Lo9*anthus.] cxix. loranthace.*: (sprague). 319 



Disc 5-lobecl, hardly J lin. high, fleshy. Style not thickened upwards^ 

 pentagonal, glabrous. Berry ellipsoid or oblong-ellipsoid, smooth, 

 2J-2| lin. long, IJ lin. in diam., apical cup 1 lin. long. — Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 16."), t. lo, figs. A-D. L. a^assissimus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 122, 

 as to the Pangani specimen. 



IMCozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Pangani, Stiddmann, ser. i. 107 I 

 116! Dar-es-Salaam, Hildehrandt, 1226! 



8o. L. "DeltXy Bal:er(b Sjrragite. Young branchlets papillate, older 

 ones greyish, glabrous. Leaves opposite or alternate, obovate, elliptic 

 or elliptic-oblong, rounded at the apex, obtuse or cuneate at the base, 

 slightly oblique, lJ-2^ in. long, f-1^- in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous 

 5-7-nerved at the base; petiole l|-4 lin. long. Umbels axillary, sub- 

 sessile, o-flowered, solitary or fascicled; pedicels f lin. long; bract 

 cupular, irregularly truncate, 1 lin. long, densely glandular-papillate 

 outside. Receptacle and calyx together shortly tubular, 1| lin. long. 

 Calyx g-| lin. long, very sparingly glandular-ciliate. Corolla pink, 

 nearly IJ in. long, glandular-papillate outside, especially above; tube 

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

 separating from l)elow upwards, linear-spathulate, 5-5 J lin. long, 

 eventually reflexed. Filaments 2 J lin. long, deflexed ; anthers linear, 

 lf-l| lin. long. Disc slightly lobed, -} lin. high, fleshy. Style not 

 thickened upwards, pentagonal, glabrous; stigma capitate, f lin. in 

 diam. Berry oblong-ellipsoid, 4J lin. long, apical cup J lin. long. 



Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta; at the mouths of 

 the Lnabo and Kongonc Pivers, on Avicennia s]).. Kirk ! 



Engler, 2198! from Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa, probably belongs to 

 L. Deltce, but the material is not sufficient to determine the species with certainty. 



84. L, trinervius, Enyl. in Engl. Jahrh. xl. 527. Branchlets 

 rather slender, glabrous, younger part angular, adult part grey, very 

 densely anil conspicuously lenticellate, 1 J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 

 apex. Leaves opposite, sessile or subsessile, ovate to lanceolate, gradu- 

 ally narrowed to the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 2J-4| in. 

 long, |-2 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, slightly glossy on the upper 

 surface, very distinctly 3-nerved from the base ; nerves prominent, 

 especially on the upper surface. Flowers axillary, subsessile ; pedicels 

 hardly h lin. long ; bract obliquely cupular, produced dorsally into a 

 triangular lobe, acutely umbonate at the base of the lobe, dorsal margin 

 ll-l^ lin. long, ventral margin h lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 

 together elongate-cupular, IJ-lJ lin. long. Calyx erect, slightly 

 toothed, glandular-ciliate, 1 lin. long. Corolla \\ in. longer rather 

 more, glabrous outside ; tube elongate-funnel-shaped, slightly enlarged 

 towards the base, split unilaterally, ribbed outside, glandular inside ; 

 lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, 3 J lin. long. Filaments tapering from 

 a broad base, 1 J lin. long, inflexed ; anthers linear, retuse at the apex, 

 J lin. long. Disc hardly ^ lin. high. Style not thickened above, 

 glabrous ; stigma ellipsoid, rather over \ lin. long. Berry in a young 



