Loranthus. | CXIX, LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 391 
anthers oblong-linear, 1-13 lin. long, minutely bicuspidate at the apex 
Disc } lin. high, shortly lobed. Berry narrowly obovoid, 23-3 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Gazaland; Chirinda, on Vernonia 
podocoma, Sch. Bip., Swynnerton, 141! 
210. L. Adolfi-Friderici, Hngl. d Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xiiii. 
312. Branches slender, 1-1} lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, rich 
brown, densely lenticellate, glabrous, bearing short lateral spreading 
branchlets. Leaves opposite, those on the lateral branchlets elliptic, 
acuminate, 14-16 lin. long, 7-8 lin. broad, the others lanceolate or linear- 
lanceolate, long-acuminate to the acute or subacute apex, cuneate, obtuse 
or nearly rounded at the base, 14-43 in. long, 3-1} in. broad, thinly 
coriaceous, glabrous, lateral nerves slightly raised on both surfaces or 
rather indistinct on the lower, margin slightly crispate ; petiole 2—4 lin. 
long. Umbels solitary, many-flowered ; peduncle stout, 3-1 lin. long ; 
pedicels 24-4 lin. long ; bract ovate from a saucer-shaped base, truncate, 
broadly umbonate, umbo much flattened, dorsal margin 3~3 lin. long, 
ventral margin hardly } lin. long. Receptacle 3] lin. long. Calyx 
erect, subtruncate, }-2 lin. long, ciliolate; intramarginal ring present. 
Corolla 93-11} lin. long, lower part much inflated, slaty grey, upper 
part narrower, clavate in bud, blood-red ; tube 4—5 lin. long, glandular 
inside, split unilaterally nearly to the base; lobes reflexed, narrowly 
spathulate, much broadened into the base, 53-64 lin. long, apical enlarge- 
ment 13 lin. long, 2 lin. broad. Filaments inserted 4-? lin. above the 
base of the corolla-lobes, tapering upwards, 34—4 lin. long, tooth subulate, 
$-4 lin. long ; anthers narrowly oblong, 14 lin. long, connective not pro- 
duced above the cells. Disc 1} lin. high, lobes broadly subulate. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ruanda District; Rugege Forest, 
Mildbraed, 875! 902! 
211. L. Bagshawei, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 206. 
Branchlets brownish, lenticellate, glabrous, internodes 3-1} in. long. 
ves opposite, linear-lanceolate, acuminate to the apex, cuneate into 
the base, 2-4 in. long, 6-10 lin. broad, chartaceous, glabrous ; lateral 
nerves 6 or more on each side, slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 
2-2} lin. long. Umbels solitary, about 9-flowered ; peduncle about 1 lin. 
long, very stout; pedicels 1 lin. long ; bract shortly ovate from a saucer- 
shaped base, ciliolate, dorsal margin 3-3 lin. long, ventral margin $ lin. 
long. Receptacle 8 lin. long. Calyx erect, truncate, hardly } lin. long, 
ciliolate. Corolla red, 6-64 lin. long, lower half quadrangular, upper 
half subclavate in bud; tube 2-2} lin. long, 4-3 lin. in diam., quadran- 
gular, glandular inside ; lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, broadened into 
the base, 4-4} lin. long, 3 lin. broad above or rather more. Filaments 
mserted 3-1 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, tapering upwards, 
2}-23 lin. long, tooth subulate from a broad base, }-4 lin. long ; anthers 
elliptic-oblong, just over } lin. long; connective slightly emarginate, 
hardly exceeding the cells. Disc 3 lin. high. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Ruchigga, Bagshawe, 401! 
