Loranthus.^ cxix. loraxthacea: (sprague). 327 



lower; petiole about 1 lin. long. Umbels head-like, sessile, solitai) or 

 fascicled, about 3-flo\vered ; pedicels (solid base of bract) about { lin. 

 long; bract cupular, dorsal margin produced into a triangular acute 

 lobe, uml)onate, 1| lin. long, ventral margin | lin. long. E.ece[»tacle 

 and calyx together 2| lin. long, subcylindric, constricted in the middle. 

 Calyx ascending, irregularly toothed or split, If lin. long. Corolla 

 orange, l^-lf in. long, basal swelling ovoid, l|-2 lin. long; tube split 

 unilaterally about \ in. down ; lobes erect, linear, 4J lin. long from the 

 insertion of the filaments. Filaments tapering upwards, 2J lin. long, 

 inflexed ; anthers oblong-linear, truncate, h lin. long {Engler), Di.sc 

 acutely lobed, I lin. high. 



nXozamb. Blstr. German P]ast Africa: Ruaiulii District; llugege Fonst, 

 Mildbraed. 882 ! 



98. L. rexnotus. Baker cO Sjyrague. Branches stout, 2 J lin. in 

 diam. 1 ft. below the apex, slightly flexuous, nodose, youngei- part 

 densely whitish-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs, older part 

 pubescent or puberulous, finally becoming glabrous, buft'or ash-coloured ; 

 internodes J-lJ in. long. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate, 

 shortly petioled, obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, 

 cuneate into the base, 2-2| in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, thickly coriaceous, 

 densely whitish-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs in a young 

 state, glabrescent when adult, penninerved ; nerves shghtly raised on 

 the upper surface, hardly visible on the lower, lateral ones about 4 on 

 each side, oblique, very slightly curved ; veins not visible ; petiole 2-;J 

 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary or geminate, densely whitish-tomen- 

 tose all over with verticillate-branched hairs, .')- G -flowered ; peduncle 

 1J-2J lin. long, stout; pedicels 1-1 J lin. long; bract unilaterally 

 developed from a circular base, narrowly oblong or oblong-linear, 

 slightly 'broadened into the base, about 2 lin. long, concave, glabrous 

 inside, margins inflexed. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, 1 J lin. 

 long. Calyx truncate, reduced to a mere rim, about J Hn. long. 

 Corolla cylindric-funnel-shaped, 1| in. long; tube slightly broadened 

 into the base, split unilaterally more than half-way down ; lobes erect, 

 oblong-linear, very concave, induplicate in bud, 4J lin. long. Fila- 

 ments remaining erect [Kirky drawing), about \\ lin. long, much 

 thickened and darker below the anther; anthers linear, IJ lin. long; 

 connective produced about yV lin. above the cells. Disc sunk, penta- 

 gonal, shortly lobed, \ lin. long, densely whitish-pilose with branched 

 hairs. Style tapering upwards, thick and densely pilose with branched 

 hairs in the lower half, slender and glabrous in the upper half ; stigma 

 ellipsoid, very slightly bilobed, | lin. long. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Portuguese East Africa : Shupanga, Kirk, 40 ! 



A very isolit.nl species rcseiuhling the section Cinerascenies in general aiijuar- 

 ance, but differing in the induplicate corolla-lobes, the erect tilanients and the 

 anthers, which are not divided transversely. 



99. L. rondensiSy Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xl. 524. Branches 

 slightly flexuous, terete, nodose, about 1 J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 



