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1193. Loranthus (Acrostachys) Thomsonii, Sprague, in Dyer, Fl 
Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 276, anglice [ Loranthaceae-Huloran- 
theae] ; species racemis secundifloris insignis. 
Folia sessilia, spathulata, 5 mm. longa, 1°5 mm. lata, coriacea, 
glabra, circa basin pedunculi fasciculata. Racemi 3-5 cm. longi, 
secundiflori, circiter 20-flori; pedunculus 1-1°2 cm. longus ; 
pedicelli 0°5-0°8 mm. longi; bractea valde concava, ovata, obtusa, 
1 mm. longa, ciliata. Zorus campanulatus, 1°3-1°5 mm. longus. 
Calyx truncatus, vix 0°2 mm. longus. Corolla in alabastro linearis, 
obtusa, quadrangularis, superne leviter ampliata ; petala linearia, 
circiter 2°3 cm. longa, juxta medium torta, inter basin et insertionem 
staminum 1 mm. lata, haud plicata, medio 0°5 mm. lata, superne 0°8 
mm, lata. Stamina 2-2°5 mm. supra basin petalorum inserta, 
circiter 1:8 .cm. longa; filamenta inferne 0°5 mm. incrassata et 
adnata ; antherae lineares, 2°5 mm. longae. Discus vix G3 mm. 
longus. Stylus fere 2°5 cm. longus ; stigma ellipsoideum, 0°3-0°5 mm. 
longum. 
TropicaL AFRICA. Somaliland: Haudh, on Balsamodendron 
sp., Thomson, 23. 
1194. Loranthus (Plicopetalus) sagittifolius, Sprague, in Dyer, Fl. 
Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 278, anglice [Loranthaceae-Kuloran- 
theae]; affinis Z. wndulato, E. Mey., a quo umbellis 3-5-floris, toro 
breviore, stylo inferne recto recedit. 
patulus, 1°3 mm. longus. Petala circiter 4°5 cm. longa, subacuta, 
superne oblanceolato-linearia, 1‘3-1°5 mm. lata, medio 1 mm, lata, 
ab 4 mm. infra insertionem filamentorum deorsum valde ampliata, 
circiter 3 mm. lata juxta basin, paribus 4-5 plicarum obliquarum ex 
parte adnata filamenti ortarum. Filamenta 0°7-1°5 cm. supra basin 
petalorum inserta, em. longa, applanata, sursum leviter 
angustata ; antherae lineares, 9-10 mm. longae, deorsum leviter 
angustatae. Stylus inferne rectus; stigma capitatum, 0°8 mm. 
diametro. L. undulatus, var. sagittaefolius, Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost- 
Afr. vol. C., p. 167, t. 18, ff. A—C; Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. 
vol. xxx., p. 304, 
ROPICAL, AFRICA. British East Africa : in the coast districts, 
Battiscombe, 162 ; Kibwezi, on Leguminosae, Scheffer, 338 ; Kapte 
Plains, Gregory ; Gondeona, on the Umba River, Kassner, 116. 
erman East Africa: Usambara; Gombelo, Holst, 2173; 
Masheua, Holst, 8835 ; Muoa, Holst, 3103; Kilimanjaro Region, 
Lake Jalla, Volkens, 337 ; Usafua, lower slopes of Poroto Moun- 
tain, 1700 m., on Acacia sp., Goetze, 1038, 
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