112 LOEAXTUACE^ (S]prague). \LorantJms. 



bands, about l\ in. long, linear in bud; tube with an oblong or 

 ellipsoid swelling about \\ lin. long immediately above tbe calyx, 

 very narrow for 1| lin. above tbe swelling, tben sligbtly broadened 

 to the apex; lobes 71-81- lin. long, erect, linear, slightly broadened 

 in the uppermost 1^ lin. ; filaments inserted 2i-4 lin. above the 

 base of the corolla-lobes, filiform, 2^ lin. long, inflexed or involute «| 

 when the flower expands, with two minute or almost obsolete teeth 

 ^\ lin. below the apex on the ventral surface ; anthers linear, *| 

 1 lin. long, not divided transversely, connective truncate ; disc -^ lin, 

 high, slightly lobed ; style filiform ; stigma subglobose, -^ lin. in diam. ; 

 unripe berry oblong-obovoid, 4 Un. long, L. qiilnqaenerfnus, Mari\ 

 in Saw, & Sand. FL Cap. ii. 578 ; Wood^ Natal PL iii. t. 295. L- 

 teniiijloras, Harv. I.e. in syn., not of IIoolc, f. 



Coast Region: East London Div. ; in bush along sea-coast, Galpln, 18321 

 Komgha Div. ; by the Kei River, Flanagan^ 327 I and in MacOwan, Uerl), Aiistr.' 

 Afr,, 16481 Kaffraria; Krielis Country, Bmvlcer, 5561 British Kaffraria, 

 Cooper, 60 ! 



Central Region : Albert Div. ; Cooper, 1761 1 



Kalahaki Regiox : Transvaal, Sanderson ! 



Eastern' Region-; Transkei; Keutani, Miss Pcgler, 1517 1 Natal ; near Durban, 

 Ch'antl Sutherland \ Gerrard, 639! Wood^ 1653 1 and without precise locality, 

 Gerrard, 71 ! Cooper, 2457 ! Sanderson, 698 1 



According to Medley Wood, I.e., the corolla of L, quinquenervis is inflated 

 and pinky-white at base, lower part of the central portion bright scarlet, then 

 pinky-white to where the stamens are inserted; then another band of white, 

 remainder scarlet. 



12. L. Galpinii (Schinz MSS.) ; glabrous ; branches ratlier stoutj 

 very nodose, greyish-bro\va, rather densely lenticellate, the leafless 

 parts bearing the inflorescences 2-2^ lin. in diani. ; branchlets 

 smooth, brown, about 1| lin. in diam/6 in. below the apex; inter- 

 nodes ^-1^ in. long; leaves opposite, petioled, oblong-lanceolate, 

 straight or slightly curved, 3-4^- in. long, 5-10 lin. broad, obtuse 

 at the apex or apiculate, gradually narrowed into the base, rigidly 

 coriaceous, penninerved, lateral nerves ol)li(iue, more or less raised 

 on both surfaces or indistinct, midrib distinctly raised ; petiole 

 4-5 lin, long ; umbels axillary, solitary or geminate on the leafless 

 parts of the branches, or borne singly on the branchlets, 2-flo\vered ; 

 peduncle stout, H-3 lin. long, receptacular portion hordered by a 

 thin margin ^ lin. broad ; pedicels about 1 lin. long, very stout ; 

 bract subcupular, 2-lipped, dorsal lip erect, l^-l^- lin. long, rounded, 

 ventral lip patulous, f lin. long, truncate ; flowers pentamerous ' 



receptacle and calyx together campanulate, much expanded above 

 the middle, 3 lin. long; receptacle If lin. long, 1^ lin. in diam.; 



calyx cupular, truncate, l-^-l^, lin. long, 2^ lin. in diam. ; corolla 

 yellow (Galjnn), about 3 in. long, linear in bud, very slightly clavate 

 above ; tube pentagonal, not inflated at the base, gradually broadened 

 from below the middle to the apex, not splitting unilaterally ; lobes 

 1| in. long, 1^ lin. broad, Hnear-oblanceolate, acute, reflexed 2i-3 

 lin. above their base; stamens crimson {Galjjin) ; filaments inserted 

 1^ lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, erect, about 10 lin. long, 



