Loranthns.] cxix. loraxtiiace.e (spuaguk). 365 



shortly 5.toothed, minutely ciliate, J-| lin. long; intramarginal ring 

 \ lin. hio^h. Corolla \\ in. long, minutely and sparingly pilose outside ; 

 tube split unilaterally G lin. down, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2] lin. long, 

 5-grooved ; lobe's sublanceolate-linear, 4 J lin. long, coherent above, 

 thickly keeled, the upper 2 A lin. with a hard inner layer. Filaments 

 dedexed, o lin. long including the tooth, tapering upwards, tooth J-i 

 lin. long; anthers linear, 1|-1^ lin. long. Disc pentagonal, J lin. high. 

 Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2j-3 lin. long, neck 1| lin. 

 long ; stigma ellipsoid or subglobose, ov^er | lin. in diam. — L. kraussiunus, 

 L. S. Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 467, not of Meisn. 



IMCozamb. Dlstr. Rhodesia: Buluwayo, on Comlretum spp., Marloth, .3378! 

 Matoppo Hills, Miss Gibbs, 274 ! 



164. L. Fuellebornii, Eiigl. in Engl. Jahrh. xxx. 304. Branch- 

 lets slender, 1 lin. in diam. U in. below the apex, at first smooth, daik 

 brown, soon becoming rather densely and finely lenticellate ; inter- 

 nodes 4-10 lin. long. Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse or rounded at the apex, sometimes minutely apiculate, obtuse 

 at the base, 1 J-2J in. long, 7-14 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; 

 lateral nerves 2 on each side, very oblique, slightly raised on both sur- 

 faces ; petiole 2-5 lin. long, slightly winged. Umbels axillary, solitary 

 or geminate, 2-3-flowered ; peduncle 1-H Hn. long; pedicels -J lin. 

 long, glabrous ; bract cupular, dorsal margin | lin. long, lateral | lin. 

 long, ventral margin nearly J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 

 campanulate, wide-mouthed, H-l| lin. long; receptacle cupular, 

 ^-1 lin. long, |-| lin. in diam. at the apex. Calyx patulous. -| lin. 

 long, lobed to the middle ; lobes rounded. Corolla about 1 J in. long, 

 glabrous outside ; tube split unilaterally about 8 lin. down, basal swell- 

 ing ellipsoid or subglobose, l|-2 lin. long, li-lf lin. in diam. ; lobes 

 erect, lanceolate-linear, acute, 3|-4 lin. long, hardly J lin. broad, Hooked 

 on the inner surface at the apex. Filaments inserted at or slightly 

 above the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, tapering upwards, 2 lin. 

 long, stout, tooth J lin. long ; anthers oblong-linear, \\ lin. long. Disc 

 obtusely pentagonal, shortly 5-lobed, J lin. high. iStyle thickened into 

 the base, skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2 lin. long, broadest 

 below the middle, neck IJ-lf lin. long, thickened above into the base 

 of the stigma; stigma subglobose, \ lin. in diam. 



XVXozaznb. Bistr. German East Africa : Northern Xyasalanil, Goclze ! 



165. Ij. Goetzei, Sjyrayue, Young branchlets stout, blackish, sub- 

 angular owing to compression of the internodes, finely lenticellate 

 towards the base. Branches very stout, about 3 lin. in diam. (! in. 

 below the apex, nodose, brownish, very coarsely and densely lenticellate, 

 lenticels rusty-brown ; internodes about o lin, long. Leaves alternate, 

 oblanceolate, straight or subfalcate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, 

 often apiculate, long-cuneate into the base, lJ-3 in. long, 5-12 lin, 

 broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, very finely wrinkled on both 

 surfaces in a dried state ; lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, very oblique, 

 very slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 3-5 lin. long. L^mbels 



