Loranthiis.] cxix. loranthace.e (sprague). 287 



lin. long. Fascicles about 3-flowered, rusty-tomentellous with short 

 much -branched hairs, the bract and calyx excepted ; pedicels 1-1 J lin. 

 long; bract broadly ovate, IJ-lJ Hn. long, puberulous outside, glabrous 

 within. Receptacle 1 J lin. long. Calyx | lin. long, truncate, puberulous 

 outside, ciliate. Corolla 2 in. long, rusty-tomentellous outside, basal 

 swelling ovoid-oblong, 3-4 lin. long ; tube glandular within ; lobes 

 erect, spathulate, slightly broadened towards the base, 4J lin. long. 

 Filaments tapering upwards, 3 lin. long, glandular on the edges in the 

 lower half ; anthers oblong, 1-lJ lin. long; cells 6 in each vertical row. 

 Disc nearly obsolete. Style glabrous, abruptly widened above, thickened 

 part tapering slightly to the neck, neck | lin. long ; stigma capitate, 

 about J lin. in diam. — Engl. & Prantl, Pfiauzenfam. Nachtr. i. 182. 



Mozamb. Sistr. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro Region ; Lake Jalla, 

 Volkens, 1776 ! Usagara ; between Mdunbwi Valley and Manyonge, 3250 ft., 

 Speke Sf Grant ! Lat. 2°-7° S., Kannington ! 



29. L. regnlariSy Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, i. 330. 

 Youngest branchlets rusty-tomentose with much-branched hairs, older 

 ones pubescent, finally glabrous, J in. in diam. or less, lenticellate. 

 Leaves broadly ovate or elliptic-oblong, very obtuse or rounded at the 

 apex, obtuse or rounded and unequal at the base, 2-5 in. long, 1-3J in. 

 broad, coriaceous, minutely stellate-puberulous above in a young state, 

 soon becoming glabrous, minutely stellate-pubescent or puberulous 

 below, dull on both surfaces; petiole 4-13 lin. long. Heads dense, 

 sessile, densely rusty-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs ; bract 

 broadly ovate or suborbicular, 1 J lin. long, glabrous inside. Receptacle 

 IJ-l J lin. long. Calyx J-| lin. long, truncate. Corolla 2-2 J in. long, 

 straight, split unilaterally, rusty-villous-tomentose with very unequal 

 verticillate-branched hairs 1 lin. long or less, basal swelling incon- 

 spicuous, 2J-3 lin. long ; tube glandular within ; lobes erect, spathu- 

 late, 8-8J lin. long. Filaments inserted J lin. above the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, 6 lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, IJ-lJ lin. long; 

 cells about 5 in each vertical row. Disc small, pentagonal, rusty- 

 pilose. Style glabrous, skittle-shaped above, neck IJ lin. long; stigma 

 capitate, J lin. in diam. Berry ellipsoid, 6-7 lin. long, 4 lin. in diam., 

 apical cup hardly J lin. long. — Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 84; Engl, dk 

 Prantl, Pfianzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132. L. rufescens, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. 339, not of DC. Septimetula regularise Van Tiegh. in Bull. 

 Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 260, 



irile Ziancl. Abyssinia : near Adowa, parasitic on species oi Ficus Knd. Mimosa, 

 Schimper, 14i7 ! Geat, on Celastrvs sp., Schimper^ 665 ! Gorgora, on Lake Tana, Steud- 

 nery 173 ! Amba Sea, on Ficus sp., Pullen I and without precise locality. Petit, 6 ! 



30. L. er3rthr8euS9 Sprague. Youngest branchlets rusty or ful- 

 vous-tomentose with branched hairs, soon puberulous or glabrous. 

 Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or rounded at 

 the apex, obtuse and slightly unequal at the base, 2J-6J in. long, 

 1-3J in. broad, tomentose in a very young state, soon glabrous ; petiole 



