392 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). { Loranthus. 
212. L. tschertscherensis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxix. 616. 
Glabrous. Branches slender. Leaves opposite, narrowly lanceolate, 
acuminate to the subacute apex, acute at the base, 24-23 in. long, 7 lin. 
broad, thinly coriaceous, lateral nerves inconspicuous, very slightly 
raised on both surfaces, oblique or patulous, midrib distinct. Umbels 
solitary, subsessile, 10-flowered or more; pedicels very short; bract 
cupular, truncate. Receptacle 2 lin. long. Calyx erect, }-% lin. long, 
irregularly denticulate and ciliolate. Corolla nearly 10 lin. long, rose- 
lilac and blue ; tube sparingly glandular inside, split unilaterally nearly 
to the base ; lobes subspathulate-linear. Filaments tapering upwards, 
4% lin. long, tooth subulate, nearly lin. long ; anthers narrowly oblong, 
14-1} lin. long; connective slightly produced above the cells, truncate 
or subretuse. Disc $-} lin. high, lobes papillate. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tschertscher; Kuni, 8000 ft., Rosen / 
Apparently a distinct species. Differs from L. woodfordioides, Schweinf., in the 
less oblique lateral nerves of the leaf. I have seen only a fragment of the type. 
213. L. rugegensis, Engl. ¢ Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xiii. 318. 
Branchlets slender, glabrous, pale brown, 1 lin. in diam. or less 1 ft. 
below the apex, older branches rather conspicuously lenticellate. Leaves 
Opposite, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acutely acuminate, obtuse oF 
more or less rounded at the base, 14-3} in. long, 6-13 lin. broad, thinly 
coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves numerous, slightly raised on both sur- 
faces ; petiole 13-3 lin. long. Umbels solitary, 11—16-flowered ; peduncle 
2-24 lin. long; pedicels 1-2 lin. long; bract broadly elliptie from 
saucer-shaped base, very concave, strongly umbonate, dorsal margi» 
§ lin. long, ventral margin patulous, } lin. long. Receptacle $ lin. long- 
Calyx erect, $-} lin. long, hardly lobed, ciliolate. Corolla brick-red, 
about 6 lin. long; tube cylindric, about 21 lin. long, $—3 lin. in diam., 
slightly split unilaterally, sparingly glandular inside ; lobes erect, spathu- 
late, slightly broadened into the base, 34-33 lin, long, nearly } lin. broad 
above. Filaments inserted 3-4 lin. above the base of the corolla- 
lobes, tapering slightly upwards, 2% lin. long, tooth subulate from a 
broad base, 3-4 lin. long; anthers elliptic-oblong, $ lin. long or rather 
more ; connective produced beyond the cells, rounded. Dise § lin, high, 
densely papillate. Berry red, obovoid, 3 lin. long, 14-2 lin. in diam. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ruanda Distriet; Rugege Forest, 
Mildbraed, 911! 
Allied to L. Bagshawei, from which it differs in the obtuse or nearly rounded 
base of the leaf and the distinetly spathulate corolla-lobes. 
214. L. viminalis, Engl. & Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xiii. 314- 
Branchlets slender, glabrous, lenticellate; lenticels small, numerous ; 
internodes }-1} in. long. Leaves linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate to 
the acute apex, cuneate into the base, 3-44 in. long, 5-9 lin. broad, 
thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 6-9 on each side, slightly 
raised on both surfaces ; petiole 2-34 lin. long, Umbels 4-6-flower 
Normally developed flowers not known. 
