104 ■ loka>;thace.e (Sprague). [Loranthus. 



truncate,^ lin. long, adpressed to the intramarginal ring; intra- 

 raarginal ling very prominent, projecting | lin, above the^ calyx ; 

 corolla quadrangular in bud, the angles corresponding with the 

 edges of the petals, slightly curved below the oblique apex ; petals 

 oblong-linear, narrowed towards the apeXj 8 lin. long, claw erect, 

 oblong, If lin. long, papillate on its inner edges, with a strongly 

 thickened central band on the inner surface, limb reflexed at nearly 

 1 lin. above its base; stamens erect ; filaments 2| lin. long, slightly 

 narrowed upwards ; anthers linear, slightly narrowed towards the 

 apex, nearly-* 4| lin. long^ not divided transversely, connective 

 produced into a small cusp ; disc quadrangular, I lin. high ; style 



dransrular 



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KaLahabi Eegiox : Transvaal ; Koniati Poort, Rtrk, 75 ! 



Eastekn Eegiok : Portuguese Ea^t Africa, Ressauo Garcia, al:)out 1000 ft., 

 SehhcJiter, 119211 



The flowers are usually tetramerous ; only one pentanierous oue waa observed. 

 The petals appear at first sight as if jointed to the intramarginal ring. They are 

 in reality bent inwards at right angles above the intramarginal ring and inserted 



bet 



4. L. unduTatus (E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documented 92^ 93^ 

 200, name only) ; glabrous ; branches stout, greyish-brown, inconspicu- 

 ously leuticellate ; long-shoots ascending or patulous, slender, rather 

 nodose, otherwise smooth, brown ; short-shoots 1-5 lin. long, bearing 

 1 or 2 pairs of leaves, and terminated by an umbel ; leaves opposite, 

 sessile, coriaceous, faintly 3-nerved, nerves parallel ; leaves of the 

 long-shoots : upper ones linear-oblong, 1-lf in. long, 2J-5^, lin. 

 broad, very obtuse at the apex, subcordate at the base ; middle 

 ones shorter, oblong or ovate-oblong ; lower ones ovate-oblong or 

 broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, cordate at the base ; leaves of 

 the short-shoots broadly ovate, cordate at the base, 4-12 lin. long, 

 4-8 lin, broad; umbels 2 flowered ; peduncle l|-3 lin. long; 

 pedicels stout, 2-3 lin. long; bract unilateral, broadly oblong or 

 ovate-oblong, truncate, f-1^ lin. long, thickly keeled, ciliate above ;; 

 flowers pentamerous, polypetalous ; receptacle obconical, 4-5 lin. 

 long ; calyx ascending, truncate, ^-| lin. long ; corolla orange^ 

 strongly arcuate and clavate above in the bud; petals lf-2 in. 

 long, claws inserted obliquely on the receptacle, about 4 Hn. long, 

 1|— 2i lin. broad, with undulate margins, interlocking by means of 

 about 4 pairs of oblique fleshy ridges which descend from the adnata 

 portion of the filament, claw of the odd petal the narrowest, strongly 

 curved outwards, lateral claws the broadest; limb subspathulate- 

 linear, obtuse, twisted about the middle, upper part 1^-1^ Hn- 

 broad, middle part |~| lin. broad, lower part gradually broadened 

 into the base ; filaments inserted at the apex of the claws, erect, 

 curved in their upper part ; anthers oblong-linear, over 4 lin. long, 

 not divided transversely, connective truncate ; style with a double 

 bend shortly above the base, minutely pilose above; stigma de- 

 pressed-capitate, -§-5 lin. in diam. Han. in Rarv. tt Sond, FI. Caj). ii. 



