366 cxix. LORANTHACE.E (sprague). [Lm-cinthus. 



axillary, fascicled, 3-6-flowered ; peduncle stout, 1-1 J lin. long, glab- 

 rous ; pedicels } lin. long, glabrous ; bract ovate-cupular, dorsal margin 

 J-| lin. long, truncate, umbonate, umbo much flattened, ventral 

 margin J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together narrowly campanu- 

 late, 2J lin. long. Calyx ascending, | lin. long, irregularly split. 

 Corolla li in. long in bud or more, glabrous outside, madder- red, con- 

 stricted part of the tube yellow, upper part of the lobes violet 

 (Goetze) ; basal swelling subglobose ; lobes linear, subacute, about 4 lin. 

 long, nearly J lin. broad, hooked on the inner surface at the apex. 

 Filaments tapering upwards, 2 J lin. long, tooth J lin. long; anthers 

 oblong-linear, rounded-subtruncate, \\ lin. long; connective slightly 

 exceeding the cells. Disc deeply 5-lobed, V lin. high, lobes deltoid. 

 Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part :]-o| lin. long, neck l\ lin. 

 long, upper half thickened into the base of the stigma ; stigma 

 depressed-globose, concave at the apex, ^-| lin. in diam. — L. Smle- 

 heckii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 304, not of Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. 

 XX. 122. 



Kozamb. Blstr. German Eiist Africa: Kinga (Livingstone) Range in 

 Ussangu ; Tikuruc^wa Mountain, 8000 ft., on Protea sp., Goetze, 989 ! 



Accordin? to Goetze, the leaf of L. Goetzei resembles that of its host in form 

 and colour. 



166. L. Qlhleri, E7igl. in Evgl. Jahrh. xl. 526. Branches pale 

 brown, about 1 J lin. in diam. in. below the apex, 2h lin. in diam. 1 ft. 

 below the apex, rather finely lenticellate ; internodes o-lO lin. long. 

 Leaves subsessile, obovate-oblong, obtuse at the apex, often apiculate,^ 

 cuneate into the base, 7-15 lin. long, o-G lin. broad, coriaceous, glab- 

 rous, -3-5-nerved from shortly above the base ; nerves inconspicuous on 

 the upper surface, rather more distinct on the lower ; petiole J-| lin. 

 long. Heads subsessile, axillary, o-4.flowered ; axis | lin. long ; bract 

 shortly and obliquely cupular, £ lin. long dor.sally. Receptacle and 

 calyx together 2 lin. long. Calyx irregularly lobed. Corolla yellowish- 

 red, about H in. long, glabrous outside; tube split unilaterally about 

 8 lin. down, basal swelling subglobose, about \\ lin. in diam.; lobes 

 erect, linear, acute, 4;V lin. long, y,y lin. broad, slightly hooked on the 

 inner surface at the apex. Filaments inserted shortly above the base 

 of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, slightly tapering upwards, 2^ lin. long, 

 thickened towards the apex, grooved on the inner surface, tooth ^ lin. 

 long; anthers linear, Ij lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened 

 part about 2^^ lin. long, neck \\ lin. long; stigma subglobose. Berry 

 narrowly obovoid, 3 lin. long, coarsely tubercled. 



BKozamb. Slstr. German Enst Africa : Masai Steppe, Oehler, 43 I 

 L. (Ehleri was referred by Engler to the section Injlati, in which it occupied 

 an isolated position. It appears to be allied to i. sansibaretisis^ Engl., with which 

 it agrees in the 3-5-nerved leaves, toothed filaments and tubercled fruits. 



1C7. L. sansibarensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 121. Young 

 branches blackish, glabrous, H-lf lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, 

 older ones greyish, densely lenticellate, more or less nodose ; internodes 



