Loranthus.} cxix. loranthace.e (sprague). 335 



internodes lJ-5 lin. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, elliptic or 

 obovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, obtuse at the base, 5-S lin. long, 

 3J-5 lin. broad, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, brownish or l)lackish in a 

 dried state, lateral nerves not visible ; petiole f-1 lin. long. Umbels axil- 

 lary, solitary, 2-flowered ; peduncle J-| lin. long, subtended at its base by 

 a transverse pair of deltoid scale-leaves, | lin. long, sockets of the pedicels 

 saucer-shaped, J-V lin. deep; pedicels |-| lin. long; bract obliquely 

 cupular, dorsal margin | lin. long, keeled on the lower J lin., keel 

 truncate above, ventral margin f lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 

 together 2| lin. long; receptacle oblong-ellipsoid, 1| lin. long, | lin. 

 broad. Calyx cylindric, shortly lobed, | lin. long. Corolla about Ijin. 

 long, glabrous ; tube narrow, slightly broadened towards the apex, split 

 unilaterally J of its length; lobes erect, linear-lanceolate, acute, nearly 

 f) lin. long, rigid, slightly thickened towards the apex. Filaments linear, 

 2 lin. long, broadened into the base, involute, ventral surface terminating 

 in a distinct rim in front of the anther ; anthers linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 J-J lin. long. 



XVEozamb. Dlstr. German East Afi'ica: Kuanda; Rugego Forest, 6000 ft., 

 Mildbraed, 903 ! 



The above description, from the corolla onwards, is a translation from Engler and 

 Krnnse. The position of the species is doubtful : 1 have placed it in the section 

 Corinceifolii on account of the tilament terminating in a rim (rudimentary tooth) 

 on tlie ventral surface. The lobes, however, are described as shorter than the tube. 



112. L. glabratus, Sprague. Branchlets subtetragonal in a young 

 state, brown, glabrous, afterwards becoming subterete with 4 longi- 

 tudinal ridges, yellowish-grey, very finely lenticellate ; internodes \- 1 J 

 in. long. Leaves alternate, obovate-elliptic or elliptic, rounded at the 

 apex, obtuse or cuneate at the base, 1-2J in. long, J-lJ in. broad, 

 rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, margin irregularly undulate, o-5- 

 nerved from the base ; nerves prominent on the upper surface, less so 

 on the lower; petiole 1J-3J lin. long. Umbels axillary, 4-flowered ; 

 peduncle Ij-lJ lin. long; pedicels | lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, 

 glabrous, dorsal margin thickly keeled^ | lin. long, emarginate, ventral 

 margin '% lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together cylindric, ^l-^\ lin. 

 long. Calyx truncate. If lin. long. Corolla 8-8J lin. long, swollen 

 in laid at the insertion of the stamens; t.ube cylindric, IJ-IJ lin. long, 

 unappendaged ; lobes refiexed below the middle, linear, much broadened 

 at the insertion of the stamens, about 7 lin. long, \-\ lin. broad, enlarge- 

 ment elliptic, \ lin. broad. Filaments inserted 1 lin. above the base of 

 the corolla-lobes, involute, slightly tapering upwards, 2| lin. long, 

 4-angled, angles rigidly serrate, tooth yV 1^^- l^^gJ anthers linear, 

 2| lin. long. Disc slightly lobed, \ lin. high. — L. FischeH, var. ijlahratvs, 

 Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 528. 



Wile Kand. Galla Highlands; Abu-el-Kasin, EllenhecTc I Luku, 5000 ff., 

 Mlenheclc, 1229 ! 



Distinguished from L. Flscheri, Engl., to which it is nearly related, by the 

 presence of a tooth on the filament, and the serrate margins of the latter, as well as 

 by the glabrous branchlets, bract and calyx. The extent to which the corolla-lobes 



