o32 cxix. LOKANTHACE-E (sprague). [Loranthus. 



iiitei nodes lJ-5 lin. long. Leaves alternate, obovate-oblong or obovate, 

 rounded at the apex, more or less cuneate into the base, |-1 J in. long, 

 4-8 lin. broad, rigidly coriaceous, densely pilose in a young state, minutely 

 puberulous when adult ; lateral nerves about 2 on each side, very oblique, 

 the upper pair running nearly to the apex; petiole ^-IJ lin. long. 

 Flowers axillary, 2 or more together ; pedicels about f lin. long ; bract 

 cupular, subtruncate or slightly 2-lipped, ciliate, densely or sparingly 

 pilose outside, margin |-1 J lin. long, dorsal surface slightly or distinctly 

 unibonate. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 1|-2J lin. long, 

 glabrous outside. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, If-lJ lin, long. Corolla 

 orange or yellow, about 1 in. lonor, swollen and .j-ri])bed in bud at the 

 insertion of the stamens ; tube 2J-2| lin. long, splitting unilaterally to 

 the middle or below; lobes linear, about lin. long, separating from 

 below upwards, reflexed or twisted about the middle. Filaments inserted 

 near the base of the corolla-lobes, <)i-7 lin. long, involute ; anthers 

 linear, 1|-2J lin. long. Disc pentagonal, J lin. high. Stigma globose 

 or elHpsoid, J-J lin. long.— Ffl. Ost-Afr. C. IG.j; Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132. 



Wile Xiand. Somalilaml: Iiui, liira, 1044! IJritisli East Africa: near Lake 

 Xaivaslui, 6000 ft., Scott-Mliol , (J8S7 ! Ma\i Plateau, 7000 ft., Johnston, 2 ! Guaso 

 Nyiro, (JUOO ft., Evans, 752 ! Kibwezi, Scheffler, 169 ! 169a ! Taitn, on Acacia sp., 

 Hildebrandt, 'ZAQAsl Kiboko Mountains, 33C0 ft., Qregory ! and without precise 

 locality, Elliott, 91 ! 



IKozamb. Blstr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; by the Himo River, 

 300O ft.. Vol kens, 1746! 



Parasitic on Qymnosporia sencfjalensis, Loes., and species of Acacia. 



107. L. Eminii, Engl. hiEiujl. Jahrh. xx. 113. Young branches, 

 leaves and inflorescences rusty -tomentellous with verticillate-branched 

 hairs. Branches sharply quadrangular in a young state, lf-2 lin. in 

 diam. 1 ft. below the apex ; internodes 2-1 in. long. Leaves opposite, 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute at the apex, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base, IJ— 2J in. long, ><-!?> lin. broad, coriaceous, rusty- 

 tonientellous ; lateral nerves 5-7 on each side, patulous, raised on both 

 surfaces but more or less hidden (especially on the lower surface) by the 

 dense covering of hairs ; petiole 2-3 lin. long, densely tomentellous. 

 Flowers axillary, fascicled, 2-5 together; pedicels 1 lin. long; bract 

 unilateral, patulous, trough-shaped, when flattened out ovate-oblong, 

 l|-2^' lin. long, Ij-lJ lin. broad, densely tomentellous outside, glabrous 

 inside except towards the apex. E,eceptacle and calyx together sub- 

 urceolate, l|-2 lin. long; receptacle rusty -tomentellous. Calyx ascend- 

 in*^', slightly 5-lobed, |-1 lin. long, long-ciliate, stellate-pubescent out- 

 side, nearly glabrous inside. Corolla narrowly cylindric-funnel-shaped, 

 l|-2 in. long, densely clothed outside with rusty verticillate-branched 

 hairs ; tube about 1 J in. long, glandular inside, splitting unilaterally ; 

 lobes reflexed, narrowly spathulate, 4^-5 lin. long, upper enlarged part 

 oblong-lanceolate, 2i-2| lin. long, f lin. broad. Filaments inserted 

 about I lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, involute, about 3 lin. 



