Zoranthus.] cxix. loranthace^ (sprague). 339 



118. L. rhamnifolius, JiJngL In Kngl. JaJcrh. xx. 87. Young 

 branchlets subangular, dark, glabrous, adult ones stout, nodose, pallid, 

 densely lenticellate. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate, elliptic- 

 oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse at the apex, cuneate into the base, 

 11-2 in. long, G-10 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral 

 nerves 2-;> on each side, very oblique, slightly raised on both surfaces, 

 the lowermost short, the next running beyond the middle of the leaf ; 

 petiole 1-1 i Hn. long. Umbels 1-3 together in the axils of the fallen 

 leaves, 3-7-flowered ; peduncle 1 lin. long ; pedicels j-1 lin. long ; 

 bract inserted very obliquely on the pedicel, cupular, with a rounded 

 dorsal lobe, dorsal margin f lin. long, umbonate, umbo acutely horned 

 above, horn j lin. long, ventral margin f lin, long. Receptacle 

 and calyx together elongate-cupular, IJ lin. long. Calyx ascend- 

 ing, irregularly lobed, minutely ciliolate, J lin. long or rather less. 

 Corolla 7 lin. long in bud ; tube flask-shaped, not split unilaterally, 

 1 J lin. long ; lobes 5| lin. long, linear below, linear-oblanceolate above, 

 broadened into the base, reflexed below the middle. Filaments inserted 

 about the base of the corolla-lobes, about 4 lin. long, straight below, 

 much thickened and involute above, tooth J lin. long; anthers linear, 

 IJ lin. long. Disc slightly lobed, J lin. high. Stigma depressed- 

 globose, J lin. in diam.— Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 165, t. 12, figs. D-H. L. 

 Carvalhi, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 87, in error. Oncocalyx rhamni- 

 folius, Van Tiegh. in Bull. 8oc. Bot. France, xlii. 740. 



Mozamb. Slstr. German East Africa: Tanga District; Amboni, Hohi, 

 2796 ! 2813 ! Pangani, Stuhlmann, ser. i. 774 ! 781 ! Dar-es-Salaam, Jlolts, 546 ! 

 Mtange, on the way to Lindi, Biisse, 2459 ! Portuguese East Africa ; Goruiigosa, 

 Carvalho ! 



119. Ii. subulatus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb . xx. 112. Branchlets 

 acutely tetragonal or narrowly 4-winged, glabrous, 1-1^ lin. in diam. 

 9 in. below the apex, dark and smooth in a young state, greyish and 

 rather densely lenticellate when adult ; internodes J-2 in. long. Leaves 

 opposite or subopposite, ovate, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute 

 or obtuse at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 1-3 in. long, 

 \-\\ in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 2-3 on 

 each side, oblique, slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole lJ-2^ lin. 

 long. Umbels axillary, solitary, up to 20-flowered ^^peduncle tetragonal, 

 stout, 5-9 lin. long; pedicels |-1 lin. long; bract boat-shaped, l|-3 lin. 

 long, minutely ciliate, thickly keeled, keel extending J-J lin. below the 

 apex, produced above into a spreading or ascending triangular or oblong 

 acute or obtuse lobe, j-1 J lin. long, ventral margin saucer-shaped, 

 \-\ lin. long, sometimes bifid. Receptacle and calyx together cam- 

 panulate, \-\\ lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, \-\ lin. long. 

 Corolla Ij-lJ in. long, purplish {Engler)., with an oblong-ellipsoid 

 apical swelling (hardly 2 lin. long) in bud; tube about 13J lin. long, 

 split unilaterally, broadest in the middle in bud, slightly broadened 

 again into the base ; lobes erect, narrowly spathulate, acute, 4 lin. long. 

 Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, flattened, 

 tapering upwards, 2-|-3 lin. long, tooth oblong, obtuse, \-\ lin. long ; 



