852 cxrx. loraxtiiace.e (spracue). \Lorantltu8, 



Var. liorayuensls, Spiafjne. Corolla truncate in bud. 



nCozamb. Dlstr. Gornniii East Africa : Kai'agwc ; Hukoba, Stuhlmnnn, 

 4019a ! Mtagata, StvUmann, 3190! 



143. L. globiferus, A. Rich. Tent. FL Ahys.^. i. 341. Branches stout, 

 wrinkled, lenticellate, older ones up to 5 lin. in diam. ; branchlets fairly- 

 slender, terete, smooth, bufi-coloured, about 1 lin. in diam. in. below 

 the apex ; internodes h-'2 in. loner. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 

 varying from elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate. rounded or obtuse at the 

 apex, cuneate or obtuse at the base, 1-3| in. long, 5-1 T) lin. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, 

 obliquely ascending, anastomosing far from the margin, slightly raised, 

 especially on the upper surface; petiole H-3 lin. long. Umbels 

 axillary, fascicled, 4-G-flowered ; peduncle 1-li lin. long; pedicels J-| 

 lin. long; bract ovate-cupulur, slightly 2-lipped, dorsal margin } lin. 

 long, lateral margin \ lin. long, ventral margin | lin. long. Receptacle 

 and calyx together campanulate, \\ lin. long. Calyx irregularly split, 

 |-| lin. long. 'Corolla about 1| in. long, apical swelling in bud rounded, 

 '> Tin. I'^ng, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2|-3 lin. long, or subglobo.se; 

 tube split unilaterally; lobes reflexed, spathulate, acute, )U lin. long, 

 enlarged upper part lanceolate, 2 lin. long, g lin. broad. Filaments 

 inserted about | lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, involute, 2J lin. 

 long, tooth I lin. long ; anthers oblong-linear, 1^ lin. long. Disc hardly 

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

 3 lin. long, neck 1 lin. long. — Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 109; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl.Trop. Afr. 11)7; 8cliweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. 

 ii. 149 ; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. l'S:i2, 358. L. congestas, R. Br. in 

 Salt, Abyss. App. G4, name only. /.. Lhn/ehheimii, Pax in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxxix. 615. Tapinanthus (jlobiferus, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. France, xlii. 207. 



WTile Xiand. Eritrea: lielta, oOOO ft., Srhioeinfnrfh, 1041; Gelob, 6300 ft., 

 Schtveinfurth, 1587: Acrur, 5600 fr., Srhu'einfvrt), Sc Rira, 718! Abyssinia: 

 Becremeder and Denibea, Schimppy, 1491! Ajrow Country; Gageros, on Balsamo- 

 dendron africanum, Arn., Schimper, 2187! Slioa ; Haro, 7(X)0 ft., on Hhamnus 

 sp., O^eu rhryxophitlla. Lam., &c., Rosen ! 



Var. hnrmiensis, Sprngue. Leaves mostly elliptic-oblonor. Flowers considerably 

 smaller than in the type. Recei)tacle and calyx together 1 lin. long.. Calyx I lin. 

 long. Corolla under l\ in. long, basal swelling subglobose, \^ lin. in diam.; lobes 

 about 3 lin. long. Anthers ^ lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Nupe, on Anona sj).. Barter, 1126 ! on 

 Mimosa asperata^ Linn., Barter, 1149! Bornu, on Acacia spj). and a great variety 

 of other trees, Voqel, 79 ! Bure, near L:ike Chad, Elliott, 115 ! 



Var. salicifolius, Spragne. Leaves linenr-lanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, 

 2+-3|^ in. Ion?, 4—9 lin. broad. I'edicels about | lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 

 together \\ lin. long. Corolla 1^-1 J in. long. Anthers 1^ lin. long. — L. glohi- 

 ferns. Pax in Kngl. Jahrb. xxxix. 615, from descrijjtion. 



Wile I>and. Abyssinia: Province of Tigre ; Amba Harrer, 7300 f t., 5c/^imjoer, 

 88S! Memsach District ; Gessat Errar, Sehimper, 414! Aniba Sea, Sc?iimper, 567 ! 

 Province of Amliara ; Lake Tana, Mitr«a, 6000 ft., on Aracia sp., Rosen ; without 

 ))recise locality, Plowden ! 



