308 cxix. LORANTHACE.E (sprague). [Luraiithus. 



lobes \-\ lin. lon^. Corolla under 2 in. long; tube not split unilate- 

 rally, lower part clavate, 3-3^ lin. long, upper part narrowly funnel- 

 shaped, 4| lin. long; lobes Ij-li in. long, linear, broadened into the 

 base, uppermost quarter linear-lanceolate. Filaments inserted 5^-() lin. 

 above the base of the corolla-lobes, 7-8J lin. long, slender and straight 

 below, much thickened and involute above, with a few transverse 

 grooves on the outer surface; anthers linear, 1 1--^ J Hn. long. Disc 

 pentagonal, 5-lobed, \ lin. high. Stigma ellipsoid, | lin. long. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Portuguese East Africa: Maml)oiie, on mangrove trees, 

 Johnson, 266 ! Lower Zambesi ; Boromii, Menyharth ! Tete, Kirk ! 



68. L. Commipliorae, Engl, in Engl. JaJtrh. xxviii. 380. Young 

 branchlets pubescent, adult ones smooth, glabrous, greyish. Leaves 

 opposite or subopposite, subsessile, oblong, oblanceolate or lanceolate- 

 oblong, rounded at the apex, cuneate or obtuse at the base, 1-1 J in. 

 long, 2^-4^ lin. broad, stellate-puberulous on both surfaces. Heads 

 terminating much-contracted cushion-shaped short-shoots, which bear 

 1-2 pairs of leaves, 4-flowered ; peduncle 7-8 lin. long, grooved, spar- 

 ingly stellate-puberulous ; bract oblong, rounded at the apex, 8^ lin. 

 long, 2J lin. broad, stellate-puberulous on both surfaces. Receptacle 

 and calyx together cupular, IJ-lf lin. long, subtruncate, densely 

 villous below, sparingly pilose above, the villous band |-| lin. long. 

 Calyx |-1 lin. Jpng, ciliate, hairs about J lin. long. Corolla 1| in. long; 

 tube 5^ lin. long, basal swelling obovoid-oblong, 2^ lin. long, the lower- 

 most 1 lin. glabrous, remainder of tube rather densely pubescent with 

 short stellate and longer little-branched hairs; lobes over IJ in. long, 

 subspathulate-linear, puberulous below. Filaments inserted Z\ lin. 

 above the base of the corolla-lobes, about 8 lin. long, broadened above; 

 anthers linear, 2J lin. long. Disc J lin. high. Stigma ellipsoid, | lin. 

 long. 



XVXozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Uhche ; by the Lukosse River, 

 260U ft., on Commijjhora j[)ilosa^ Engl., Ooetze, 477 ! 



69. Ij. occultus, S}yrag\ie. Young branchlets soon becoming 

 glabrous except round the bases of the leaves, brownish, adult ones 

 distinctly grooved, greyish. Leaves obovate-oblanceolate, rounded at the 

 fipex, cuneate into the base, 5^-7 J lin. long, 2^-3 J lin. broad, glabrous ; 

 petiole 2-2^ lin. long, whitish-tomentellous. Heads terminating much- 

 contracted cushion-shaped short-shoots, -l-flowered ; peduncle 6-7 lin. 

 long, grooved, very sparingly stellate-puberulous ; bract obovate- 

 oblong, rounded at the apex, 8-9 lin. long, 3^-4^ lin. broad, glabrous. 

 Receptacle and calyx together cupular, | lin. long, densely whitish- 

 villous outside, villous band exceeding the calyx by 1 lin. Calyx 

 ^ lin. long, villous-ciliate. Corolla whitish-villous outside in young 

 bud, at the time of expansion glabrescent except at the constriction, 

 over Ij in. long; tube ^-^^ lin. long, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2 lin. 

 long, constriction very evident, whitish-pilose; lobes subspathulate- 

 linear, over Ij in. long, reflexed above the insertion of the filaments. 

 Filaments inserted 4 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, about 8 lin. 



