300 cxix. LOUANTHACE.E (spuague). [Loranthus. 



subulate dorsal horn, £-1 lin. long without the horn, lJ-2 lin. long 

 including the horn, | lin. broad, ciliate, ventral margin J lin. long. 

 Keceptacle under h hn. long, glabrous. Calyx J-^ lin. long, slightly 

 lobed, ciliate. Corolla red, 6 J-7 lin. long, sparingly puberulous outside, 

 with 5 appendages inside inserted |-l lin. above the base, appendages 

 alternating with the corolla-lobes, deflexed, triangular, pilose ; lobes 

 remaining connate in a single piece, pilose within below the insertion 

 of tlie stamens on the adnate part of the filament and the margins. 

 Filaments glabrous, broadened upwards; anthers oblong-linear, J lin. 

 long; connective emarginate-bicuspidate. Disc about J lin. high, 

 hardly lobed. 



XKozamb. X>lstr. German East Africa: Liiuli District; Mtange, on the way 

 to Lindi, Busse, 2462 ! Liudi, Busse, 2997 ! Nani<:fnru, Busse, 2949 ! Nondora, Braun, 

 1254! 



58. Ij. campestriSy Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 05. Young branch- 

 lets slender, densely and shortly pilose, adult ones stout, terete, li-B^ lin.. 

 in diam., greyish, rather prominently lenticellate ; internodes |-1J in. 

 long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, elliptic or ovate-oblong, obtuse 

 or rounded at the apex, obtuse or subcuneate at the base, f-1 J in. long, 

 J- J in. broad, coriaceous, more or less pilose, especially on the lower 

 surface ; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, arcuate, ascending, raised 

 on both surfaces ; petiole 1 J-2 J lin. long, densely and shortly pilose. 

 Umbels subsessile ; peduncle 1 lin. long; pedicels |-J lin. long; bract 

 oblong or lanceolate-oblong from a flat circular base, keeled, |-1 lin. long, 

 keel more or less produced above into a short horn. Receptacle and 

 calyx together \\ lin. long, densely greyish-pilose in a young state. 

 Corolla 7 lin. long, pilose outside, and pilose on the adnate part of the 

 filaments ; tube 1;^ lin. long, with 5 appendages inserted below the middle, 

 appendages alternating with the corolla-lobes, deflexed, triangular, pilose; 

 lobes ciliate on their inner margin, upper enlarged part of the lobes 

 1 J-2 lin. long, j lin. broad. Anthers linear, |-1 lin. long ; connective 

 produced beyond the cells, emarginate-bicuspidate. — Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 1G5, t. 15, tf. E-Ii. Oiiverella campestris, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 France, xlii. 259. 



XMEozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Kumba Valley, near 

 Masheua, 1500 ft.. Hoist, 3504! 



54. Ij. opacuSy Spragus. Young branchlets subterete, greenish- 

 grey, glabrous, older ones greyish, coarsely lenticellate ; internodes 

 1-8 in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate to the acute 

 or obtuse apex, cuneate at the base, 2J-4J in. long, J-2 in. broad, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, dull and very finely wrinkled in a dried state, not 

 reticulate; nerves very oblique, 2 on each side of the midrib concealed 

 on the upper surface, raised on the lower ; margin finely crinkled in a 

 dried state; petiole 1^-3 lin. long, flattened on the upper surface. 

 Umbels axillary, fascicled, 3-4-flowered; peduncle |-1 lin. long ; pedicels 

 ^-| lin. long, inserted in cupular sockets ; bract obliquely cupular or 

 obliquely saucer-shaped, hardly | lin. long, minutely ciliate, dorsal margin 



