324 CXIX. LORANTHACBLE (SPRAGUE). [Lorauthns. 



lonf'. Leaves ternate or alternate, subsessile, oblanceolate, minutely 

 apiculate from an obtuse apex, long-cuneate into the base, 1 J-2 in. long, 

 4-G lin. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, brownish in a dried state, 

 :^>-nerved from the base ; nerves prominent on the upper surface, hardly 

 visible on the lower. Flowers axillary, several together, subsessile ; 

 pedicels J-f lin. long ; bract cupular, glandular-ciliate, umbonate 1-1 ^ lin. 

 above the base, dorsal margin |-1 lin. long, ventral margin J-| lin. Jong, 

 dorsal lobe i-J lin. long, emarginate or emarginate-bicuspidate. llecep- 

 tacle and calyx together tubular-flask-shaped, 1| lin. long. Calyx sub- 

 truncate, glandular-ciliate, l\ lin. long. Corolla about IJ in. long; 

 tube slightly glandular inside, suprabasal swelling commencing about 

 J lin. above the base, ellipsoid. If lin. long; lobes erect, subspathulate- 

 linear, 3 J lin. long. Filaments tapering upwards, --8--i li^^- ^o^g^ ^^^^ 

 uppermost \ lin. slightly thickened ; anthers linear, |-| lin, long. Disc 

 acutely lobed, i lin. high.— Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. \s'6l. 

 Agelanthus Gilgll, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. }5ot. France, xlii. 24G, 7o8. 

 Xiower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Lopollo Country, on Coinbretacca' and 

 MimoseEe, Welwitsch, 4893 ! 



94. Ii. vittatus, Emjl. in Enrjl.Jahrh. xxx. oOl. Branches about 

 2i lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, younger part green, older part 

 purplish-brown ; bark cracked both longitudinally and transversely ; 

 internodes 2?,-5 lin. long. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate-oblong , to 

 obovate- oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate into the base, 

 IJ— 2J in. long, 4i-9 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, o-nerved from 

 shortly above the base ; nerves prominent on the upper surface, much 

 less evident on the lower; veins visible on the upper surface only; 

 petiole 1-2 lin. long. Flowers axillary, several together, subsessile ; 

 pedicel about | lin. long ; bract obliquely cupular, glandular-ciliolate, 

 umbonate about 1 lin. above the base of the pedicel, dorsal margin 

 1-1 J lin. long, ventral margin f lin. long, dorsal lobe triangular, 

 J- 1 lin. long, bicuspidate or not. Receptacle and calyx together 

 tubular, slightly constricted about the middle, 2 lin. long. Calyx sub- 

 truncate, glandular-ciliolate, IJ lin. long. Corolla Ig-lj in. long, 

 tubular, glandular inside, split unilaterally about G lin. down, supra- 

 basal swelling commencing about | lin. above the base, ellipsoid, 

 21— 2| lin. long, neck 2-2J lin. long ; lobes erect, linear, broadened into 

 the base, 5 lin. long. Filaments inserted about \ lin. above the base 

 of the corolla-lobes, tapering upwards, 3 lin. long, inflexed, uppermost 

 I lin. darker-coloured ; anthers linear, truncate, \\ lin. long. Disc 

 shortly and acutely lobed, J lin. high. Style slightly thickened above. 



nXozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Unyika ; near Santas Dorf, 5300 ft., 

 Goetze, 1431 ! 



05. L. pennatulus, Sprague. Young branchlets subangular, 

 glabrous, older ones terete, greyish, densely lenticellate. Leaves sub- 

 ternate or alternate, ovate-elliptic or elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the 

 apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, l|-2f in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, with red nerves {Schemer) ; lateral nerves 2-3 on 



