Loranilius.] cxix. loranthace^e (sprague). 313 



calyx together tubular, 4|- lin. long, basal villous band about 3 lin. long. C&lyx 

 truncate, about 4 lin. long, sparingly adpressed-villous outside. Corolla over 2^ in, 

 long, densely villous-tomentose outside, yellowish-green ; tube orange. Berry 

 oblong-ellipsoid, about 7 lin. long, adpressed-villous, apical cup 3^ lin. long. — L, 

 tahorensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 106, t. 2,fig. D; I.e. xxx. 301. JErianthemum 

 iahorensp. Van. Ticgh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 248. 



Mozamb. Blstr. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Tabora, Stuhlmanny 

 573! Us<ifua; Beya ^loiuitain, 6000 ft., on Bauhinia tomentosa, Linn., Goetze, 

 1068 ! Lower Plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, Thomson ! British Central Africa r 

 Xyasaland ; Blantyre, Buchanan in herh. Wood^ 6809! Zomba, Kirk 1 and without 

 precise locality, Buchanan^ 257 ! 



Near the large-flowered specimens of vav. suhcuneifolia, from which it differs iit 

 the sub-sessile leaves, cordate or subcordate at the base. 



Var. SoiJpnii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 105. Leaves broadly elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, rounded at the apex, cordate or subcordate at the base, more rarely ol)tuse, 

 1— 2| in. long, -|— 2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, xippcr surface pubescent in a young 

 state, soon glabrous, lower surface rusty-tomentellous in a }Oung state, soon pubes- 

 cent, eventually glabrous ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, prominent in the adult 

 leaves; petiole 2-4 lin. long. Heads 2-4-flowered; peduncle 1-2 lin. long or less^ 

 rusty-tomentellous; bract spathaceous-cupular, subtruncate, |— 1 lin. long, some- 

 times produced dorsally, at or |- lin. below the apex, into a horizontal rounded flap, 

 •J- lin. broad or less. Receptacle and calyx together elongate -cupular, 1^. lin. long^ 

 with a dense basal villous band |-1 lin. long, upper part sparingly pilose outside 

 or nearly glabrous. Calyx subtruncate, sparingly and minutely ciliate, 1|— 1| lin, 

 long. Corolla Iv^-lf in. long; tube 6-7 lin. long, basal swelling clavate, 2^-2^ lin. 

 long; lobos about 1 in. long or more. Filaments inserted 2^-3 lin. above the ijase 

 of the coi olla-lobes ; anthers 1|-1|- lin. long; connective mallet-headed. Disc 

 pentagonal, slightly 5-lobed, ^— ^ lin. high, lobes sparingly pilose at the apex. — 

 L, Drer/c'i, forma ohtusifolia, Engl. I.e., as to the Zanzibar and Usambara 

 specimens. 



Nile I.and. British East Africa: Mombasa, Wakefield! Witu, Thomas^ 1621 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, on Citrus Aurantitim, Linn., Hildehrandt, 20251 

 on Caryophyllus aromaticus, Linn., Kirk, 45! German East Africa: Tanga, 

 Volkens, 182! Heinsen, 105! Gombelo, Hoist, 2177! Hagamoyo, Kirk! Dar-es- 

 Salaam, Kddehvandt^ 1224! Portuguese East Africa: Itwer valley of the !^hire 

 River, J^Ieller ! 



Differs from typical L. Dregei in the shape of the leaves, which retain their 

 pubescence for a long time on the lower surface, and in the very shortly peduncled 

 heads. The flowers are rather smaller than in the type. 



Var. nyasicus, Sprague. Leaves elliptic, obovate-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, rounded 

 at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, more rarely subcordate, lo-2^ in, long,. 

 |~1^ in. broad, thinly coriaceous, coarsely and densely pubescent on both surfaces 

 in a young state, glabrous on the upper suiface and pubescent on the lower When 

 fully developed; petiole 3-9 lin. long. Heads 3-4-riowered; peduncle 1-1^ Hn. 

 long, tomentellous ; bract spathaceous-cupular, f lin. long, with or without a small 

 horizontal foliaceous limb inseited |^-| lin. below the edge of the cup; limb broadly 

 elliptic or suborbicular, 1-1 1- lin. in diam., tomentellous on both surfaces. Kecep- 

 tacle and calyx together elongate-cupular, 2|— 2^ lin. long, basal villous band 2 lin. 

 long, u])por part glabrescent. Calyx subtiuncate, jciliate, ]|- lin. long. Corolla 

 about 2 in. long, rather thinly villous outside; tube 9^-10 lin, long, basal swellings 

 clavate, 3^-4 lin. long, glabr.us below, long-pilose above; lobes under ]|- in, long. 

 Filaments inserted 3-3^ lin. above the base of the coruUa-lobes; anthers If lin. long. 



