:-^18 cxix. LORAXTJiACE.f: (sprague). [Lorfiuthits^ 



intraniarginal ring ; intramarginal ring J lin. long, minutely puberu- 

 lous above. Corolla over 1 J, in. long, minutely papillate-pilose outside, 

 not swollen at the base, swollen at the insertion of the stamens in bud ; 

 tube split unilaterally 4^-0 lin. down ; lobes erect, linear, 9 lin. long, 

 inner surface apiculate. Filaments inserted J lin. above the base of 

 the corolla- lobes, 4^ lin. long, deflexed, dorsal surface without trans- 

 verse grooves; anthers linear, HJ lin. long; connective produced above 

 the filaments. Disc pentagonal, 5-lobed, J lin. high. Stigma depressed- 

 c^lobose, under J lin. in diam. — L. discolor, Hchinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 iv. App. iii. 52, not of Engl. 



ImO-wct Guinea. German Soutli-west Africa: Damara Land; Okahandya, 

 on Boscia FecJnieUi, Kuntze, Binier, 28-4 ! Reliohoth, FlecTc, -452 ! 881 ! 



81. Ij. Lugardi, X. E. Br. in Keio Bulletin, 1901), 135. Young 

 branchlets striate, minutely and densely puberulous, older ones glab- 

 rous, greyish, longitudinally lenticellate ; internodes 2-5 lin. long. 

 Leaves alternate, oblong-oblanceolate or oblong, obtuse or rounded at 

 the apex, cuneate into the base, j-1 J in. long, 2J-5 lin. broad, rigidly 

 coriaceous, minutely and densely puberulous ; lateral nerves slightly 

 raised or inconspicuous on the upper surface, not visible on the lower. 

 Flowers axillary, subsessile, 2-4 together ; pedicels J- J lin. long; bract 

 obliquely cupular, |-J lin. long ventrally, 1 lin. long dorsally, ciliate, 

 minutely puberulous outside, dorsally thickened. Receptacle and calyx 

 together cupular, 1?,-1| lin. long. Calyx obscurely 5-lobed, sparingly 

 ciliate, hardly 1 lin. long. Corolla narrowly cylindric, lA in. long; 

 tube 11 lin. long; lobes subspathulate-linear, C lin. long, at first erect, 

 finally slightly reflexed. Filaments attached about J lin. above the 

 base of the corolla-lobes, 2£ lin. long, slightly tapering upwards, 

 inflexed ; anthers linear, 1} lin. long. Disc J lin. high, fleshy. Style 

 pentagonal, the uppermost \ lin. slightly thickened upwards ; stigma 

 capitate, g lin. in diam. Berry ellipsoid, ^^3J lin. long, orange, red at 

 the apex, apical cup J lin. long, red. 



Mozamb. Slstr. Ngamiland : Kwebe Hills, mostly on Acacia spp., Mrs. 

 Lugard, 20 ! Totin, near Lake Ngami, Lurjard, 32 ! 



In L. Lunardi the flowers are axillary on the ordinary shoots of the cnrrcnt 

 year; in i. Boscifs tliey terminate short shoots borne on the previous year's growth. 



82. Ii. Kayseri, J-higl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 89. Young branch- 

 lets green, older ones greyish, much lenticellate, glabrous. Leaves 

 subopposite or alternate, sessile, broadly obovate, obovate-elliptic or 

 suborbicular, rounded at the apex, o))tuse or cuneate at the base, lj-2i 

 in. long, J-2 in. broad, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, 3-5-nerved at the 

 base. UmV>els subsessile, 3-5-flowered ; pedicels J-| lin. long ; bract 

 cupular, truncate, |-J lin. long, glabrous. Receptacle and calyx 

 together tubular, H-l| lin. long, glabrous. Calyx subtruncate, |-f 

 lin. long. Corolla 1 in. long or rather more, glabrous outside ; tube 

 cylindric-funnel-shaped, split unilaterally, glandular within ; lobes 

 separating from below upwards, linear-spathulate, 3^ lin. long, erect. 

 Filaments 2J lin. long, narrowed above ; anthers oblong, | lin. long. 



