Zoraiithus.] cxix. loranthace.e (sprague). 807 



G5. L. ambiguuSy Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 98. Youngest parts 

 rusty-pubescent with short branched hairs, very soon glabrous ; young 

 branchlets dark, striate, older ones greyish, lenticellate ; internodes 

 J-IJ in. long. Leaves subopposite, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the 

 base, lJ-3 in. long, f-lj in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull, penni- 

 nerved ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, arcuate-ascending, slightly 

 raised, especially on the lower surface ; petiole 1-3 lin. long. Racemes 

 axillary, solitary or fascicled, equalling or exceeding the leaves, pilose 

 with small stellate hairs ; rhachi^ 1~1 i ^^- ^^^S » pedicels 1-li lin. long ; 

 bract broadly ovate or oblong, rounded, |- J lin. long, strongly or slightly 

 umbonate at or above the middle. Receptacle and calyx together 

 cupular, J lin. long. Calyx -^^ lin. long. Corolla IJ in. long, basal 

 swelling ovoid -globose, IJ lin. long, remainder of tube funnel-shaped, 

 6-7 lin. long ; lobes united in the shape of an hour-glass in bud, 

 geparating from below upwards, linear-spathulate from a triangular base, 

 about 8 lin. long. Filaments inserted 2|-2| lin. above the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, filiform, If lin. long, broadened towards the apex ; anthers 

 oblong, I lin. long ; connective hammer-headed. Disc annular, J lin. 

 high, fleshy. Style gradually broadened upwards to the stigma; stigma 

 ellipsoid, J-| lin. long.— Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 166, t. 18, figs. D-F. Oncella 

 ambigua, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 251. 



Mozaxnb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Bagamoyo District ; banks of the 

 Wami River, Hildebrandt , 1032 ! Dar-es-Salaam, Kirk ! 



Var. subacutus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 99. Leaves narrowly oblong, subacute 

 or obtuse at the apex, acute at the base. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Bugamoyo, Sfuhlmann, 7 1 Dar-es- 

 Salaam, Stuhlmann, 7316 ! Dunda, Sfuhlmann, 6510 ! 



66. Ii. Sacleuxiiy Engl, in Engl, d- Prantl^ Pflanzenfam. Nachtr, 

 i. 131. Internodes longer than in L. amhiguus. Leaves larger, nearly 

 sessile. Racemes solitary. Basal swelling of the corolla smaller than 

 in L. amhiguus. Anthers shorter. — Oncella Sacleuxiiy Van Tiegh. in 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 251. 



Bf ozaxnb. Distr. German East Africa : Bagamoyo, Sacleux, 676. 

 Perhaps identical with L. pcecilohotrys, Werth. I have not seen a specimen. 



67. L. Menyharthiiy Engl, dh Schinz ex Schlnz, PI. Menyharth, 

 48. Young branchlets velvety-pilose, adult ones glabrous. Leaves 

 alternate, obovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong or elliptic, rounded or obtuse 

 at the apex, sometimes minutely apiculate, obtuse, subcuneate or 

 rounded at the base, |-lj in. long, 5-10 lin. broad, coriaceous, velvety- 

 pubescent on both surfaces, 3-nerved from shortly above the base; 

 petiole ^-IJ lin. long. Flowers axillary, solitary, subsessile; pedicels 

 hardly J lin. long; bract elongate-cupular, subtruncate or slightly 

 2-lipped, long-ciliate, pilose outside, slightly umbonate, margin about 

 1 Un. long. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 3J lin. long, 

 glabrous outside. Calyx 2|-2 J lin. long, shallowly 5-lobed, rusty-ciliate ; 



