310 cxix. LORANTHACEiK (speague). \^Loranthu8, 



ovoid or ovoid-oblong, SJ lin. long ; lobes linear, slightly broadened 

 upwards, about 1^ in. long. Filaments inserted 2|-3J lin. above the 

 base of the corolla-lobes, straight, D-10 lin. long, broadened above ; 

 anthers linear, 3J-3J lin. long ; connective emarginate-mallet-headed. 

 Disc crenately 5-lobed, \ lin. high, fleshy. Style acutely pentagonal 

 below ; stigma hardly | lin. in diam. 



Momamb. Bistr. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Chikala, 2000 ft., 

 Pvrves, 13 ! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 49 ! Mashonaland : near Salisbury, Hon. 

 Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 14:1 \ Rand, 1374! 



72. It. ngamicus, Sprague. Young branchlets tomentellous with 

 vei-ticillate-branched hairs, older ones glabrous, longitudinally wrinkled. 

 Leaves opposite, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, rounded at the apex, obtuse 

 or rounded at the base, ^-Ij in. long, 4-7 lin. broad, coriaceous, rather 

 densely pubescent on both surfaces ; petiole 1-4 J lin. long. Heads soli- 

 tary, terminating much-contr.acted axillnry short-shoots, 3-5-flowered ; 

 peduncle 4-12 lin. long, tomentellous; bract subequal to or shorter 

 than the receptacle and calyx, ovate-oblong, very concave, 2|-3 lin. long, 

 tomentellous outside. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, 2J-2| 

 lin. long, very densely villous from the base, villous band 1^-2 lin. long. 

 Calyx subtruncate or slightly lobed, more sparingly villous than the 

 receptacle, long-ciliate, IJ-li Hn. long. Buds subcylindric. Corolla 

 greenish cream-coloured, about 2 in. long, densely silky-villous outside ; 

 tube 9 lin. long, basal swelling very slight, about 3J lin. long ; lobes 

 linear, broadened upwards, lJ-1 J in. long, reflexed above the insertion 

 of the filaments. Filaments inserted ^\-2\ Hn. above the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, 9 lin. long ; anthers linear, 2J-2 J lin. long, 2-horned after 

 dehiscence. Style pentagonal, not thickened upwards ; stigma capitate, 

 J lin. in diam. Berry ellipsoid, G-7 lin. long, bright red, hirsute, 

 terminal cup Ij-lj lin. long. — L. Dregei, var., !N. E. Br. in Kew 

 Bulletin, 1909, 135, not of Eckl. k Zeyh. 



Moxamb. SlBtr. Bechuanaland : Ntechokutsa, 3000 ft., 5'eiMf;-, ser. ii. 124! 

 Ngamiiand : Kwebe Hills, 3300 ft., Mrs. Lugard, 44! near Lake Ngami, on 

 Acacia sp., Lugard, 30 ! on Acacia detinens, Burch,, Fleck, 313a! 



73. L. Scheleiy Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 105. Young branchlets 

 rusty-tomentose with verticillate- branched hairs, older ones glabrous ; 

 internodes J-5 in. long. Leaves opposite, elliptic or suborbicular, rounded 

 at the apex, cordate or subcordate at the base, 1-2;^ in. long, 1-2J in. broad, 

 glabrous and finely reticulate on the upper surface, densely brownish- 

 tomentose on the lower ; lateral nerves about 5 on each side, slightly 

 faised on the upper surface; petiole 3-7 lin. long. Heads axillary, 

 fascicled, 4-flowered ; peduncle 3-4^ lin. long, rusty-tomentose ; bract 

 broadly elliptic or ovate, very concave, lj-l| lin. long, 1|-1| lin. broad, 

 rusty-tomentellous outside. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, 

 lf-2J lin. long, shortly adpressed-pilose above, basal villous band IJ-IJ 

 lin. long. Calyx shortly and sparingly ciliate, 1-1 1 lin. long. Corolla 

 about 2 in. long ; tube yj-9J lin. long, basal swelling clavate, 2-2J 

 lin. long, glabrescent below, very long-villous in the upper part ; lobes 



