;J4J cxix. LORANTHACE.*: (sprague). [Lorcmthiis. 



bract unilaterally developed from a saucer-shaped base, subtruncate, 

 sparingly ciliate, IJ lin. lon^ including the solid base, which is nearly 

 i lin. long, dorsal margin | lin. long, ventral margin ^-f lin. long. 

 Keceptacleand calyx together narrowly campanulate, slightly constricted 

 about the middle, nearly 2 lin. long. Calyx ]| lin. long, irregularly 

 toothed, ciliate. Corolla about 1 in. long, purplish with a green band 

 below the apex; tube split unilaterally, basal swelling 1-1 J lin. long ; 

 lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, 3J lin. long. Filaments inserted at 

 the base of the corolla-lobes, 2 lin. long, tapering upwards from a broad 

 base, linear about the middle, slightly thickened towards the apex, tooth 

 i lin. long ; anthers narrowly oblong, | lin. long, I lin. broad. Disc 

 very distinctly lobed, about J lin. high. Style skittle-.shaped above, neck 

 gradually broadened in the upper | lin. into the base of the stigma. — 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 133. Odontella kilimand- 

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



Mozamb. Blstr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; above Marangu, 

 6500 ft., Volke'ns, 1557 ! 



128. Ij. Tanganyikse, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xl. 531. I>ranches 

 stout, nearly 2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, younger part slightly 

 compressed, dark brown, older part terete, tawny, coarsely and densely 

 lenticellate ; internodes ^-1 J in. long. Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong 

 or ovate, rounded at the apex, obtuse and unequal at the base, 1|— 2£ in. 

 long, J-l J in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 3-4 on 

 each side, rather oblique, prominent on the upper surface, less distinct 

 on the lower; petiole 1^-3 lin. long. Heads axillary, sa>^sile, several 

 together, about 3-flowered ; axis 1 J lin. long, sockets very oblique ; 

 bract elongate cupular, about 2 lin. long, slightly 2-lipped or not, 

 thickened dorsally, thickening terminating in a horn about \ lin. long, 

 inserted |-^lin. below the apex, margin about 1^ lin. long. Receptacle 

 and calyx together tubular, 3 lin. long. Calyx slightly and irregularly 

 toothed, 2-2J lin. long, ciliate. Corolla 1| in. long in bud; tube sub- 

 cylindric in the lower half, with a very slight basal swelling, gradually 

 broadened from the middle upwards ; lobes linear, h^ lin. long. Filaments 

 broadened from the base to the middle, linear in the upper half, 3 lin. 

 long, tooth \ lin. long; anthers linear, IJ lin. long. Disc distinctly 

 lobed, \ lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part about 

 If lin. long, neck about 1 § lin. long, the upper | lin. broadened into the 

 base of the stigma. 



Mozamb. Sistr. German East Africa: Urundi ; Kiriba Pas;,, TSOO ft., 

 Scot I -Elliot, 8342 1 



129. L. coronatus, Engl, in Engl, d- Prantl. Pjiamenfam. Xachtr. 

 i. 133. Leaves sessile, amplexicaul, suborbicular, 3^-4 in. long, 4— IJ in. 

 broad. Corolla (" calyx " of Van Tieghem) red, mottled with white, over 

 3 in. long, with a crown of 5 diverging appendages, in bud. — Acroste- 

 phantis citronatns, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 2Gs. 



Xiower Guinea. Frencli Congo: valley of the Kuilu Itivcr; \iunvu, 

 Lecumte. 



