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2-4 cm. lata, coriacea, juventute utrinque grossissime pubescentia, 
in statu adulto supra glabra, subtus pubescentia, petioli usque a 
8 mm. longi. Capitula 4-6-flora; pedunculus 1°2-3 cm. longus, 
grosse dense villosus ; bractea foliacea vel subfoliacea, elliptica, 
8-20 mm. longa, utrinque grossissime densissime pubescentia. 
Corolla 4°5-5 em. longa. 
TropicaL Arrica. Abyssinia: Harar, Ellenbeck, 797 ; 
Walenzo, 2000 m., Ellenbeck, 1303; Djebel Haquim, FEllenbeck. 
British East Africa : Kibwezi, 800-1000 m., Scheffler, 193, 346 ; 
Makindu River; Kassner, 575. 
Var. kilimanjaricus, Sprague, l.c., anglice ; inflorescentia sessili 
vel subsessili a var. foliaceo, Sprague, bracteis superne foliaceis a 
var. Sodenii, Engl., distinguitur. 
Folia elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, apice rotundata, basi cordata, 
rarius rotundata, 3-5 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, 
supra glabra, subtus grosse pubescentia ; petioli 5-8 mm. longi. 
Capjitula axillaria, solitaria, 4—-6-flora, sessilia vel brevissime pedun- 
culata ; pedunculus usque ad 6 mm. longus, tomentellus ; bractea 
inferne subspathacea, superne foliacea, suborbicularis, 4-8 mm 
diametro, plana vel plus minus convexa vel concava, pilis verti- 
cillatim ramosis tomentosa. Torus calycecum elongato-cupularis, 
4-5 mm. longus, cingulo basali villorum 3-4 mm. longo. Calyx 
3°4 mm. longus. Corolla 45 cm. longa ; tubus 1°5-1°6 em. longus, 
ampulla basali clavata 5°5 mm. longa inferne glabrescente superne 
longe villosa ; lobi 2°5-3 em. longi. Filamenta 6-5 mm. supra basin 
corollae loborum inserta, superne ampliata, intus sulcata ; antherae 
mm. longae, connectivo emarginato-malleiformi. Discus 
0°35 mm. altus, glaber. 
TropicaL Arrica. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro ; 
Marangu, on Albizzia maranguensis, Taub., Volkens, 1934. 
Var. longipes, Sprague, |.c., anglice ; foliis parvis tenuibus, 
pedunculo longo, bracteae limbo foliaceo horizontali vel reflexo 
distinctus, 
Ramuli juvenes ferrugineo-tomentosi. Folia elliptico-oblonga 
vel obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, subtruncata vel emarginata, 
basi obtusa, rotundata vel subcordata, 2-3 cm. longa, 8-14 mm. lata, 
chartacea vel tenuiter coriacea, juventute utrinque dense pube- 
scentia ; petioli 6-9 mm. longi. Capitula 4-flora; pedunculus 
gracilis, 2°5-3 mm. longus, dense pubescens ; bractea limbo foliaceo 
horizontali vel reflexo utrinque dense pubescente. Torus calycecum 
fere 5 mm. longus. Calyx irregulariter dentatus, ciliatus, 4 mm. 
longus, extus fere glaber. Corolla circiter 4°2 em. longa, viridi- 
lutea, inferne rubescens. Antherae 2°3-2°6 mm. longae, connectivo 
malleiformi. 
TropicaL Arrica. German East Africa: Ssongea District ; 
Kiva Kihingi, Busse, 764. 
1223, Loranthus (Hirsuti) nyikensis, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. 
Afr, vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 315, anglice [Loranthaceae-Kulorantheae] ; 
affinis ZL. Dregei, var. foliaceo, Sprague, a quo ramis brevibus 
flexuosis, internodiis brevioribus, foliis minoribus minus coriaceis, 
bracteis majoribus, pilis corollae magis appressis. , 
