Lormtthus.] cxix. lorantiiace.k (spkague). :j-tl 



long ; lube split unilaterally ; lobes spathultite, 4-5 lin. long. Filaments 



2-|-3 lin. long, tooth J lin. long; anthers oblong, |-1 lin. long. Disc. 



slightly lobed, J lin. long.— Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. IDG. Z. Thomasii. Engl. 



in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 531. 



Wile Iiand. IJritish East Africa: Takannga: Muerani, Thomas, ser. ii. r,;i I 

 AXozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: coast o})posite Zanr.ilmr : Muoa, 



Bolsi, 3130 ! Vikindo, Stuhlmann, 6132 ! 



122. L. longipes. Baker d- Spragiie. Young branches slender, 

 blackish, sliglitly compressed towards the apex, soon becoming terete, 

 adult ones terete, greyish, minutely lenticellate. If lin. in diam. 1 ft. below 

 the apex ; internodes |-2 in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptir, obtuse 

 or rounded at the apex, subcordate, rounded or obtuse at the base, 

 2J-3J in. long, I5-2J in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral 

 nerves 4-5 on each side, patulous, anastomosing far from the margin, 

 slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 2-8 lin. long. Umbels axil- 

 larVj fascicled, 1 0-1 4- lowered ; peduncle slender, |-l|in. long; pedicels 

 1J-2J lin. long; bract shortly and broadly boat-shaped, 1^-1 J lin. long, 

 rounded or retuse, sparingly ciliolate, very thickly keeled, keel horned 

 above, horn \-\ lin. long or less, ventral margin saucer-shaped, \ lin. 

 long. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, |-1 lin. long. Calyx 

 fiubtruncate, \-\ lin. long, intramarginal ring ^^ lin. high. Corolla 

 1J-1§ in. long, with an oblong-ellipsoid pentagonal apical swelling in 

 bud ; tube rose-madder with darker lines, basal swelling slight : lobes 

 spathulate, 5 J lin. long. Filaments tapering upwards, 4 lin. long, tooth 

 ^ lin. long; anthers oblong, 1|^ lin. long; connective slightly produced 

 beyond the cells. Disc not distinctly lobed, J lin. high. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Dnr-es-Salaam, Kirk! 



122. L. dodoneaefolms, DC. Mem. vi. t. 9. Branchlets rather 

 slender, about \\ lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, pallid, slightly 

 wrinkled or striate in a dried state, glabrous; internodes 4-H in. long. 

 Leaves opposite, ternate or alternate, linear-lanceolate, straight or 

 pubtalcate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, narrowly cuneate into the 

 base, 2-4 in. long, o-ll lin. broad, rather thinly coriaceous, glabrous, 

 penninerved ; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, very oblique, 

 inconspicuous or slightly raised ; petiole 2-5 lin. long. Heads axillary 

 solitary or geminate, 2-8-flowered ; peduncle 2 liu. long ; sockets cupular 

 I lin. deep, glabrous ; bract cupular, subtruncate, 1-|-2J lin. long, solid 

 basal part |-^ lin. long, margin 1^— H hn- loi'g- Keceptacle and calyx 

 together tubular, inflated in the middle, 4-4 J lin. long, glabrous outside. 

 Oalyx shortly 5-toothed, minutely and sparingly ciliate, 3-oJ lin. Ion g, 

 split unilaterally by the expansion of the base of the corolla -tu ^©. 

 Corolla 2 in. long, basal swelling subglobose, 2-2^ lin. in diam. : tub e 

 split unilaterally, papillate within ; lobes erect, linear below, lanceolate 

 linear above, 7-S lin. long. Stamens i iserted at or just below t he bast 

 of the corolla-lobes, 4-5 lin. long including the tooth, flatten ed. slightly 

 tapering upwards, inflexed, the upper 2 lin. much darker, too th narrowly 



