Loranthus. } CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE), 389 
L. lukwangulensis was founded on incomplete material, fully developed flowers 
not being known; it is apparently near LZ. Hhlersii, Schweinf. 
206. L. muerensis, Hngl.in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 529. Young branch- 
lets rusty-tomentellous, soon becoming glabrous. Branches rugose, 
rather densely lenticellate, 13-23 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex. 
Leaves opposite, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate to the obtuse 
apex, obtuse at the base, 2-34 in. long, 3-14 in. broad, coriaceous, 
nearly glabrous, nerves raised on both surfaces, midrib puberulous on the 
lower surface ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, obliquely arcuate, anasto- 
mosing not very far from the margin; petiole 2-3 lin. long, puberulous. 
Umbels solitary, 6-9-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bract rusty- 
tomentellous; peduncle stout, 1-1} lin. long; pedicels 13-2 lin. long ; 
bract obliquely cupular, ciliolate, distinctly umbonate on the lower half, 
dorsal margin # lin. long, ventral margin over 3 lin. long. Receptacle 
¢-$ lin. long, slightly constricted at the apex. Calyx cupular, 3-3 lin. 
long, subtruncate, irregularly split, ciliate. Corolla 1-1} in. long, quad- 
rangular in the lower two-thirds and clavate above in bud, angles 
ciliolate ; tube 63-7 lin. long, very slightly inflated in the lower half, 
glandular within, split unilaterally below the middle; lobes erect, 
narrowly spathulate, 64-7 lin. long, slightly broadened into the base, 
apical enlargement 2 lin. long, ¢ lin. broad. Filaments inserted about 
? lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, tapering slightly upwards, 4 lin. 
long, tooth subulate, $-3 lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, 14 lin. 
long, bicuspidate at the apex. Disc 3-3 lin. high, lobes broadly subulate, 
longer than the tube. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Lindi District; Muera Plateau, 
about 2000 ft., Busse, 2868 ! 
Braun, 1165, from Cheminda Bakary-Rondo, quoted by Engler under L. 
muerensis, seems distinct. 
207. L. tenuifolius, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 302. Branchlets 
patent or patulous, sparingly puberulous. Branches slender, under 1 lin. 
in diam. 1 ft. below the apex ; internodes 3-1} in. long. Leaves lanceo- 
late or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate to the obtuse apex, cuneate 
or obtuse at the base, 1}-2 in. long, 5-7 lin. broad, thinly papery, 
glabrous, pale green ; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, slightly raised 
on both surfaces, the lower ones oblique, the upper ones patulous ; petiole 
1-24 lin. long. Umbels solitary, 3—-6-flowered ; peduncle 1—1} lin. long ; 
pedicels 2-24 lin. long ; bract ovate-cupular, hardly } lin. long. Recep- 
tacle 4 lin. long. Calyx spreading, } lin. long. Corolla about 1} in. 
long ; tube 63-7 lin. long, inflated, dark blue-violet, glandular within ; 
lobes erect, linear-spathulate, broadened into the base, subacute, 83-9 lin. 
long, dark red, apical enlargement 2-2} lin. long, } lin. broad. Fila- 
ments inserted about } lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 5$ lin. 
long, tapering upwards, tooth § lin. long ; anthers oblong-linear, 14-1 
lin. long, truncate. Disc 3 lin. high, shortly lobed, lobes half as long 
as the tube. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Langenburg District ; Livingstone 
nge, in ravines on Yawiri Mountain, about 5600 ft., Goetze, 1194! British 
