Loranthm.'] cxix. LORANTHACEiE (sprague). 325 



each side, slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 1 2J lin. long. 

 Flowers axillary, sessile, several or many together ; bract obliquely 

 cupular, minutely ciliate, solid base J-| lin. long, dorsal margin |-| 

 lin. long, truncate or slightly emarginate, umbonate \ lin. below the 

 apex, ventral margin f lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 

 cylindric-flask-shaped, 1|-1| lin. long. Calyx 5-toothed, 1 lin. long. 

 Corolla red and purple {Scheffler), lJ-2 in. long, basal portion narrow, 

 |-1 lin. long, suprabasal swelling ellipsoid, 2J lin. long; tube split uni- 

 laterally G-7 lin. down; lobes erect, linear, broadened upwards and into 

 the base, 4| lin. long. Filaments inserted f lin. above the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, 2| lin. long, tapering upwards, involute ; anthers linear, 

 slightly emarginate, IJ lin. long. Disc acutely 5-lobed, | lin. high. 

 Stigma subglobose, f lin. in diam. 



K-ile I.and. Uganda: Lamuru, 10,000 ft., Scheffier, 308! British East 

 Africa, Elliott, 23 ! 



Differs from L. hrunneus, Engl., in the more or less pinnate nervation of the 

 leaves. Individual leaves may show an approach to a trinerveJ condition. 



ytl. L. brunneus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 88. Branches slightly 

 fiexuous, terete or subangular, greyish, about If lin. in diam. 1 ft. 

 below the apex, younger part angular, smooth, older part finely and 

 densely lenticellate. Leaves ternate or alternate, subsessile, elliptic- 

 oblong, rounded at the apex, often apiculate, acute or obtuse at the 

 base, 2|-4: in. long, 1-2 in. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, con- 

 spicuously 3 5-nerved from the base ; nerves prominent on the upper 

 surface, slightly raised on the lower ; veins raised on the upper sur- 

 face, hardly visible on the lower ; petiole J-1 lin. long. Flowers axil- 

 lary, several or many together, subsessile; pedicels represented only 

 by the solid base of the l)ract; bract obliquely cupular, minutely 

 and very sparingly puberulous outside, ciliolate, umbonate 1-1 J lin. 

 above the base, dorsal margin Ij lin. long including the lobe, ventral 

 margin |-1 lin. long, dorsal lobe quadrangular, truncate, J J lin. long, 

 ^5-| lin. l)road. Receptacle and calyx together about 2J lin. long, 

 narrowly campanulate, much expanded in the upper half. Calyx in- 

 conspicuously 5-toothed, glandular-ciliolate, If-lJ lin. long. Corolla 

 about IJ in. long, carmine, suprabasal swelling commencing about 

 J lin. above the base, ellipsoid, l|-2 lin. long, neck about 2 lin. long ; 

 lobes erect, linear, acute, 5^ lin. long. Filaments inserted about | lin. 

 above the base of the corolla-lobes, 4-angled, tapering upwards, 2J lin. 

 long, angles glandular-papillate, dorsal surface slightly convex, upper- 

 most J: lin. of filament slightly swollen; anthers linear, Ij lin. long. 

 Disc shortly and subacutely lobed, J lin. high. Style slightly skittle- 

 shaped. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 931. L. malangejisis, Engl, i.^ 

 Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 40G. L. Buchholzii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xx. 91, as to the Angola specimens. Agelanthus bruimeus, Van Tiegh, 

 in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 246, 738. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in the forests of Pedras de 

 Guinga an I Mutollo, on Cajsalpineai, Welwitsch, 4850! Malange, Mechow^ 3921 

 392a ! (jrossiceiler, 1011 ! on Dijjlorhynchns sp., Oosstveiler, 1012! 



