314 cxix. LORANTiiACE.i: (sprague). [LoraiitJms, 



Disc ^ liu. Ingh, slightly 5-lobed, lobes sparingly pilose. — L. Diegei, forma ohtusi- 

 /o/i'a/Eiigl.in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 383, partly, not of Engl. Jabrb. xx. 105. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Gernnin East Africa : Uluguru Mountains, 3300 ft., Goetze, 

 162! King-a (Livingstone) Mountains, Goetze, 10l^\ Nyasaland : Zo\\\\yA, Ptirves, 

 151! 



Near var. Sodenii, Engl., but with narrower leaves, remaining pubescent on the 

 lower surface when fully developed, longer petioles and longer calyx and anthers. 

 The bract usually has a foliaceous limb. 



Var. ovatus, Sprague. Leaves broadly ovate, rounded or very obtuse at the apex, 

 cordate or subcordate at tbo b:ise, more rarely rounded, l:i-3^ in. long, 1-2^ in. 

 broad, coriaceous, very coarsely pubescent with verticillate-branclied hairs on both 

 surfaces in a young state, upper surface glabrous, lower surface coarsely pubescent 

 wlien fully developed; petiole 2^-6 lin. long. Peduncle l-2-| lin. long, tomeutose. 

 Corolla about 1^ in. long, very densely rusty-villous. 



Mozamb. Sistr. German East Africa : Usambara ; Amani, Braun, 1092 I 

 1970! Jrarnecke, 349! clearings in Rain forest, 3000 ft., on Citrus Aurauf item, 

 Linn., Urtgler, 707 ! 



Differs from var. Sodenii in the larger ovate leaves and the very densely villous 

 flowers. 



Yar.foliacei'.s, Sprague. Leaves subsessile or petioled, elliptic or ovate, rounded 

 or very obtuse at tlie apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, lA-^^J iu. long, 10- 

 20 lin. broad, coriaceous, very coarsely pubescent on both surfaces in a young state, 

 upper surface glabrous, lower surface pubescent when fully developed ; petiole up 

 to 4 lin. long. Heads 4-6-rtowered ; peduncle 6-14 lin. long, coarsely and. densely 

 villous; bi-act foliaceous or subfoliaceous, elliptic, 4^10 lin. long, very coarsely and 

 tlensely pubescent on both surfaces. Corolla l|-2 in. long. 



Wile Z.ancl. Abyssinia: Harar, Ellenheck, 797 ! Walenzo, 6600ft., Ellenbeck, 

 1303! Djebel Haqumi, Ellenbeck ! British East Africa : Kibwezi, 2600-3300 ft., 

 Scheffler^ 193 ! 346 ! Makindu Kiver, Kdasner, 575 ! 



Near var. subcunei/olius and var. kerenicus, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the foliaceous bracts. 



Var. Idlimanjaricus, Sprague. Leaves elliptic or ovate- elliptic, rounded at the 

 apex, cordate or more rarely rounded at tbe base, 1^-2 in. long, ^-\\ in. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous on the u])per surface, coarsely pubescent on the lower; 

 petiole 2^-4 lin. long. Heads solitary, axillary, 4-6-tiowered, sessile or very shortly 

 pcduncled ; peduncle up to 3 lin. long, touientellous; bract subspathaceous below, 

 upper part foliaceous, suborbicular, 2-4 lin. in diam., tlat or more or less concave or 

 coi.vex, tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs. Receptacle and calyx together 

 elongate-cupular, 2\ lin. long, basal villous baud 1^-2 lin. long. Calyx If lin. long. 

 Corolla over If in. long; tube 7-8 lin. long, basal swelling clavate, 2| lin. long, 

 glabresccnt below, long-villous above; lobes l-\\ in. long. Filaments inserted 

 3^ liu. above the base of the corolla-lobes, broadened above and grooved witliin ; 

 anthers If lin. long; connective emarginate-mallet-beaded. Disc ^ lin. high, 

 glabrous. 



Mozamb. Sistr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, on Alhizzia 

 rnaranguensis, Taub., Volkens, 1934 ! 



Differs from \&v.foliaceiis in the sessile or subsessile inflorescence, and from var. 

 Sodenii in the bracts. 



Var. longipes, Sprague. Young branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves elliptic- 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, rounded, subtiuncate or emarginate at the apex, obtuse, 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, 1—1:^^ in. long, 4—7 lin. broad, chartaceous or thinly 

 •coriaceous, densely pubescent on both surfaces in a ^oung state; petiole 3-4^ lin. 



