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longi; bractea oblique somes glabra, margine dorsali_ crasse 
carinato 1:8 mm; longo e arginato, margine ventrali 1:3 mm 
longo. * Torus calycecum arlnl nom, 4~4°5 mm, longus. Calye 
truncatus, 2°8 mm. longus. Corolla 1*6-1° 7 cm. longa, in ss 
ad insertionem staminum ampliata; tubus cylindricus, 3-3°5 m 
longus, exappendiculatus ; lobi infra medium reflexi, lineares, 54 
insertionem staminum valde ampliati, circiter 1°4 cm. longi, 
5-0°7 mm. lati, parte ampliata elliptica 1 mm, lata. élamenta 
2 mm, supra basin corollae loborum_ inserta, involuta, sursum 
leviter angustata, 5°5 mm. longa, quadrangularia, angulis rigide 
serratis, dente 0°13 mm. longo ; antherae lineares, 5°5 mm. longae. 
Diseus leviter lobatus, 0°35 mm, aides, —IL,, Fischeri, var. glabratus, 
Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. vol. xl. p. 5 
ROPICAL AFRICA, Galla Highlands: Abu-el-Kasin, Eillen- 
beck ; Luku, 1500 m., Ellenbech, 1229 
1234, Loranthus (Obtectiflori) ionidetpe, Baker et Sprague in Dyer 
Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 341, anglice [Loranthaceae- 
Eulorantheae]; ramulis non tetragonis, iiidten ealycem ep 
vel leviter tantum superante distinctus. 
Rami juniores graciles, nigrescentes, versus apicem levite 
ye are mox teretes, adulti teretes, cinerei, minute lenticellati, 
3°6 mm, diametro 30 cm. infra apicem ; internodia 1°9-5 cm. longa. 
a opposita, ovato-elliptica, apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi 
beordata, rotundata vel obtusa, 6°3-8°3 cm. longa, 3°2-6°3 cm. lata, 
enmeiet coriacea, glabra ; nervi laterales: utrinque 4-5, patuli, 
ota a margine anastomosantes, utrinque prominuli ; petioli 
4-6 mm. longi. Umbellae axillares, fasciculatae, 10-14-florae ; 
patitiicaien gracilis, 1°2-3°8 ¢ m. longus ; ; pedicelli 3-4°5 mm. longi ; 
bractea breviter late aprabiiotinis 2°3-2°6 mm. longa, _—, vel 
retusa, ——- ciliolata, crassissime carinata, carina supra uta, 
cornu —— 0°35-0°5 mm. longo, margine ventrali avellsfabtic 
"35 foes ngo. Torus calycecum cupularis, 1°8-2 mm. longus. 
Crip | ‘tabiaentieels 0°5-0°7 mm. longus, ainda intramarginali 
0°2 mm. alto. Corolla 3°8-4°2 em. nies in alabastro parte apicali 
ampliata ees ese pentagona ; tubus roseo-ruber lineis 
intensioribus notatus, erne leviter ampliatus tantum; lobi 
spathulati, 11 mm. “Tong Filamenta sursum se 8 mm. 
longa, dente 0°7 mm. longo; antherae oblongae, 2°3 mm. longae, 
connectivo ultra loctio paullo producto. Discus hissed ‘distincte 
Trorreat mnie German East Africa : Dar-es-Salaam, 
1235, Loranthus (Purpureiflori) Eylesii, Sprague in Dye 
Trop. r. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 343, anglice [Lo ot Hit be 
antheae]; foliis ellipticis vel ova to-ellipticis crasse coriaceis, 
petiolis glabris, calyce ferrugineo-ciliato distinctus. 
Rami crassi, 5°2-5°7 mm. diametro, brunneoli, grossiuscule 
densiuscule lenrtivelings: ; Internodia 2-3-2 em. lo onga. Folia steele 
vel subopposita, late elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, apice rotundata, e 
parte inferiore rotundata abrupte in basin cuneata, 5-9 cm. longa, 
mat 8 em. lata, crasse coriacea, plabea: ne nervis venisque 
inentibus ; nervi laterales irregulares, utrinque 2-3, superiores 
rpliquii, fere in apicem procurrentes ; petioli erassi, 4-7 mm, eee 
