838 cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). [Lorunthua, 



the lobes, corresponding to 5 oblong deflexed densely pilose appendages 

 inside the tube, J-J lin. long; lobes linear, separating from below 

 upwards, 6J-7 J lin. long. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla- 

 lobes, 3-3J lin. long, involute, tooth J-J lin. long; anthers linear, 

 2-3 J lin. long; connective produced J lin. beyond the lobes. Disc 

 pentagonal, tWV 1^^- high.— Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 108; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl." Trop. Afr. 198; Deflers, Voy. Yemen, 197 ; Schweinf. 

 in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 149 ; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxix. G15. 

 Ij. ccdycinus, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 64, name only. Odontella 

 Schimperi, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 260. 



xrile :Land. Eritrea: numerous localities, 4600-6600 ft., Schweinfurth ^ 

 Siva,7S7\ 1188! Schweinfurth, 64,2, 678, 821,1551; Steudner, 179 I JBeccari,10l 

 Abvssinia: Schahi^eni Valley, Schimper, 158! near Adowa. Schimper, 1983! 

 Araba Sea, Schimper, 579 ! Tigre ; near Axum, Maiiama, 7300 ft., on Acacia Lahai, 

 Steud. & Hochst., Rosen. Samen ; Ataba, Steudner, 180 I Harar, Ellenheck, 620 ! 

 British Somaliland : Golis Range, i)raAr«-J5ror^nia», 280 ! 284! and without precise 

 locality, Drake-JBrockman, 338 ! 339 ! 



Also in Arabia. 



Steudner, 180, has exceptionally large leaves, 2^ in. long, l^ in. broad. 



117. L. sulphureus, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 165. Branchlets 

 pallid, nodose, rather slender, Ij-lj lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, 

 younger part angular, adult part subterete, finely lenticellate ; inter- 

 nodes short. Leaves alternate, obovate-oblong or obovate, rounded at 

 the apex, cuneate into the base, |-1| in. long, 4-9 lin. broad, thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, very oblique, 

 slightly raised, especially on the upper surface; petiole J-1 lin. long. 

 Umbels sessile, few-flowered: pedicels Ij lin. long; bract obliquely 

 ovate-cupular, \ as long as the receptacle and calyx. Receptacle and 

 calyx together subtubular, slightly constricted above the lower two- 

 thirds, 1^ lin. long. Calyx shortly lobed, gland ular-ciliolate, nearly 

 J lin. long. Corolla IJ in. long or less, sulphur-yellow; tube oJ-O lin. 

 long, not split unilaterally, suprabasal swelling commencing \ lin. above 

 the base, ellipsoid, IJ-IJ lin. long, neck about 1 lin. long; lobes about 

 11 lin. long, J-| lin. broad at the base, tapering upwards in the lower- 

 most 3 lin., linear in the middle 6 lin., linear-lanceolate in the upper- 

 most 2^ lin., cohering together above, slightly inflexed at the apex. 

 Filaments inserted 4-5^ lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 32^-4 lin. 

 long, involute, terminating above on the ventral surface in a bifid mem- 

 branous flap \ lin. long, produced dorsally \ lin. above the insertion of 

 the flap ; anthers linear, truncate, 1}-1| lin. long; connective slightly 

 produced beyond the cells. Disc slightly lobed, i lin. high. Style not 

 thickened above ; stigma ellipsoid, | lin. long. 



IMozamb. Slstr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Karrakia Ravine in 

 Useri district, 6000-6300 ft., Volkens, 2002 ! 



L. sulphureus was placed by Engler in section Riqidiflori, from which it differs 

 in the filaments, which are inserted a considerable distance above the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, and are provided with a flap-like ventral tooth. It is probably related 

 to L. rhamnifolius, Engl., which was also placed in section Rigidijlori, 



