812 cxix. LORAKTHACELE (sprague). [Loranthus. 



Engler (in Enffl. Jahrh. xx. 104, 105) has distinguished two forms and one 

 variety of L. Dregei, based solely on leaf-cliaracters. A more satisfactory sub- 

 division of L. Dregei seems attainiible by taking into consideration floral characters 

 also. It seems best not to retain forma ohtusifolia, Engl., iis it includes specimens 

 here referred to typical L. Dregei^ and others referred to L. Dregei, var. Sodenii, as 

 well as specimens fiom Gallabat and Eritrea, on which a new viiriety, var. Tcerenicus,. 

 is now founded. 



Var. suhcuneifolius, Sprague. Youngest parts rusty-tomentose. Leaves dis- 

 tinctly petioled, obovate-oblong or elliptic, rounded at the apex, cuneate or obtuse at the 

 base, lv-5 in. long, |— 2^ in. broad, thinly coriaceous, coarsely pubescent in a young 

 state, especially on the lower surface, glabrous when fully developed ; petiole 2-11 lin. 

 long. Heads 2-4-flowered ; peduncle 2^-5 lin. long, rather stout, tomentose ; bract 

 obliquely spathaceous-cupular, 2-2A lin. long or less, Ij-H Hn. deep. Receptacle 

 and calyx together, 4-4^ lin. long or less, basal villous band 1^-3 lin. long. Calyx 

 2|— 33 lin, long or less. Corolla 2-2^ in. long, densely villous-tomentose outside 3. 

 tube about | in. long; lobes about I5 in. long. Filaments inserted 2|— 3^ lin. above 

 the base of the coroUa-lobi s; anthers 4-4^ lin. long, biapiculate. Disc 5-lobed, 

 lobes pilose. — L.^ Dregei, forma suhciinei folia, Engl, in Engl. .];ihrb. xx. 104, ex- 

 cluding the South African specimens and Hoist ^ 2946. L. Dregei, forma oltusijolla, 

 Engl. I.e. 105, partly; Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 383, partly. L. Dregei, var. suhcurvi- 

 foliay Engl, ex Schinz, PI. Menyharth. 43, name only (a mistake for sv.hciineifolia), 

 L. ohlong if alius, Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, i. 342, not of E. Meyer* 

 L. hirsufiflorus, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 178. 



irile ]Land. Abyssinia: near Gapdia, Schioiper, 768 ! 



Mozamb. Di8tr> German East Africa: Usambara ; Gombelo, ^o/*^, 2174!" 

 Pangani, Stuhlmann, 196 ! Braun, 1514 ! Dar-es-Salaam, Holtz, 395 ! Ruaha River, 

 1600 ft., on Vitex sp., Qoetze, 421 ! Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; 

 Lupata Mountains, between Sena and Tete, on Cordyla africana. Lour., Peters, 8! 

 between Sena and Lupata, Kirk! Boruma, Mevyharth, 509! British Central 



Africa : Nyasaland ; between Kondowe and Karonga, TVhyt 



The tloral measurements given above are from Schimper's and Why te's specimens^ 

 which have large flowers and resemble var. tahorensis except in the leaves. Thd 

 remaining q>ecimens quoted have smaller flowers, and form a transition to typical 

 L. Dregei. 



X^r.^kerenictts, Sprngue. Leaves ovate-oblong or ov;ite, more rarely suborbiculnr, 

 rounded or obtuse at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, 1^-3 in. long, 1-2| 

 in. broad, coriaceous, coaisely pubescent on both surfaces in a young state, upper 

 surface glabrous and lower puberulous when fully developed ; petiole 4-7 lin, 

 long, tomentellous or pubescent. Heads 2-4-flowered; peduncle 2^-8 lin. long, 

 stout, tomentose or tomentellous ; bract spathaceous-cupular, about 2\ lin, long. 

 Receptacle and calyx together 3^ lin, long,»basal villous band 1^-2 lin. long. Calyx 

 gubtruncate, 2-2|- lin. long, thinly adpressed-villous outside. Corolla 2 in. long, 

 very densely villous, — L. Dregei, forma ohtusifolia, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 105,. 

 as to the specimens from Galabat and Eritrea. 



Xile Xiand. Eritrea: Bogos, Beccari, 82! Keren, on Comhretum Jiartmanni- 

 anum, Schweinf., Hildehrandt, 517! Gallabat: Matamma, S<;hweinfiirth, 2193! 



Near var. suhcuneifolius, from which it differs mainly in the shape of the 

 leaves. 



Viir. tahorensis, Sprague. Young branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves subsessile, 

 elliptic-oblong, ovate-oblong or broadly ovate, rounded at the" apex, subcordate or 

 cordate at the base, 3-4| in, long, l|-3 in. broad, coriaceous, coarsely stellate- 

 pubescent on the lower surface. Heads or contracted spikes 4-8-flowered ; peihnicle 

 .short, stout, tomentose; bract spathaceous-cupular, 2\ lin. long. Receptacle and 



