288 cxix. LORANTHACE.E (sprague). [Loranthiis. 



5-13 Tm. long. Umbels fascicled in the axils, 2-flowered, rusty- 

 tomencose with branched hairs; peduncle 1-1 J lin. long; pedicels 

 j-1 lin. long; bract broadly ovate or suborbicular, Ij-H lin. long, 

 glabrous inside. Receptacle IJ lin. long. Calyx |- lin. long, shortly 

 ciliate. Corolla l|-2 in. long, split unilaterally, hardly enlarged 

 towards the base, rusty-tomentose outside ; lobes erect, spathulate, 

 8 lin. long. Filaments 5 lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, lj-l| 

 lin. long ; cells about 3 in each vertical row. Disc small, pentagonal, 

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

 stigma capitate, f lin. in diam. Berry ellipsoid, 5-6 lin. long, rusty- 

 pubescent, apical cup | lin. long. 



Nile Iiand. Eritrea : near Saganeiti, about 7300 ft., Schtceinfin'th c^- Rira, 

 785! 1800! 



31. !■• usuiensis, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 80, t. 44. 

 Youngest branchlets fulvous-tomentose with branched hairs, soon 

 becoming glabrous. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong, IJ-'U in. long, 

 1-2 in. broad, obtuse or rounded at the apex, subequal and obtuse or 

 rounded at the base, more rarely subcordate, stellate-pubescent in a 

 very young state e.'^pecially towards the base, soon glabrous; petiole 

 4-C lin. long. Fascides many-flowered, tomentellous with verticillate- 

 branched hairs ; pedicels J-| lin. long ; bract glabrous within, sub- 

 orbicular, hardly J lin. in diam., or ovate, acute, Ij-lf lin. long. 

 Receptacle 1 lin. long. Calyx \-\ lin. long, slightly lobed, shortly 

 ciliate. Corolla li-lj in. long or slightly less, straight, tomentellous 

 outside, basal swelling subglobose, IJ-IJ lin. in diam. ; tube glandular 

 within; lobes erect, spathulate, 3^-4 lin. long. Filaments '2\ lin. long; 

 anthers oblong, |-| lin. long; cells 3 in each vertical row. Disc small, 

 pentagonal, glabrous. Style glabrous, skittle-shaped above, neck f lin. 

 long; stigma capitate, }-| lin. in diam. — Engl, in Engl, Jahrb. xx. 82 ; 

 Pti. Ost-Afr. C. ICT); Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132; 

 Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 204. L. hnkobensis, Engl, 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 102 ; Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 166. 



irile Ziand. Uganda: near Mulema, Baqshaive, ^oQ\ British East Africa: 

 Man Plateau, 7000-8000 ft., Scott-EUiot, 6952 ! and without precise locality, Elliott, 

 252 ! Kicha, EUiotf, 317 ! 



Mozamb. Blstr. German East Africa: Usui, 4000 ft., SpcTce S{ Grant, 6! 

 Bukoba, on Lake Victoria, Stuhlmann, 1092! 3776! 4057! by the Ugalla River, 

 Bohm, 53a ! without precise locality, Kaiser ! 



32. L. Albizzise, J)e Wild. Miss. K. Laurent, 74. Young shoots 

 densely whitish- or tawny-tomentellous with branched hairs, soon 

 becoming glabrous. Branches stout, 3 lin. in diam. 1 fc. below the 

 apex, finely wrinkled and pale brown in a dried state. Leaves opposite, 

 ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded 

 at the base, 2^-4J in. long, lj-l| in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous when 

 fully developed, brown in a dried state ; lateral nerves 0-7 on each side, 

 rather oblique, raised on the upper surface, indistinct or not visible 

 on the lower; midrib slightly raised on the upper surface, very pro- 



