388 CXIX, LORANTHACEZ (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
the base of the corolla-lobes, tapering upwards, 4 lin. long, tooth subulate, 
3 lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, 1} lin. long, connective hardly 
produced above the cells. Disc 3-4 lin. high.— Engl. in Engl. Jahrb, xx. 
126, JL. Ruspolii, Engl. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1. 132, 
name only. Ischnanthus woodfordioides, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. 
France, xlii. 260. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Galla Highlands; between Biddume and Alyke, 
Riva, 1212! Sidamo, Ellenbeck, 1733! 1772! 1773! Uganda: Lamurnu, Scheffer, 
298! first and second day’s marches from Nandi, Whyte! Nandi, Scott-Elliot, 
7046! British East Africa, Elliott ! Guasso Narok, 6500 ft., von Hoehnel, 39! 
The umbels on Whyte’s, Elliott’s, and Scott-Elliot’s specimens are about 10- 
flowered. The above description is mainly from Scheffler’s specimen. 
204. L. Ehlersii, Schweinf. in Hoehnel, Disc. Lakes Rud. Stef. i. 
355. Young branchlets glabrous, adult ones conspicuously lenticellate. 
Leaves opposite, ovate, acuminate or lanceolate, obtuse or subacute at the 
apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 13—4 in. long, 3-2 in. broad, 
thinly coriaceous, glabrous, margin crispate; lateral nerves oblique, 4-5 
on each side; petiole 2-11 lin. long, narrowly winged, wing crispate. 
Umbels solitary, 12-flowered or more; peduncle 2-23 lin. long ;_ pedicels 
13-12 lin. long, glabrous; bract elliptic-cupular, dorsal margin § lin. 
long, umbonate, umbo horned at the apex or not, ventral margin $-4 lin. 
long. Receptacle lin. long. Calyx ascending, 3-8 lin. long, irregularly 
2-4-lobed, incisions about } lin. deep. Corolla crimson, tetragonal ne 
bud, clavate above, 9 lin. long; tube 34-32 lin. long, split unilaterally ; 
lobes 54-6 lin. long, spathulate, broadened into the base. Filaments 
inserted §-$ lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 34-33 lin. long, 
tooth subulate, } lin. long; anthers oblong, 3 lin. long, 3% lin. gobo 
Disc more or less lobed, }~} lin. high. Stigma 3 lin. in diam.—Eng!. 
in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 126. Ischnanthus Ehlersii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soe. 
Bot. France, xlii. 260. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; at 4500 ft., Tohnstom, 
189! at Marangu, 5000 ft., Volkens, 262! 1421! southern slopes, at 6500 ft., 00" 
Hoehnel ! 
205. Ls. lukwangulensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 383. Yours 
branchlets rusty-pilose, quickly becoming glabrous. Branches 14 lins 
diam. 1 ft. below the apex, rather coarsely and densely lenticellate; 
internodes 3-1} in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, long Tad 
nate, subacute, obtuse at the base, 1}-23 in. long, 4-1} in- ee 
coriaceous, finely reticulate on both surfaces, margin finely sags 
lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, rather obliquely arcuate ; petiole 1-35 
long, slightly winged, Umbels solitary, about 7-flowered, sparinsy 
rusty-puberulous in a young state; peduncle 14-13 lin. long ; pedice 
24-3 lin. long at the time of fruiting; bract ovate-cupular, 1} lin. lons 
Fully developed flowers not known. Berries obovoid, 3} lin. long, 24 lin. 
in diam., bright red. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Uluguru; Lukwangule Piatents 
8000 ft., on species of Lobelia, &e., Goetze, 301! 
