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obliqui, levissime curvati ; venulae haud obviae ; petioli 4-6 mm 
longi. Unmbellae axillares, solitariae vel geminatae, pilis verticl 
latim ramosis  u tas dense albido-tomentosae, 5-6-flo 
pedunculus 3-5 mm. longus, crassus ; pedicelli 2-3 mm. rong 
bractea e basi ieee unilateraliter evoluta, anguste oblonga vel 
oblongo-linearis, in basin leviter ampliata, circiter 4 mm. longa, 
concava, intus glabra, een ee inflexis. Torus calycecum 
cupularis, 2°3 mm. lon Calyx truncatus, circiter 0°25 mm. 
ongus. Corolla optihdrico infundibuliformia, 4°5 cm. longa ; tubus 
in basin leviter ampliatus, ultra medium unilateraliter fissus ; lobi 
erecti, oblongo-lineares, valde concavi, in alabastro induplicati, 
mm. longi. Filamenta erecta (Kirk, icon.), circiter 2°5 mm. 
longa, infra gpa valde incrassata “et obscuriora ; antherae 
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ss to. Distus in cavo situs, pentagonus, breviter lobatus, 
0°25 mm. altus, pilis ramosis dense albido-pilosus. Stylus sursum 
sensim angustatus, inferne crassus, pilis ramosis dense peop 
superne oracilis, claber : ; stigma ellipsoideum, levissime bilobum 
0°8 mm. longum 
PN cop APRICA. Portuguese East Africa: Shupanga, 
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1230. ere iageenle hie aay Sprague in Dyer, FI. Trop. 
Afr, vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 329, anglic e [Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; 
affinis 1. Welwitschis, Engl., a a ramis valde nodosis et foltis 
obovatis recedit. 
Rami fragiles, neem ms sicco cinereo-brunnei, glabri, valde 
nodosi, circiter 3 mh: dia o 30cm. infra apicem ; internodia 
4-12 mm. longa. Folia meses aiep posit vel alterna, obovata, 
apice rotundata, basi cuneata, 1:2-25 cm. longa, 0°7—1*2 em. lata, 
carnosa, glauco-viridia (Gossweiler), i in sicco rigide coriacea ; nervi 
laterales vix obvii; nervus medius utrinque leviter prominulus ; 
petioli 1-2 mm. longi. ere gm axillares, ut videtur fasciculatae, 
3-4-florae ; pedunculus 3-3°5 mm. longus ; pedicelli 2 mm. longi ; 
bractea e basi patelliformi ovata, rotundata vel subemarginata, 
valde concava, crasse carinata, glanduloso~ciliata margine dorsali 
1-1°3 mm. longo, margine ventrali 0°25-0°4 mm. longo. Torus 
alycecum anguste campanulatus, 2°5 mm. longus. Calyx patulus, 
truncatus, glanduloso-ciliatus, 0°8 mm. longus. Corolla circiter 
1°8 cm. longa, viridis lobis ‘iilphiteets Snes ; tubus 4°56 mm, 
longus, circa medium constrictus usque ad 1°5 mm. supra basin 
unilateraliter fissus ; lobi suberecti, 1°3 cm. longi, subspathulato- 
lineares, meinen leviter incurvati. Filamenta basi corollae loborum 
inserta, 7 mm. longa, sursum leviter angustata, involuta ; antherae 
lineares, 5°5 mm, longae, connectivo 0°4 mm. lato 0°25 mm. ultra 
loculos producto. Discus breviter lobatus, 0°4 mm. altus, Stylus 
superne haud incrassatus ; stigma subglobosum, 0°8 mm. diametro. 
— Arrica. Angola: near Benguella,- Gossweiler, 
1231. sade (Longiflori) unyorensis, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. 
Trop. vol. vi. sect.: 1, p. 330, anglice [Loranthaceae- 
Bualorasithone}; foliis basi obtusis vel rotundatis, floribus racemose 
dispositis a L. platyphyllo, Hochst., distinctus. 
