Loranthns.'] cxrx. lorantiiace.b (spraguk). 387 



inside the tube, f lin. long; lobes about 1 in. long, linear, sliglitly 

 broadened upwards, reflexed below the middle. Filaments inserted 

 about IJ Hn. above the base of the corolla-lobes, about G lin. long, 

 broadened into the base, slightly tapering upwards, involute, with about 

 T)-? transverse grooves on the dorsal surface, tooth \-\ lin. long ; anthera 

 linear, 3J lin. long. Disc -J-i lin. high. Stigma ellipsoid, \ lin. long. — 

 Engl. Jahrb. xl. 524. L. tanaensis, Engl. I.e. 528. 



XT ile band. British East Africa : Witu, Thomas^ oS ! 



Mozamb. Bistr. Geniian Kast Africa : Muansa District ; near Soiijo, 

 Merker, -435! Moshi District; Gelei Mountain, uour Lake Natron, VhUy, 312! 

 Ugogo; Mjesse, Stuhhnann, 342 ! 



It is difficult to determine in a dried state where the corolla-tube ends and the 

 lobes bcj^in : see note under L. glahratus. 



115. L. Kelleriy Emjl. in Engl. Jahrh. xl. 537. Branches short, 

 terete, about 1 J lin. in diam. 8 in. below the apex ; bark greyish, longi- 

 tudinally cracked, lepticellate ; internodes |-1 in. long. Leaves sub- 

 opposite or alternate, ovate-elliptic or broadly elliptic, rounded or very 

 obtuse at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 2^-2^ in. lonjr, 

 1J-1| in. broad, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, glaucescent, 5-7-nerve"d 

 from the base ; nerves raised on both surfaces ; petiole stout, 2^ lin. 

 long, 1 lin. broad. Pedicels |-J lin. long ; bract obliquely cupular, 

 densely papillate outside, more or less produced into a retuse or sub- 

 truncate dorsal lobe, thickly keeled, dorsal margin 1-1 1- lin. long, ventral 

 margin j-1 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 2|-2| lin. 

 long. Calyx slightly lobed, 1| lin. long, minutely and densely papillate 

 outside. (Jorolla-tube cylindric, split unilaterally; lobes narrowly linear, 

 7J lin. long. Filaments linear, i J lin. long, tooth subulate, | lin. long ; 

 anthers linear, 4J lin. long. Disc shortly lobed, \ lin, high. 



wile Ziand. Somaliland : Webi Abdallah, Keller, 219 ! 



An imperfectly known s])ecies. The description of the flower is mainly from 

 Engler. 



IIG. Ij. Schimperiy Hochst, ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. \. o-^\ . 

 Young branchlets velvety-pilose, or puberulous, soon becoming glabrous, 

 adult ones greyish, glabrous, 1J-1| lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex. 

 Leaves alternate, elliptic, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-oblong, rounded at 

 the apex, rounded, obtuse or cuneate at the base, J-1 J in. long, ^-| in. 

 broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, or minutely puberulous in a young 

 state, soon becoming glabrous, ;3-5-nerved ; nerves slightly raised, 

 especially on the upper surface ; petiole J-2J lin. long. Flowers axil- 

 lary, fascicled ; pedicels J-1 lin. long, puberulous ; bract cupular, sub- 

 truncate, 2-lipped or with a slight dorsal lobe, more or less pilose 

 outside, ciliate, slightly keeled or not, dorsal margin 1-1 J lin. long, 

 ventral margin |-1 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 

 2J-3J lin. long. Calyx truncate or slightly 5-lobed, ciliate, l|-2 lin. 

 long. Corolla 11-12 lin. long; tube 4|-5 lin. long, split unilaterally, 

 with 5 depressions outside, 1^-2 lin. above the base, alternating with 



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