180 
. Loranthus Infundibuliformes) toroensis, Sprague; 
ates trinervio, boar, et L. djurensi, a quibus calyce duplo 
longiore recedit. = ee 
amuli sat graciles, 2-5 mm. diametro 20 cm. infra a m, 
ie Taaccule lenticellati, internodiis 0-5-2 cm. — 
Folia alterna, ovato-oblonga vel lanceolata, apice acuta, as 
obtusa vel subcuneata, 3-5-6-5 cm. longa, 1-3—2-6 cm. ree — 
acea, glabra, ‘trinervia, nervis utrinque praecipue supra e ha 
lateralibus paullum supra basin ortis, | tertiariis noone 
petioli 2-3 mm. longi. Umbellae sessiles, 2-3-florae ; pedicel 
brevissimi, vix ultra 0:5 mm. longi; bractea cupularis, poe 
obum anguste truncatum vel retugim pe ouepite oan producta, 
longus. Corolla in toto circiter 5 cm. longa; tubus sordide ruber, 
: ‘a, intus 
serta, deflexa, 5-5 mm. longa, sursum sensim ericbyrene a 
inferne late sed inconspicue unicostata; antherae lineares, 
- * 
longae. Stigma ovoideum, 0-5 mm. lonoum 
Tropica, AFRica. Uganda: Toro; near the mouth se se 
panga river, 900 m Dombeya sp. and Acacia sp., Bagsha 
0 m., on ( 
1157 (type), 1237 (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
1599. Encephalartos ferox, Beriol. fj. in Mem. Accad. e 
Bologn. vol. iii. p. 264 (1851); Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C, p. we 
(1895) ; De Wild. Ic. Hort. Then. vol. iv. p. 181 (1904) Lip bonne 
Encephalarteae]; Species £. grato, Prain et E. H ildebran a 
A. Br. Bouché, proxima; ab illo foliolis haud falcatis es 
2-4-spinescentibus, ab hoc foliolis basi valde inaequalibu 
seminibus atris nec cinnabarinis differt. : 
Caudex subglobosus circiter 6 dm. altus 3 dm. diametiens. / oe 
ultra mediam partem 2-5 dm. lata; rhachis subcylindracea ; foliola 
ri 
e  triangularibus divergentibus oa Spi = 
Strobilus foemineus subsessilis, oblongo-ellipsoideus, ruber. 
emina atra. 
Tropica, Arrica, Portuguese East Africa: Mozambique, 
ni. 
Fornasi 
There is, unfortunately, little to add to the account of this 
;becies given by Professor Bertolonj in 1851; no specimens have 
een communicated since the origi 
Fornasini to Bologna gj 
orts of Professor Schinz, o 
Bologna, our wish to learn w 
