^yQQ cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). [Loranthiis. 



18. RiGiDlFLORi. Umbels axillary, solitary/, or fascicled on axillary leafy 

 cushion-like short-shoots, feto -flowered, peduncled ; bract iinilattrally developed 



from a cupular or saucer-shaped base ; flowers pentamerous, gamopetalous. Corolla 

 ylabrous outside ; tube split unilaterally ; lobes usually longer than the tube, erect 

 or slightly bent forwards. Stamens inserted at or above the base of the corolla- 

 lobes ; filaments involute ; anthers linear, not transversely divided. Disc annular. 

 Style not .skittle-shaped ; stigma capitate, — Oncocal)'x, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc, 

 Bot. France, xlii. 258. 



Leaves obovate 101. L.fragilis. 



Leaves not obovate. 



Flowers distinctly pedicelled. 



Umbels axillary, solitary 100. L. Welwitschii. 



Umbels fascicled on axillary leafy cushion- 

 like short- shoots 102. L. elegantiisimus. 



Flowers very shortly pedicelled or subsessile . . 99. L. rondensis. 



19. LONGIFLOEI. Umbels axillary, solitary ; bract unilaterally developed 

 from a saucer-shapepl base. Calyx short. Corolla in bud linear in outline, shortly 



beaked ; tube split unilaterally ; lobes erect, linear. Stamens inserted considerably 

 above the base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments inflexed or involute ; anthers linear, 

 not transversely divided ; connective produced above the cells. Disc annular. 

 Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma capitate. — Schimperina, Van Tiegh. in Bull, 

 Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 256. 



Leaves cuneate at the base ; tiowers in umbels . . 103. L. platyphyllus. 



Leaves obtuse or rounded at the base ; tiowers in short 



much-contracted racemes 104. L. unyorensis. 



20. LONGICALYCULATI. Flowers axillary, usually fascicled, pedicelled or 

 subsessile, pentamerous, gamopetalous ; bract cupular. Calyx tubular. Corolla 

 subcylindric in bud, swollen at the insertion of the stamens, slightly broadened 

 towards the apex, glabrous outside; tube split unilaterally ; lobes longer than 

 the tube, reflexed or twisted. Stamens inserted just below the base of the corolla- 

 lobes j filaments subinvolute ; anthers linear, not divided transversely. Disc 

 annular. Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma capitate. 



Flowers distinctly pedicelled; leaves linear-lanceolate . 105. L. Stuhlmannii. 

 Flowers subsessile ; leaves obovate or obovate-oblong . 106. L.'Fischeri. 



21. EuBRACTKATi. Umbels axillary, solitary, fev>flowered, or flowers sessile, 

 axillary, geminate; bract unilateral, subfoliaceous ; flowers pentamerous, gamo- 

 petalous. Calyx small. Corolla subcylindric in bud, hardly swollen at the base^ 

 densely clothed with much-branched hairs ; tube split unilaterally ; lobes reflexed. 

 Stamens inserted shortly above the base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments infiexed, 

 produced into a tooth in front of the anther; anthers divided transversely into^ 

 numerous small cells arranged in 4 vertical rows. Disc annular. Style slightly 

 skittle-shaped ; stigma capitate. 



Corolla clothed with rusty verticillate-bi-anched hairs . 107. L. Eminii. 



Corolla clothed with tawny hairs of two kinds, some 

 long and little-branched, others short and much- 

 branched ........ 108. L. proteicola. 



22. CORIACEIFOLII. Umbels axillary, solitary or fascicled, peduncled or 

 sessile, few-fiowered ; bract cupular ; fioivers pentamerous, gamopetalous. Calyx 

 tubular. Corolla subcylindric in bud ; tube split unilaterally with 5 defiexed 

 pilose appendages alternating with the lobes, inserted above the middle of the 



