Loranthus.'] cxix. loranthace.e (sprague). 207 



long; pedicels |-1 lin. long; bract broadly ovate, IJ-lf lin. long. 

 Receptacle about f lin. long, densely whitish -tomentose. Calyx J-| lin. 

 long, distinctly 5-lobed, lobes triangular. Corolla nearly 1| in. long, 

 pale rose-coloured, purple inside, whitish -floccose-tomentellous outside 

 below, sparingly so above, basal swelling oblong-ellipsoid, 2|-3 lin. long, 

 upper part narrowly 5-winged in bud ; lobes erect, spathulate, 8 J lin. 

 long, the upper enlarged part ovate or narrowly ovate, 2J-2J lin. long, 

 hardly \\ lin. broad, including the thin margins, which are J-| lin. broad. 

 Stamens and style orange-coloured. Filaments inserted at the base of 

 the corolla -lobes, about 6 lin. long, finally involute ; anthers linear,. 

 1J-1| lin. long, cells 5-6 in each of the 2 outer rows, 7-8 in each of 

 the inner. Disc crenately 5-lobed, J lin. high, fleshy. Style not 

 appreciably thickened upwards ; stigma ovoid or ellipsoid, | lin. long. — 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 928 ; Engl, in Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 Nachtr. i. 131 ; Engl. & Gilg in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 227. 

 Phragmanthera cinerea, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 262. 

 Slower Guinea. Angola : Mossamedes ; near S. Joao do Croque, Rio Croque, 

 Cabo Negro, on Tamarix orientalis, Forsk., Welwitsch^ 4884 ! Rio Cioque, John- 

 ston ! near Garganto do Diabo, 650 ft., Batim, 4 ! Umpupe, on the Coroca River, 

 1000 ft., Baum, 6 ! 



48. Ij. Guerichii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xix. 130. Branches stout, 

 about 2 J lin. in diam. in a dried state 1 ft. below the apex, youngest 

 part tawny-tomentose with much-branched hairs, soon becoming glabrous, 

 greyish -brown, slightly glossy, deeply grooved in a dried state. Leaves 

 alternate or subopposite, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse or rounded at 

 both ends, 5-7 lin. long, 2J-3J lin. broad, coriaceous, densely tawny- 

 stellate-tomentose ; petiole 1 J-2 lin . long. Flowering branchlets arising 

 in the axils of fallen leaves, much contracted, bearing 1-2 pairs of leaves 

 at the base. Flowers shortly pedicelled, usually geminate; pedicels 

 about 1 lin. long; bract exceeding the receptacle and calyx, linear, 

 obtuse, tapering very slightly upwards, 2J lin. long. Receptacle If lin. 

 long, slightly constricted below the apex, tawny-tomentose. Calyx 

 nearly obsolete. Corolla over 2 J in. long, greyish -tomentose outside in 

 a living state, tawny in a dried state, subcylindric and pointed in bud ; 

 tube IJ in. long, not swollen at the base ; lobes erect, lanceolate-linear, 

 about 10 lin. long, |-| lin. broad above. Filaments inserted 1 j-2 lin. 

 above the base of the corolla -lobes, about 4 lin. long, slightly tapering 

 upwards; anthers linear, 2J-2J lin. long, transversely septate, cells 

 about 7-9 in each vertical row ; connective apiculate. Disc sunk, 

 crenately 5-lobed, J lin. high. Style swollen at the base, upper part 

 slightly skittle-shaped ; stigma ellipsoid, | lin. long. — Engl. I.e. xx. 84 ; 

 Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 53. 



ZiO'virer Onlnea. German South-west Africa : Damaraland ; Karibib, Oiirichr 

 35 ! Hereroland ; Stanley Mine, Fleck, 425 ! 



49. L. falvus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 103. Youngest part of 

 branchlets densely fulvous-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs 

 in a dried state, older branchlets greyish, glabrous, wrinkled. Leaves- 



