ZorarUhiM.] cxix. loranthace^ (sprague). 299 



Mozamb. Blstr. Portngoese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; opposite Sena, on 

 Cvaria sp.. Kirk ! 



Var. hechuanica, Sprague. Pedicels f lin. long ; bract narrowly oblonjr, obtuse, 

 l|-2 lin. long, J-f lin. broad. Corolla-tube J-li lin. long; lobes 8^ lin. long, 

 slightly inflexed at the apex. Filaments inserted 1^-1^ lin. above the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, the lowermost 4 lin. minutely papillate-pilose. 



Moxamb. Bistr. Bechuanaland : Eastern Bamanguato Territory ; between 

 Nagatatollo and Henrys-pan, Holuh ! 



Differs from typical L. rubroviridis in the much smaller bracts. 



51. L. HUdebrandtii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 96. Young 

 branchlets coarsely pubescent, adult ones glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves 

 -opposite or subopposite, lanceolate, acute at the apex, cuneate at the 

 base, li-2J in. long, 5-8 lin. broad, more rarely ovate, 1 J-2 in. long, 

 f-1 J in. broad, thinly coriaceous, sparingly pubescent on both surfaces, 

 eventually nearly glabrous ; lateral nerves very oblique, 3-4 on each 

 side of the midrib ; petiole 8-5 lin. long. Umbels about 18-flowered; 

 peduncle 1 J lin. long, pilose ; pedicels | lin. long, densely pilose ; bract 

 subulate from a saucer-shaped base, 2-2J lin. long, densely pilose out- 

 side, ventral margin J lin. long. Receptacle cupular, about f lin. long, 

 densely pilose. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, yV ^^^- ^^^S^ intramarginal 

 ring Jg^ lin. long, glabrous. Corolla about 9 lin. long, pilose outside ; 

 tube 2-2J lin. long, with 5 appendages inside inserted above the middle, 

 appendages alternating with the corolla-lobes, triangular, deflexed, | lin. 

 long, pilose; limb splitting unilaterally; lobes about 6 J lin. long, 

 remaining connate in a single piece, reflexed, involute at the apex, 

 pilose within below the insertion of the stamens on the adnate part of 

 the filament and the margins. Filaments inserted 3-3 J lin. above the 

 base of the corolla-lobes, 2 J lin. long, glabrous, broadened upwards, the 

 uppermost J lin. again narrowed ; anthers oblong-linear, f lin. long ; 

 connective emarginate-bicuspidate. Disc 5-lobed, J lin. high. — Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 165, t. 15, tf. J-L. Oliverella Hildehrandtii, Van Tiegh. in 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 259. 



wile X.and. Mittu: near Moslo, by the River Rohl, Schweinfurth, 2858. 

 British East Africa : Taita ; Ndi Mountain, Hildehrandt, 2523 ! 2862. 



Moxamb. Blstr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro Region; Meru Moun- 

 tain, Fischer, 534. 



L. orientalis, Engl, in Engl. & Piantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 131. (= Oliverella 

 Sacleuxii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 269), from Zanzibar, is said to 

 differ from L. Hildehrandtii in having smaller flowers. No description of it has 

 been published, and I have not seen the type. 



52. L. Bussei, Sprague. Branchlets nodose, about IJ lin. in 

 diam. 1 ft. below the apex, puberulous in a young state, quickly 

 becoming glabrous, densely lenticellate. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, 

 obtuse, cuneate into the base, 2-2 J in. long, 8-11 lin. broad, coriaceous, 

 glabrous ; lateral nerves oblique, raised on both surfaces ; petiole 2J-4 

 lin. long. Peduncle I lin. long; pedicels |-| lin. long, sparingly 

 puberulous ; bract lanceolate from a cup-shaped base, with a long 



