334 cxix. LORANTHACE.E (sprague). [Loranthus. 



1 09 . L. Ghikse, Volkens d- Schvjeinf. in Ghika, Pays des Somalis, 200. 

 Young branchlets densely greyish-pilose, ^-| lin. in diam., adult ones 

 glabrous, bark longitudinally cracked, inconspicuously lenticellate ; 

 internodes lJ-4 lin. long. Leaves alternate, subsessile, oblong, rounded 

 at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 2-J-.J lin. long, 1-lJ lin. 

 broad, thickly coriaceous, densely and shortly greyish-pilose ; nerves not 

 visible. Flowers solitary; pedicels about ^ lin. long; bract obliquely 

 cupular, dorsal margin 1 lin. long, prominently keeled, keel sometimes 

 apiculate, ventral margin nearly f lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 

 together tubular, about 2{ lin. long. Calyx about 1 J lin. long, shortly 

 lobed; lobes rounded, crenulate. Corolla about 13 lin. long; tube 

 cylindric, nearly 5 lin. long, split unilaterally nearly 2 lin. down, with 

 5 horizontal depressions outside 1|-1J lin. above the base alternating 

 with the lobes and corresponding to 5 oblong deflexed fleshy densely 

 papillate appendages inside the tube, |-J lin. long; lobes erect, linear, 

 a])Out 8^ lin. long. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 linear, slightly broadened into the ))ase, 4 lin. long, tooth about J lin. 

 long, rounded ; anthers linear, 2^-3 lin. long {Volkens <£• Schiveinfurth). 

 Disc I- lin. high, shortly lobed. 



Ifile Ziand. Somaliland : liourka ; Kaltloscli ^Mountain, Ghika ! 



110. L. kihuirensiSy Kngl. hi Engl. Jahrh. xl. 528. Branchlets 

 terete, about 1 J lin. in diam., minutely greyish-pilose in a young state, 

 glabrous in an adult state; lenticels numerous; internodes 5-10 lin. 

 long. Leaves oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, cuneate into the 

 ba.se, 1-2 in. long, ^-1 in. broad, thickly coriaceous, puberulous in a 

 young state, glabrous when adult, 3-5-nerved from the base ; nerves 

 slightly raised ; petiole 2J-4 lin. long. Flowers axillary, fascicled, 2 or 

 more together ; pedicels about -| lin. long ; bract cupular, minutely 

 papillate-pilose outside, margin Ij-lf lin. long, dorsally keeled, lle- 

 ceptacle and calyx together tubular, 3| lin. long, minutely papillate 

 outside. Calyx about 2i lin. long, subtruncate, minutely ciliolate. 

 Corolla 12|-14 lin. long, minutely and densely papillate-pilose outside; 

 tube cylindric, 4|-5J Tin. long, split unilaterally about 2 J lin. down, 

 with 5 small horizontal depressions outside 1^-2 lin. above the 

 base alternating with the lobes and corresponding to 5 ovate-oblong 

 deflexed fleshy densely papillate appendages inside the tube, |-J lin. 

 long ; lobes erect, linear, 8-8|- lin. long, minutely hooked at the apex on 

 the inner surface. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 involute, stout, linear, broadened into the base, about 4^ lin. long, with 

 a few transverse grooves on the dorsal surface, tooth oblong, J lin. long, 

 rounded or subtruncate ; anthers linear, 3-3 J lin. long {Engler). Disc 

 shortly lobed, J lin. high. Stigma subglobose, | lin. in diam. 



mozamb. Dlstr. (Joruian Kast Africa: Pare Mountains; between Kihuiro 

 and Goiij;i, Engler, 1541 ! 



111. Ij. myrsinifoliusy Engl, d: Krausein Engl. Jahrh. xliii. 310. 

 Branches IJ-lJ lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, much wrinkled, 

 glabrous ; young branchlets quadrangular, minutely and densely warted, 



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