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Loranthits.] lokan-titace.e (Sprague). Ill 



branched hairs; internoclcs \-~l in. Ionic ; leaves alternate, petioled, 

 oblanceolate or oblong-oblanccolate, 8-13 lin. long, 3-5.^ liu. broad, 

 obtuse or rounded at the apex, narrowed into the base, thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous, penninerved, nerves slightly raised on both 

 surfaces, lowest pair very oblique, running subparallel to the 

 midrib; petiole |-1 lin. long, minutely pilose on the upper surface; 

 fascicles axillary, 2-3-fio\vered, or flowers solitary; pedic('ls ^ -^^ lin. 

 long ; bract cupular, subtruncate with a broadly ovate dorsal lobe, 

 minutely pilose outside, coarsely ciliate, slightly umbonate below 

 the lobe, dorsal margin 1^ lin. long, ventral margin | lin. long; 

 flowers pentamerous ; receptacle and calyx together narrowly 

 cylindric, 3 lin. long, f lin. in diam. ; receptacle slightly thicker 

 than the calyx-tube, glabrous ; calyx 2 lin. long, 5-tootheJ, ciliate, 

 otherwise glabrous, teeth triangular, ^ lin. long; corolla about 2 in. 

 long, glabrous, linear in bud, clavate above, acute, apical swelling 

 about 3 J lin. long; tube with a slight supi-abasal swelling which 

 extends above the calyx, very narrow for 1^^ lin. above the swelling, 

 and then broadened gradually to the apex; lobes about \\ in. lung, 

 reflexed at the middle, lower part linear from a broad base, upper 

 part oblanceolate-linear ; filaments inserted 4|^ lin. above the base 

 of the corolla-lobes, lower part erect, filiform, 4 lin. long, upper part 

 much thickened, coiling spirally when the flower expands ; anthers 

 linear, nearly 2 lin. long, not divided transversely, connective 

 truncate ; disc acutely lobed ; style filiform ; stigma ovoid, | lin. long. 



Easteux Eegion : Zululand ; Ngoya, Wylie in Herb, ^Vood^ 7:t68 1 



L, Wijliti is most nearly allied to the Tropical African L, Menyharthii, Engl- 

 Sc Scliinz, from which it may be distinguished by the smaller glabrous leaves. It 

 bears a considerable resemblance to L. quinquenervis, HoclLst., from which it 

 differs in the filaments and reflexed corolla-lobes. 



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. L. quinquenervis (Hochst. in Flora, 1S44, -432); glabrous; 



ches ash-coloured, 1-lA- lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex ; 

 branchlets smooth, greenish; internodes -4-f in. long; leaves alter- 

 nate, petioled, elliptic, ovate or suborbicular, |-2i in. long, |-1^ in. 

 broad, obtuse or rounded at the apex, subcuneate into the base, 

 coriaceous, 5-nerved from shortly above the base, nerves slightly 

 raised, especially on the upper surface; petiole 1-3 lin. long; 

 umbels axillary, solitary or jnore rarely 3 together, 2-8-flowered ; 

 peduncle very short and stout, expanded above into a pyramidal 

 receptacle divided into sockets, hardly 1 lin. long including the 

 receptacular portion ; pedicels ^ lin. lung ; bract cupular, produced 

 into a short truncate or 2-toothed lobe, dorsal margin | lin. long, 

 bearing a large flattened elliptic umbo beneath the lobe, ventral 

 margin I- lin. long; flowers pentamerous, expanding in two stages; 

 in the first, the lower portions of the corolla-lobes separate from one 

 another, while the upper portions remain connate ; in the second, 

 the upper part of the limb splits unilaterally, the lobes remaining 

 connate in a single piece ; receptacle and calyx together cylindric, 

 1-^ lin. long; calyx | lin. long, truncate; corolla red, with white 



