340 cxix. LORAXTHACE.fi (spraoue). [Lomnthus. 



anthers oblong, |-| liii. long; connective produced j""^ lin. beyond the 

 cells, \ lin. broad. Disc I lin. high. Stigma \ lin. in diam. — Pfl. Ost- 

 Afr. 0. 160, t. 17, figs. B-D. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Pare Mountains, Trotha^ 272 ! 

 Usainbara; Sakaro, 4300 ft., Enplei\ 934a ! 942a ! 1005! Lutiiuli, Hoist, 33041 

 Kwai, IllcTc, 129 ! 262 ! Silai, 3600 ft., Kohf, 2299 ! Uguelo, Scheffler, 61 ! Ainani, 

 3000 ft., Braun, 318 ! 1866 ! Kwa Msliuza, Rolsf, 4117 ! and without precise 

 locality, BnchwaUJ, 63a ! 63c ! 338 ! 



L. suhuiatus is remarkable for the great variation in the shape of the dorsal 

 appendage of the bract. 



120. Li. latibracteatus, Emjl. in Engl. Jahrh. xxx. 303. Young 

 branchlets subtetra.^onal, blackish or dark brown, older ones terete; 

 interned es about j in. long. Leaves opposite, narrowly oblong, obtuse 

 at both ends, 2-4 in. long, 7-10 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 slightly roughened in a dried state with raised points ; lateral nerves 

 2-;) on each side, very oblique, slightly raised on the upper surface, less 

 so on the lower; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, 

 head-like, many-flowered; peduncle stout, about J in. long; pedicels 

 J lin. long; bract oblong, obscurely apiculate, slightly concave, 4^-;") lin. 

 long, 2-3 lin. broad when flattened out. Receptacle and calyx together 

 campanulate, 1 J- lin. long. Calyx ascending, very slightly toothed, 

 ciliate, |-J lin. long. Corolla l|-2 in. long, with an oblong-ellipsoid 

 subacute apical swelling in bud 2 lin. long, white, reddish above; lobes 

 yellowish-green; basal swelling oblong-ellipsoid, 3-3^ lin. long; tube 

 nariowly cylindric-funnel-shaped upwards, split unilaterally ; lobes erect, 

 spathulate, 4| lin. long, upper enlarged part elliptic-lanceolate. If lin. 

 long, £ lin. broad. Filaments insert-ed at the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 tapering upwards, inflexed, 3 lin. long, tooth subulate, ^ lin. long; 

 anthers oblong-linear, 1 lin. long. Disc not distinctly lobed, ^ lin. 

 high. 



Moxamb. Blstr. (rerman East Africa: Langenbnrcr District; Konde l.aud, 

 Ntuli Mountain, 5600 ft., on Ficns kondensis, Wnrb., Ooetze, 1310 ! 



121. L. usambarensis, Enyl. in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 111. Young 

 branchlets acutely tetragonal, blackish, the youngest part very shortly 

 and sparingly puberulous, quickly becoming glabrous, older branchlets 

 greyish, densely lenticellate ; internodes ^—2 in. long. Leaves opposite 

 or subopposite, varying fiom ovate-oblong to broadly ovate, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex, obtuse, rounded or subcordate at the base, H-S 

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

 on each side, slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole l-2i lin. long. 

 Umbels axillary, solitary, 10-20-flowered ; peduncle 2|-10 lin. long; 

 pedicels \ lin. long ; bract ovate-oblong or lanceolate, more or less 

 apiculate, 3-6 lin. long, 1-lf lin. broad, glabrous or sparingly puberulous, 

 ventral margin saucer-shaped, \ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 

 campanulate, l-lj Hn. long. Calyx slightly toothed, ciliate, \ lin. long 

 in bud. Corolla IJ-lJ in. long, rose-coloured or red with yellow or 

 greenish lobes, with an ellipsoid obtuse apical swelling in bud, \\ lin. 



