Loronthas.'] cxix. loraxthace.e (spuague). 3Ho 



raised on the upper surface, less so on the lower ; petiole rather slender 

 2-4 lin. long, shortly pilose. Heads axillary, 4-5-flowered ; peduncle 

 stout, I J lin. long, shortly pubescent, produced in the centre about ?, lin. 

 above the insertion of the flowers; flowers inserted inside the spreading 

 margin, which is J-J lin. broad ; bract cupular with a deltoid dorsal 

 lobe, shortly pubescent outside, solid base about f lin. long, dorsal 

 margin IJ lin. long, ventral margin J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 

 together campanulate, wide-mouthed, IJ lin. long; receptacle |-^ lin. 

 long, lower half glabrous, upper half minutely papillate. Calyx patulous, 

 subtruncate, ciliolate, J lin. long. Corolla about 1 j in. long in l)ud, 

 very shortly pilose outside, apical swelling oblong, pentagonal, rounded, 

 2-2J lin. long, angles ribbed; tube split unilaterally about 8 lin. down, 

 basal swelling subglobose, l|-2 lin. in diam. ; lobes reflexed, sub- 

 spathulate, 4^- lin. long, enlarged upper part 2|-2| lin. long, 1 lin. 

 broad. Filaments inserted ^- lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 deflexed, 2 J lin. long, tooth f lin. long ; anthers narrowly oblong, 1 Jlin. 

 long. Disc pentagonal, shortly lobed, J lin. high, lobes papillate. iStyle 

 skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2| lin. long, neck IJ lin. long, 

 thicker in the upper half ; stigma subglobose, f lin. in diam. — Engl, in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xl. 534. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; Boruma, 

 Khaondue, on ComhretuM sp})., Menyharih, 615 ! 



Vur. pedicellatus, Sprag'ue. Leaves broadly ovate, obovate, elliptic or sub- 

 orbicular, subcuueate, obtuse or rounded at the base ; i)etiole 1-4 lin. long. 

 Umbels 4-tio\vered ; peduncle about 1 lin. long ; pedicels \ lin. long, sliortly pilose ; 

 bfHct sballowly ovate-cupular, sliortly pilose outside, dorsal margin ^ lin. long, 

 ventral margin f lin. long. Basal swelling of tbe corolla ellipsoid, 2^-2^ lin. long. 

 Authors 1|- lin. long. — L. zanihesicus, L. 8. Gibbs in Journ. Liun. Soc. Bot. 

 xxxvii. 467. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Khodesia: Victoria Falls, Miss Gibbs, 140! Allen, 138! 



A'ar. pedicellatus difPers from tbe type in little but the presence of a distinct 

 pedicel and tbe shape of the bract, and it may be found impossible to maintain it 

 when further material comes to band. 



IGl. L. Thonningii, Schum. <C Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PL 171). 

 Branches weak, terete, slightly scabrous. Leaves opposite, very shortly 

 petioled, ovate, often cordate at the base, 3-4 in. long, entire, glossy, 

 rather fleshy, nerves obscure. Umbels axillary, solitary, 8-1 2-flowered, 

 the flowers arranged in a circle; peduncle short; pedicels very short, 

 lleceptacle "subrotund," glabrous. Calyx entire (rarely 5-crenate). 

 Corolla tubular, almost 2 in. long, purple ; tube narrow, slightly dilated 

 in the middle, unilaterally split above, basal swelling subglobose ; lobes 

 reflexed, linear. Filaments inserted below the corolla-lobes, involute ; 

 anthers reflexed, oblong, compressed. Style skittle-shaped above; 

 stigma subcapitate. Berry globose, the size of a common pea, scarlet, 

 glabrous. Seed solitary, obovoid. 



Upper Guinea. CJokl Coast: coimnou on various trees, Thonninf). 



Tlie type of L. Tho)iiiiii(/ii, Sebum. & Tlionn., cannot now be found. According 

 to JScbumacber it is apparently allied to L. sessilifulius, Beauv. I sus2)ec-t that it 



