11 G LORANTHACEJ^ (Spragiie). [LormitJius, 



tul>e splitting unilaterally or irregularly, with a suprabasal ellipsoid 

 swelling 1^ lin. long commencing \ lin. above the base, constricted 

 for about | lin. above the swelling and then broadened to the apex ; 

 lobes erectj linear-spathulate, 5-6 lin. long, J- lin. broad ; filaments 

 inserted 1^ lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, tapering, 

 about 2'^ lin. long ; anthers linear, |- lin. long ; disc pentagonal, 

 not lobed, -} lin. higli ; style filiform; stigma depressed globose, 

 -J lin. in diam. 



Eastern Region ; Delagoa Bay, 18 miles from Louren(;o Marques,- BoluSt 

 9764 ! 



A very distiuct species, apparently allied to L. Lugardij N. E. Brown, a native 

 of NgainilaiiJ. The corolla resembles that of L, rondca^l^, Ent^l., but the latter 

 belongs to a group of species characterized by involute filaments with transverse 

 grooves on the dur^ial surface. 



18. L, ruT3romarginatus (Engl, in Engl. Jahrb, xl. 535) ; glabrous ; 



stem very thick, up to 7 lin. in diam., mucli swollen at the nodes; 

 branches fairly stout, greyish-brown, nodose, nearly 2 lin. in diam. 

 6 in. below the apex ; short-shoots borne on the stein and branches 

 in the axils of the fallen leaves, extremely contracted, cushion-like, 

 bearing leaves and inflorescences ; leaves petioled, elliptic-oblong or 

 elliptic, 1-1|: in. long, 5-14 lin. broad, obtuse or rounded at the 

 apex, obtuse at the base, coriaceous M'ith cartilaginous margins, 

 obliquely penninerved, nerves about 4 on each side of the midrib, 

 raised on both surfaces ; petiole 1-3 lin. long ; umbels fascicled, 

 3-4-flowered ; peduncle stout, 1 lin. long or less, Avith thin partitions 

 between the sockets of the pedicels ; pedicels | lin. long ; bract 

 ovate-cupular, dorsal margin |-1 lin. long, ventral margin ^-^ lin- 

 long ; flowers pentamerous ; receptacle and calyx together campanu- 

 late, Ih-IJ lin. long; calyx subtruncate, ^-^ lin. long; corolla 

 purplish-crimson {Galpin), 2 in. loug in bud or less, clavate above, 

 inflated at the base, constricted above the basal swelling, broadened 

 to the middle and again narrowed to the base of the apical swelling, 

 apical swelling oblong, 2^ lin. long, pentagonal with concave faces, 

 5-ribbed, basal swelling^ ellipsoid, 2^-3 lin. long; tube splitting 

 unilaterally downwards to below the middle ; lobes reflexetl belo^v 

 the middle, spathulate, 4|-5 lin. long, -|-1 lin. broad; filaments 

 inserted A lin, below the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, produced 

 in front of the anther into a deltoid obtuse tooth \ lin. long, 21-3| 



lin. long excluding the tooth ; anthers narrowly oblong, l^-lf 1^^*- 

 long, truncate ; disc \~-\ lin. high, pentagonal, hardly lobed ; style 

 skittle shaped above, thickened part 3];--4- lin. long, broadest beIo^v 

 the middle ; stigma uvoid or ellipsoid, \ lin. long or less. L. (jlabri- 

 flonis, Conrath in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 226. 



Kal vhari Regio' : Transvaal ; Magalieaherg Eange at BufTeLspoort, very 

 couimuu ou Faarea sp., Protea sp., and ComhTCium sp.. Enr/ler, 2837a ! Upp^^ 

 Moodies, near Barberton, on Chrysophyllum magalismontanumj Sond., Galfif^-i 

 1034 ! near WitpoortjCj on Acacia sp., Conrath, 331! 



Allied to L, olemf alius, Cham. & Schlecht., from which it differs in the glabrous 

 corolla With a distinctly ribbed apical swelling. 



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