Loranthus.] cxix. loraxthace^ (sprague). 331 



truncate, f-^Tr lin. long ; intramarginal ring about ^jj lin. long. Corolla 

 not known in an expanded state, about 1 J in. long in bud, pinkish Avith 

 yellow tip (Bagshawe), broadest about the middle, tapering upwaids 

 to a slightly incurved apex, narrowed downwards and then slightly 

 broadened towards the base ; tube glandular inside; lobes linear, about 

 b lin. long in bud. Filaments slightly tapering upwards, about 2^ lin. 

 long in bud; anthers oblong-linear, \\ lin. long in bud; connective 

 slightly produced beyond the cells. Disc hardly lobed, i lin. high. 

 Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma subglobose, f-fV ^i"* i^ diam. I'.erry 

 obovoid or oblong-ellipsoid, 3J-4 lin. long, apical cup J lin. long. 



wile Iiand. Uganda: Uiiyoro; above Kibero, 3000 ft., on Ficus st».. Bac/- 

 .shaxce, 911 ! 



105. L. Stuhlmannii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 85. Branchlets 

 long, slender, sparingly greyish-pilose, |-1 lin. in diam. Leaves alter- 

 nate, linear- lanceolate, subacute or obtuse at the apex, cuneate into the 

 base, 2J-3J in. long, 4-5 lin. broad, subcoriaceous, sparingly pilose in a 

 young state, soon glabrous ; lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, very oblique, 

 slightly raised on both surfaces, the uppermost pair running subparallel 

 to the midrib; petiole H-3 lin. long. Flowers axillary, solitary or 

 geminate ; pedicels |-f Im. long, puberulous ; bract cupular, slightly 

 oblique, sparingly puberulous or glabrous outside, ciliate, dorsal margin 

 1 lin. long, slightly umbonate f lin. below the apex, ventral margin } lin. 

 long. Receptacle and calyx together 3 lin. long ; receptacle campanulate, 

 hardly J lin. long. Calyx tubular, truncate, 2 lin. long, glabrous outside, 

 ciliate ; intramarginal ring y^^ lin. long. Corolla about 10 lin. long ; 

 tube narrowly cylindric, about 2 lin. long ; lobes about 8 lin. long, linear 

 below, linear-oblanceolate above, reflexed below the middle, papillate 

 along the inner edges. Filaments inserted Ij lin. above the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, linear, 4 J lin. long, involute; anthers linear, 1| lin. long ; 

 connective produced about ^V lin. beyond the cells, emarginate. Di.<c 

 pentagonal, J lin. high. Style narrowed in the uppermost 2 lin. ; stisrma 

 ellipsoid, J lin. long.— Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 165, t. 12, figs. A-C. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Gorman East Africa : Muansa, 5'^«/<;/ma»«, 4572 I Ukcrewe 

 Island, in Lnke Victoria ; Nouwiecl, Conrads, 2Q0\ 



Var. somalensis, p]ngl. Hranclies puberulous in a young state, soon becoming 

 glabrous; internodes 3-7 lin. long. Leaves oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, 

 gradually narrowed into the base, 1^-2;! in. long, 3i-8 lin. broad, 3- (or 5-) nerved 

 from shortly above the base ; nerves slightly raised on the upper surface, less so on 

 the lower; petiole ^-2 lin. long. Pedicels hardly ^ lin. long. Receptacle and calvx 

 together 2f lin. long. Corolla 8 lin. long in bud; tube 2 lin. long; lobes 6 lin. long. 

 Filaments 4| lin. long, much flattened ; anthers. If lin. long. 



irile Ziand. Somalilaiid : Webi Abdallah, Keller, 218 ! 



Var. somalensis may be distinguished at a glance from typical L. SfuJilmavnii 

 by the shape of the leaves, and will probably be found to represent a distinct species 

 when better material is received. 



106. L. Fischeriy Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 85, t. I, Jig. A. Young 

 branchlets velvety-pilose, adult ones greyish, puberulous or glabrous; 



