Loranthu.^.] cxix. loranthace.e (sprague). 867 



^o in. long. Leaves subopposite or alternate, ovate, elliptic or sub- 

 orbicular, subacute, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded or obtuse 

 at the base, IJ-SJ in. long, 1-2J in. broad, coriaceous, usually thin, 

 glabrous ; lateral nerves raised on both surfaces, 2-8 on each side of the 

 midrib, the upper ones running nearly to the apex of the leaf ; petiole 

 2-5 lin. long. Heads axillary, fascicled, 2-3-flowered ; peduncle 1 lin. 

 long; bract obliquely cupular, umbonate, minutely ciliolate, dorsal 

 margin |-| lin. long, including a triangular acute lobe, which is 

 l-J lin. long, ventral margin nearly J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 

 together narrowly campanulate, wide-mouthed, slightly constricted 

 about the middle. If lin. long. Calyx patulous, irregularly split,. 

 |-J lin. long. Buds constricted below the apex of the corolla-tube and 

 above the base of the lobes. Corolla 1 J in. long or less, glabrous out- 

 side ; tube split unilaterally 5-6 lin. down, basal swelling ellipsoid,. 

 2-2| lin. long; lobes erect, linear, slightly broadened upwards, 3f lin. 

 long, upper part with a hard inner layer. Filaments inflexed, 2^-2 J lin. 

 long, tapering slightly upwards, stout, bioadly grooved on the inner 

 surface, tooth J-J lin. long; anthers linear, |-1J lin. long. Disc 

 5-lobed, I lin. high.' Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2 lin. 

 long, neck 1 lin. long ; stigma J lin. in diam. Berry red, verrucose. — 

 Z. Sculebeclii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 122, t. 3, fig. C; I.e. xxviii. 

 385. L. Volkensit, Engl. I.e. xx. 110. Z. c7'assisshnuSf Engl. I.e. 122, 

 as to Stuhlmann, ser. i. 77(1; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. t. 14, figs. E-G. 

 L, vtridh.onatus, Werth, Veg. Ins. Sansibar, 87. Odontella Volkensit ^ 

 Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soo. Bot. France, xlii. 260. 



Nile I>and. British East Africa: Witu ; Kau, Thomas, 151! between 

 Mombasa ami 'J'akaunga, Whyte ! Nyika, Country, near Mombasa, Wakefield, 2 ! 

 Taita ; Voi FA\or, Ilildeb)'andf, 2502! Macliakos, Pospiclial ! 



Mozaiub. Distr. Zanzibar, Rildehrandt, 1031 ! Stuhlmann, i. 776 ! 

 on Citrus Auranfnim, Linn., Busse, 1138! Stuhlmann, i. 772 I on Citrus 

 mediea, Linn., Bojer ! German East Africa : near Sonjo, MerJcer, 436 ! Pare 

 Mountains, TroiJia, 294 ! L'^sambara ; Mombo, Zimmerman, 949 ! Mngler, 3275 ! 

 Simbili, 2000 ft.. Hoist, 2865 ! Doda, Hoist, 2970 ! Tanga, Volkens, 183 ! coast 

 opposite Zanzibar, Forbes! Ruaba River, 2300 ft., Goetze, 475 I Portuguese East 

 Africa : Lower Shire District, Morambala Mountain, 3500 ft., Kirk ! 



L. sansiharensis exhibits considerable variation in the shape of the leaves, 

 and some of its forms have been considered distinct species. L. Volkensii, Engl., 

 differs from typical sansiharensis in having thicker leaves. It is probably only a 

 form of L. sansiharensis, but this cannot be decided until fully developed flowers 

 are known. The tyj)e specimens bear only very young flower-buds. 



L. crassissimus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 122, is a mixture of L. Kayseri and 

 L. sansiharensis. 



168. L. sakarensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 538. Branchlets 

 slender, about 1 lin. in diam. in. below the apex, glabrous, the 

 youngest parts dark, soon becoming paler, minutely and densely 

 lenticellate ; branches lJ-2 lin. in diam., very densely lenticellate ; 

 internodes r)-14 lin. long. Leaves alternate, lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse at the apex (more rarely elliptic, rounded at the apex), sub- 

 cuneate or obtuse at the base, straight or slightly curved, 2J-4 in. long^ 



