Lora/ithus.] cxix. LORANTiiACE.E (sprague). 8G1 



10-12 in. below the apex; internodes ^If in. long. Leaves opposite 

 sessile, broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, cordate at the base, £-lJ iti. 

 long, 7-14 lin. broad, coriaceous, sometimes thinly, glabrous, more or 

 less glaucous, margin cartilaginous ; lateral nerves about o on each side, 

 arcuate from a patulous base, anastomosing far from the margin, 

 distinctly raised on the upper surface, less so on the lower. Umbels 

 axillary, solitary or fascicled, 4-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bracts 

 shortly pubescent ; peduncle about 1 lin. long ; pedicels f lin. long ; 

 bract ovate-cupular, or cupular with a small dorsal lobe, dorsal margin 

 |-J lin. long, ventral margin ^ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx to- 

 gether campanulate, 1-1 J lin. long, shortly pubescent outside. Calyx 

 subtruncate or shortly lobed, J-| lin. long. Corolla 1 J in. long in bud 

 or rather less, shortly pilose outside, red, with green lobes, apical 

 swelling oblong-ellipsoid, about 2 lin. long, rounded ; tube split uni- 

 laterally about 7 lin. down, basal swelling subglobose or obovoid, 2-2 J 

 lin. long; lobes reflexed, spathulate, acute, upper enlarged part lJ-2 

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

 the corolla-lobes, 2^-2| lin. long, tooth J-| lin. long; anthers narrowly 

 oblong, IJ-lj lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 

 2 J lin. long, neck J lin. long ; stigma obovoid, ^ lin. long. Berry ellip. 

 soid, o-)3J lin. long, pubescent, apical cup J lin. long. — L. sess'difolius, 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 932, not of Beauv. L. Buc/tneri, Engl. 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 114, as to Welwitsch, 4854. 



ZiO\iirer Guinea. Jieiif^^uc'lhi ; near tlie town of liencrnella, on Petalidium 

 (jlandylosum, S. Moore, Welnufseh, 4854! linn)])o : near Bruco, on Sitf/euia s\t.j 

 JVelicUsc/i, 4:862 1 Chella Mountains, above liruco, Welwitsc//, 4863 I Huilla: 

 Lo])ollo Country, on Parinariinn Mohola, Oliv., Conibretacea; ami Prot»'aceaB, 

 Welwitsch, 4865 I 4866! 4867! without precise locality, Antunes, 88\ Mossamedes,. 

 on Coinhretuin sp., Pearson, 2743! 



159. L. namaquensis, Harv. in Ilarr. d.- Sond. Ft. Cap. ii. 577. 

 A shrublet, often branched from the base, 1-2J ft. high. Young 

 branchlets minutely pilose, brittle, older ones glabrous ; branches 

 greyish, buft-coloured or pale brown; internodes \-'2 in. long. Leaves 

 opposite, subopposite or alternate, shortly petioled (or, more rarely, 

 sessile), ovate, elliptic, oblong, lanceolate or oblanceolate, subacute, 

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

 i-2| in. long, J-l J in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, more or less glaucous ; 

 lateral nerves anastomosing far from the margin, raised on the upper 

 surface, less distinct on the lower ; petiole up to o lin. long. Umbels 

 axillary, solitary or fascicled, -^-4 -flowered, minutely pilose; peduncle 

 J-2 lin. long; pedicels f-1 lin. long; bract ovate-cupular, acute, some- 

 times 2-lipped, dorsal margin f-lj lin. long, ventral margin f-f lin. 

 long, sometimes provided with 1 median or 2 lateral lobes. Receptacle 

 and calyx together campanulate, wide-mouthed, 1^-2 lin. long. Calyx 

 patulous, subtruncate or undulate-lobed, ciliate, |-| lin. long. Corolla 

 H-IJ in. long in bud or more, minutely pilose outside, apical swelling 

 oblong-ellipsoid, subtruncate or obtusely apiculate from a rounded apex, 

 2-2| lin. long, IJ-IJ lin. in diam., obtusely pentagonal; tube split 



