Loranthi's.] cxix. louanthace^ (sprague). J551 



slightly raised on both surfaces, the upper pair running subparallel to 

 the midrib ; petiole about 4 lin. long. Umbels 4-flowered ; peduncle 

 3^-2 lin. long; pedicels J lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, distinctly 

 umbonate, dorsal margin f lin. long, ventral margin f lin. long. Re- 

 ceptacle and calyx together campanulate with a very wide mouth, 2 lin. 

 long. Calyx truncate, ciliolate, 1 lin. long. Corolla l|-2 in. long, 

 glabrous outside, apical swelling in bud ellipsoid-oblong, truncate, nearly 

 2 lin. long, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2J lin. long; tube split unilaterally; 

 lol)es reflexed, spathulate, 3^ lin. long, upper enlarged part 2 lin. long, 

 J lin. broad. Filaments inserted about J lin. below the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, 2 J lin. long, tapering upwards, tooth f lin. long; anthers 

 narrowly oblong, IJ-lJ lin. long. Disc distinctly lobed, J lin. high. 

 Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part BJ-SJ lin. long, neck 1 J lin. 

 long. — Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 16G. Acrostephanus si/ring if olius, Van Tiegh. 

 in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 268. 



srile Ziand. Uganda : Ruwenzori, at 7000 ft., Stuhlmann, 2470 ! 



142. L. constrictifloruSy Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 119, t. 3, 

 Jig. B, excluding the Angola specimen. Branches nodose, wrinkled in a 

 dried state, brown or grey, densely lenticelLite, IJ lin. in diam. 8 in. 

 below the apex ; branchlets smooth, glabrous, brown, slightly com- 

 pressed ; internodes J-IJ in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate, 

 gradually narrowed to an obtuse or subacute apex, unequal and rounded 

 at the base, more rarely obtuse or subcordate, 2-4 J in. long, J-IJ in. 

 broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves about 8 on each side, 

 very oblique, raised on both surfaces, the uppermost running sub- 

 parallel to the midrib ; petiole 3-9 J lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 

 4-flowered; peduncle 1-1 J lin. long; pedicels about 1 lin. long; bract 

 obliquely cupular, dorsal margin f lin. long, ventral margin f lin. long. 

 Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, IJ lin. long. Calyx sub- 

 truncate, |-J lin. long. Corolla over Ij in. long, glabrous outside, 

 apical swelling in bud rounded, basal swelling ellipsoid, 21 lin. long; 

 tube at first entire on the expansion of the corolla, broadest about 

 the middle, afterwards splitting unilaterally and becoming funnel- 

 shaped ; lobes reflexed, spathulate, acute, 3 J lin. long, enlarged upper 

 part lanceolate. If lin, long, nearly f lin. broad. Filaments inserted 



1 lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, slightly tapering upwards, 



2 lin. long, at first connate round the style, afterwards separating, 

 deflexed, tooth ^ lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, nearly 1 lin. long. 

 Disc about J lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 

 2\ lin. long, neck 1 lin. long. — Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 166. L. Pittospori 

 {PiUosp(y)'ce\ Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 205. 



Nile Iiand. Uganda: Kuwenzori; Kivata, 8000 ft., Scotf-EIliot, 76.'>8 ! 

 Wimi Valley, Scott- Elliot, 7885 bis! Ruchigga, on Pittotporum abyssinicum, 

 Delile, Bagshaive, 445 ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Karagwe ; Bukoba, 3700 ft., Stuhl- 

 mann, 1526 ! 3974! 



Pogge, 1322, quoted by Engler under L. constrictijiorus, apparently belong^s to 

 some other species. The material is insufficient for determination. 



