328 cxix. LORAXTHACEyf: (sprague). [Loranthus. 



apex, densely lenticellate, glabrous ; branchlets spreading or ascending, 

 angular; internodes |-li in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 

 oblong, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse at the apex, 

 obtuse or more rarely rounded at the base, ll-2| in. long, 7 IG lin. 

 broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, penninerved, upper surface slightly 

 glossy ; lateral nerves patulous, 4-6 on each side, anastomosing well 

 within the margin, slightly raised on the upper surface, very incon- 

 spicuous or not visible on the lower ; petiole 2J— 4 lin. long, channelled. 

 Umbels axillary, fascicled, 2-4-flowered ; peduncle J-| lin. long; pedicels 

 J lin. long ; bract cupular, produced dorsally into a shortly ovate truncate 

 lobe, umbonate, dorsal margin J-| lin. long, ventral margin \-\ lin. long. 

 Receptacle and calyx together suburceolate, | lin. long. Calyx sub- 

 truncate, sparingly ciliolate, J lin. long. Corolla 1 in. long or rather 

 more, suprabasal swelling yellow, ellipsoid, l-lj lin. long, remainder of 

 the corolla purplish-red ; tube altogether GJ-7 lin. long, very slightly 

 split unilaterally, glandular inside; lobes erect, linear-spathulate, 5-5^ lin. 

 long. Filaments inserted f lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 tapering upwards, 2^ lin. long, grooved transversely on the outer surface, 

 involute; anthers linear, If lin. long; connective produced beyond the 

 cells into a transversely elliptic appendage, ^V lin. long. Disc pentagonal, 

 J lin. high. Style broadened above into the stigma. 



ZlXozamb. Blstr. (Jeniian East Africa: eastern slopes of Rondo Plateau, 

 J5//.s.vr. 2.j54 ! 



Differs from tlic other species of sect. Rir/idijfori in having the corolla-lobes 

 shorter than tlie tuhe. 



100. L. Welwitschii, J-JngL in Engl. Jahrh. xx. S7, t. I, Jig. B, 

 l^ranchlets slender, subangular, puberulous in a young state, soon 

 glabrous ; internodes up to 1 in. long. Leaves opposite, subopposite or 

 alternate, recurved-arcuate, lanceolate, lanceoiate-oblong or elliptic, 

 acute, obtuse or rounded at the apex, more or less cuneate into the base, 

 1 J~2 in. long, |— 1 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, penninerved, 

 or trinerved from shortly above the base ; lateral nerves oblique, slightly 

 raised on both surfaces ; petiole 1 i-2 J lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, 

 o-4-flowered ; peduncle -~-\ lin. long; pedicels Ij-lf lin. long; bract 

 narrowly ovate, |-J lin. long, ciliolate, obtusely keeled, ventral margin 

 saucer-shaped, J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together narrowly 

 campanulate, If-lJ lin. long. Calyx slightly 5-lobed, sparingly cilio- 

 late, |-J lin. long. Corolla nearly 1 in. long; tube about 3 lin. long, 

 split unilaterally down to the middle, basal swelling ellipsoid, 1| lin. 

 long, .">-ribbed ; lobes linear, slightly broadened upwards, about 8^ lin. 

 long, bent forwards. Filaments inserted at the l)ase of the corolla 

 lobes, 4-4J lin. long, tapering upwards, with numerous transverse 

 grooves on the outer surface, involute ; anthers linear, 2| lin. long ; 

 connective produced yV lin. above the cells. Disc pentagonal, 4^ lin. high. 

 Stigma ellipsoid, \ lin. long. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 927. Onco- 

 c(dij,c Welwitschii^ Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Hot. France; xlii. 258, 740. 



^Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; by the Bcro Kiver, on Tamarix 

 orientalis, Forsk,, WelwitscJi, 48S3 ! 



