Xoo-anthi^.] cxix. loranthace^ (sprague). 315 



long. Heads 4-flowered ; peduncle slender, 1^-1^ in. long, densely pubescent ; bract 

 with a liorizontal or reflexed foliaceotis limb, densely pubescent on both surfaces. 

 Receptacle and calyx together 2f lin. long. Calyx irregularly toothed, ciliate, 2 lin. 

 long, nearly glabrous outside. Corolla about If in. long, greenish-yellow, base of the 

 tube reddish. Anthers 1^-1^ lin. long; connective mallet-headed. 



Mozamb. Blstr. German East Africa : Ssongea District; Kwa Kihingi, 

 £usse, 764 ! 



Distinguished by the small thin leaves, the long peduncle iind the horizontal or 

 reflexed foliaceous limb of the bract. 



75. L. nyikensiSy Spragiie. Much-branched. Young branchlets 

 pubescent or tomentellous. Branches short, flexuous, glabrous, finely 

 wrinkled, dark, inconspicuously lenticellate ; internodes J-IJ in. long. 

 Leaves opposite, sessile or shortly petioled, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or 

 ovate- elliptic, rounded at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 

 ^IJ in. long, -J-l in. broad, thinly coriaceous, coarsely stellate-pubes- 

 cent especially on the lower surface, upper surface finally more or less 

 ^labrescent; petiole up to 3 lin. long. Heads solitary, axillary or 

 terminating much-contracted leafy axillary short-shoots, 3— 4-flowered ; 

 peduncle 3-8 lin. long, tomentellous ; bract foliaceous, broadly ovate, 

 4J-7 lin. long, 3-5J lin. broad, tomentellous on both surfaces. Recep- 

 tacle and calyx together, cupular, J lin. long, densely villous from the 

 lower part, villous band about Ij lin. long, thinly and shortly villous 

 above. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, 1 J-l| lin. long. Corolla 1 J lin. long ; 

 tube 7-7J lin. long, basal swelling clavate, 2J lin. long, subglabrous 

 below, densely villous above ; lobes 1-1 J in. long. Filaments inserted 

 2|-3 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 8J-9 lin. long; anthei*8 

 linear, IJ lin. long, biapiculate. Disc 5-lobed, J lin. high, fleshy. 



SfKozamb. Bistr. British Central Africa : Nyika Plateau, McClounie, 111 ! 



L. nyildensis resembles in some respects L. Bregei, \a,T.foliaceus. The latter, 

 however, has long straight brandies, longer internodts than L. nyikeyisis^ larger and 

 more coriaceous leaves, smaller bracts, and a denser covering of hairs on the younger 

 parts; and the hairs on the corolla are denser and less adpressed. 



76. Li. alveatus, Sprague . Young branchlets tomentellous or 

 pubescent, older ones glabrous, greyish. Leaves opposite, obovate- 

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

 long, ^1 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous; petiole lJ-2 lin. long. Heads 

 solitary, axillary, 4-flowered ; peduncle 5-7 lin. long, pubescent ; bract 

 foliaceous, recurved-trough-shaped, 4J-5 lin. long, stellate-pubescent. 

 Receptacle and calyx together cupular, l|-2 lin. long, basal villous 

 band 1-1 J lin. long, upper part more sparingly villous. Calyx sub- 

 truncate, 1J~1J lin. long. Corolla over 1 J in. long ; tube about 6i lin. 

 long, basal swelling obovoid-oblong, 2\ lin. long, glabrescent below, 

 upper part long and densely villous, constriction very inconspicuous 

 owing to the hairs ; lobes subspathulate-linear, over 1 in. long. Fila- 

 ments inserted 2£ lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, about 7 lin. 

 long, broadened above and finely grooved on the inner surface ; anthers 

 linear, IJ-lf lin. long; connective mallet- shaped. Disc J lin. high. 



