Loo'anthus.j cxix. loranthace.e (sniAGUE). :\:\i) 



long, slightly tapering upwards, ventral tooth narrowly trijingular, 

 about ^ lin. long, slightly bicuspidate : anthers linear, IJ lin. long, 

 J lin. broad after dehiscence, transversely divided, cells about U in each 

 of the four vertical rows. Disc pentagonal, about l lin. high, glabrous. 

 Style slightly skittle-shaped above, neck 1| lin. long; stigma oblong- 

 ellipsoid, J lin. long, I lin. in diam. Young berry ellipsoid, 3J lin. long, 

 rusty-tomentose, apical cup J-| lin. long. — Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. IGC, t. I C), 

 figs. D-K ; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Kachtr. i. 133. 



nXozamb. Sistr. German East Africa : Bukumbi, on Lake Victoria, tSlv.hl- 

 mann, 819 ! 



L. Evii^iii was placed by Kngler in tbc groii]) Ohieclljiori, from which it cliiTVrs 

 in the verticillate-braiiclied hairs, transversely septate anthers and slightly .skittle- 

 shai)ed style. In all these lespects it agrees with L. j^roteicola, Engler, tiic type of 

 the group Euhracteati. 



108. L. proteicola, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xxx. 303. Young 

 branches stout, subterete, villous-tomentose with rusty verticillate- 

 branched hairs, 2J-2f lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex ; internodes 

 7-10 lin. long. Leaves opposite, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse or sub- 

 acute at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, |-1 J in. long, 5-S lin. 

 broad, coriaceous, greyish- pubescent on the upper surface, tawny- 

 tomentellous with much-branched hairs on the lower; petiole '2-o lin. 

 lofig, villous-tomentose. Flowers axillary, geminate, subsessile ; pedicel 

 about J lin. long ; bract consisting of a concave sheath and a foliaceous 

 or subfoliaceous blade, sheath about 1 lin. long, glabrescent inside, blade 

 ovate or elliptic, 3-4 lin. long, 2J-3J lin. broad, densely tomentellous 

 with verticillate-branched hairs on both surfaces. Receptacle and calyx 

 together cupular, lJ-1 J lin. long excluding the hairs, villous-tomentose 

 outside with simple or nearly simple hairs, 1-1 J lin. long. Calyx sub- 

 truncate, f-^ lin. long, densely ciliate, hairs f- Ij lin. long. Corolla 

 about 2 J in. long, tomentellous outside with short verticillate-branched 

 hairs and sparingly villous with long nearly simple hairs ; tube cylindric, 

 nearly 1| in. long, entire when the corolla expands, afterwards splitting 

 unilaterally ; lobes reflexed, spathulate, G-7 lin. long, upper enlarged 

 part oblong-lanceolate, 2J-3 lin. long, f-J lin. broad. Filaments inserted 

 J-| lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 3J-3| lin. long, tapering 

 upwards, connate in their upper part round the style when the corolla 

 expands, afterwards separating and becoming involute, tooth oblong, 

 bicuspidate, | lin. long; anthers linear, l|-2 lin. long, transversely 

 divided, cells 6-7 in each of the four vertical rows. Disc about J lin. 

 high, densely rusty-pilose above, hairs up to | lin. long. Style slightly 

 skittle-shaped above. 



Mozaxnb. Bist'r. German East Africa : Kinga (Livingstone) Range, on 

 Lipanye Mountain, 8000 ft., on Protea kinrfaen.sis, Engl., Goefze, 995 ! 



The group JEulracteati was founded to accommodate L. proteicola by Engler 

 {I.e.), who characterised it by the presence of verticillate-branched hairs, large bracts 

 and toothed filaments. An additional character is that the anthers are transversely 

 septate. L. nigritanus, which was assigned to the Etthracteati by Engler {I.e.), has 

 no tooth on the filament, and belongs to the section Riifescentes. 



