hannington! Mpapua District; west of 
Trangi, Stuhlmann, 4227 ! 
202. L. schubotzianus, Hngl. & Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 311. 
Young branchlets puberulous with rusty hairs, soon becoming glabrous, 
striate, 1} lin. in diam. 9 in. below the apex ; internodes 1-1} in. long. 
Leaves opposite, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate to the very 
acute apex, cuneate into the base, 24-4} in. long, 4-1 in. broad, thinly 
coriaceous, glabrous, dark brown in a dried state ; lateral nerves 3—4 on 
each side, very oblique, running subparallel to the midrib, raised on both 
surfaces; petiole about 1} lin. long. Umbels solitary, 4-5-flowered ; 
peduncle 14-2 lin. long; pedicels 24-3 lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, 
slightly umbonate, dorsal margin 1-1} lin. long, ventral margin 3-8 lin. 
long. Receptacle 14 lin. long. Calyx cylindric, 1} lin. long, slightly 
lobed, ciliate. Corolla orange-coloured, over 1 in. long ; tube about 6 lin. 
long, glandular within ; lobes spreading or slightly reflexed, lanceolate- 
near, acute, 7lin. long. Filaments inserted 1 lin, above the base of the 
corolla-lobes, 3} lin. long, tapering upwards, tooth 3 lin. long; anthers 
linear, 2 lin. long. Dise 4-$ lin. long, shortly lobed. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ruanda District; Kissenye, near 
Bugoye, 7600 ft., Mildbraed, 1436! 
203. L. woodfordioides, Schweinf. in Hoehnel, Disc. Lakes Rud. 
Stef. ii. 355. Young branchlets slender, about 1 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below 
the apex, glabrous, finely lenticellate. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate to the subacute apex, obtuse or rounded at 
the base, 14-24 in. long, 24-7 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, minutely and 
Sparingly puberulous on the upper surface in a young state, soon becoming 
glabrous, margin not crispate ; lateral nerves very oblique, running nearly 
parallel to the midrib; petiole 14-4 lin. long, not winged. Umbels 
solitary, 4-5-flowered or more; peduncle }-1} lin. long; pedicels 13-2 lin. 
long ; " bract elliptic-cupular, truncate or rounded, broadly umbonate, 
umbo much flattened, horned above or not, dorsal margin }-% lin. long, 
ventral margin 4-1 lin. long. Receptacle § lin. long. Calyx patulous 
or spreading, }~} lin. long, irregularly lobed ; intramarginal ring present. 
Corolla about 113 lin. long, lower part much inflated, silvery grey, upper 
part narrower, clavate in bud, dark red; tube 5-53 lin. long, glandular 
Inside, split unilaterally nearly to the base; lobes reflexed, narrowly 
Spathulate, much broadened into the base, 64 lin. long, apical enlarge- 
ment 1} lin. long, nearly 3 lin. broad. Filaments inserted 1 lin. above 
