300 cxix. LORAXTHACE.E (sprague). [Lorantkus, 



long, dorsal margin ascending, |-1 lin. long, ventral margin suberect, 

 I lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, wide-mouthed, 

 Ij lin. long. Calyx saucer-shaped, villous-ciliate, margin h lin. long. 

 Corolla about 1 J in. long in bud, villous outside, apical swelling oblong- 

 ellipsoid, 2 lin. long, subterete, rounded ; tube split unilaterally about 

 C. lin. down, basal swelling subglobose, IJ lin. long, 1 J lin. in diam. ; 

 lobes refiexed, spathulate, acute, 3J lin. long, enlarged upper part 

 '2\ lin. long, J lin. broad. Filaments inserted h lin. below the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, deflexed, tapering upwards, '2 lin. long, tooth J lin. long ; 

 anthers oblong, IJ lin. long. Disc pentagonal, J lin. high, minutely 

 pilose. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2| lin. long, broadest 

 below the middle, neck | lin, long; stigma ellipsoid, | lin. long. 



Mozaxnb. Dlstr. North-west lUiodesia, at 4000 ft., Ror/ers, 8353 ! 



Apparently allied to L. glaucophyllus^ Kiigl., from which it differs in the 

 villous corolla. 



157. L. Mechowii, Engl, in Evgl. Jahrh. xx. 118, as to Mechow, 

 48, 101. Branchlets densely rusty-pilose in a young state, '1 lin. in 

 diam. 1 ft. below the apex ; branches -w-^J lin. in diam., glabrous, very 

 finely lenticellate ; internodes 1-2J in. Fong. Leaves opposite, sessile or 

 suV)sessile, ovate-oblong or elliptic, shortly acuminate to a subacute or 

 apiculate apex, more rarely rounded, rounded or subcordate at the base, 

 2|-4 in. long, \\--h in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, or puberulous on 

 the nerves only, dull ; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, arcuate- 

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

 upper surface, prominent on the lower ; petiole not exceeding | lin. in 

 length. Umbels axillary, fascicled, head-hke, 4-flowered, minutely puberu- 

 lous ; peduncle 1J-1| lin. long; pedicels inserted in cupular sockets, 

 about \ lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, ciliate, umbonate at the base, 

 doi'sal margin J lin. long, ventral margin h lin. long. Receptacle and 

 calyx together campanulate. If lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, irregu- 

 larly split, |-1 lin. long, ciliate, minutely puberulous outside. Corolla 

 scarlet or purple, about H in. long in bud, shortly pilose outside, apical 

 swelling oblong-ellipsoid, 1| lin. long, rounded, pentagonal; tube split 

 unilaterally 7-7^- lin. down, basal swelling obovoidor subglobose, If lin. 

 long; lobes reflexed, spathulate, acute, 3i lin. long, enlarged upper part 

 ]| lin. long, J-| lin. broad. Filaments inserted J lin. below the base 

 of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, tapering upwards, 2 iin. long, tooth ^— ^ 

 lin. long; anthers oblong, |-1 lin. long. Disc \-^, lin. high. Style 

 skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2 A lin. long, neck about J lin. 

 long, thicker in the upper half; stigma ellipsoid, |-J lin. long. — L. 

 Belrlsii^ Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 934, excl. syn., not of DC. 

 Tapiiianthiis Mechowii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 267. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Puiigo Andongo, Afec/totc, 43 1 101 ! Gohingo 

 Alto ; among the Queta Mountains, on Ficus Mucvso, Welw., WehoHsch, 5279 1 

 between Sange and Bango, Welicitsch^ 5280 I 



\'i>>. 1m, glaucophyllus, Frtgl. in Engl. Jahrh. xxxii. 1 29. Branch- 

 lets filender, greyish or tawny, finely lenticellate, about 1 lin. in diam. 



