316 cxix. LORANTHACE.« (spraoue). \^Loranth%(^ , 



fleshy, glabrous. — L. Dregei, forma suhcunei folia, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb, 

 XX. ]()4, in sm-Ul part. 



Mozamb. I>lstr. German East Africa : Usainhara; Uoila, iZ'oAs?', 2946 ! 



77. L. lindensis, Sprague. Branchlets long, straight, pendulous, 

 slender, slightly over 1 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, youngest 

 part rusty- pubescent, older parts stellate-puberulous, finally glabrous, 

 finely and rather densely lenticellate ; nodes rather conspicuous, inter- 

 nodes J-l-i in. long. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, elliptic or 

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

 1^-2^ in. lonof, \-^\ in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, slightly 

 glaucous; petiole H-2J (-4^) lin. long, pubescent. Heads axillary, 

 solitary, 4-flowered ; peduncle \-\ in. long, rather slender, glabrous 

 or stellate-puberulous ; bract foliaceous, elliptic, J-1 in. long, \-\ in. 

 broad, glabrous on both surfaces. Receptacle and calyx together 

 tubular, 2|-3.1in. long, basal villous band about 1 lin. long. Calyx 

 subtruncate or irregularly lobed, '1\ lin. long, sparingly pilose outside, 

 ciliate. Corolla 2J in. long, densely villous outside except the lower- 

 most 2 lin., orange, with green lobes; tube D-IO lin. long; lobes H in. 

 long, linear, the uppermost o^ lin. linear-lanceolate. Filaments inserted 

 3| lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes ; anthers '1 lin. long. Disc 

 not lobed, \ lin. high, glabrous. Berry oblong-ellipsoid, 4 lin. long, 

 glabrous, deep red, apictil cup ] \ lin. long. 



Mozamb' Dlstr. German East Africa : \^\\\\i^\,^n\ Terminalia CafappayJAnn.y 

 £usse, 3005 ! 



7>>. L. panganensis, Engl, in Engl JaJirh. xx. 02. Branchlets 

 smooth, glabrous, more or less ribbed in a dried state, dark grey or 

 purplish, about H lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, rather sparingly 

 and inconspicuously lenticellate. Leaves opposite, .subopposite or alter- 

 nate, those on the 1 -year-old shoots deciduous before the production of 

 flowers, elliptic, ovate or obovate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, obtuse 

 or cuneateat the base, |-1| in. long, ^-l^ in. bror.d, coriaceous, glabrous ; 

 petiole 2-5 lin. long. Umbels subsessile, 3-j fiowered ; peduncle at 

 most 1 lin. long, sometimes almost suppressed ; pedicels 1-1 j lin. long; 

 bract broadly ovate from a saucer-shaped base, acute, or more rarely 

 rounded, |-| lin. long, ventral margin \-y.r Hn. long. Receptacle and 

 calyx together l|-2^ lin. long, glabrous. Calyx patulous. ^-1 lin. long, 

 truncate. Corolla 2 -^-2 J in. long, rose-coloured or purple ; tube 8-13 lin. 

 long, slightly broadened upwards, minutely and densely papillate inside ; 

 lobes I3-2 in. long, linear, much broadened into the base, linear-lanceo- 

 late above, lowermost 3 lin. with a dense longitudinal band of papillae 

 on the inner surface \ lin. within the margin on either side. Filaments 

 inserted 2|-(! lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 11-13 lin. long, 

 linear, flattened, with 3 grooves on the ventral surface ; anthers linear, 

 5-U) lin. long ; connective produced beyond the cells into a membranous 

 flap, f-| lin. long. Disc J lin. high. Style tetragonal, minutely 

 papillate on the angles; stigma ellipsoid, | lin. long. — Ptl. Ost-Afr. C. 



