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CXIX. LORANTHACE.E (SPRACiT'E). [Lorffnthid. 



1J-1| in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves about :) on 

 each side, very oblique, raised on both surfaces ; reticulation more or 

 less visible on both surfaces ; petiole '2^-''>h lin. long. Heads axillary, 

 solitary or geminate, sessile, 2-o-flo\vered ; axis about 1 lin. long ; 

 flowers inserted in very oblique sockets ; bract obliquely capular, 

 sparingly ciliate, dorsal margin 1^- lin. long, thickened in the lower 

 third, ventral margin | lin. long, lleceptacle and calyx together 

 obconical-campanulate, ^l-d lin. long. Calyx suberect, 2^ lin. long, 

 split unilaterally, irregularly toothed, sparingly ciliate. Corolla nearly 

 2J in. long, glabrous outside ; tube slightly curved below, basal swelling 

 unilateral, boat-shaped in outline, 4-5 lin. long, neck about 4 lin. long, 

 upper part of tube cylindric-f unnel-shaped ; lobes erect, linear, acute, 

 5 J lin. long, h lin. broad, upper part with a hard inner layer. Filaments 

 3 lin. long, "tapering slightly upwards, stout, grooved on the inner 

 surface, the uppermost | lin. much thickened, tooth J lin. long ; anthers 

 linear, IJ lin. long. Disc shortly lobed, ^ lin. high. Style skittle- 

 shaped aViove,' thickened part 2J-2J lin. long, neck lj-2 lin. long; 

 stigma subglobose, j lin. in diam., concave at the apex. 



Mozamb. Distr. Genniui K;ist Al'ric;! : Usamhara ; ^ii\iare,4:300 i'x.. JSv/yhr, 

 9J:U! 



IGl). L. laciniatus, J'JjkjI. J'jL Q.^t-Afr. C. lOG. Young l.ranchlets 

 subangular, glabrous, older ones terete, greyish, coarsely and den.'^ely 

 lenticellate, about 1 J lin. in diam. 10 in, below the apex; internodes l-l 

 in. long. Leaves alternate ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse at the apex, 

 rounded or obtuse at the base, 1^2 J in. long, |-H in. broad, coriaceous, 

 glabrous ; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, anastomosing far from the 

 margin, hardly visible or inconspicuous on the upper surface, more 

 evident on the lower ; petiole 3—") lin. long, slightly winged. Heads 

 axillary, fascicled, 3-flowered ; peduncle J-J lin. long; bract cupular, 

 2-lipped, minutely ciliate, umbonate, dorsal margin } lin. long, lateral 

 margin J lin. long, ventral margin i lin, long. Keceptacle and calyx 

 together campanulate, wide-mouthed, ]| lin, long. Calyx 1 lin. long, 

 irregularly split by the basal expansion of the corolla. Corolla over 

 \\ in. long, glal)rous outside; tube split unilaterally about G lin. down, 

 basal swelling ellipsoid-globose, 2J-2J lin. long; lobes erect, .^ub- 

 spathulate-linear, 3 J lin. long, upper part with a hard inner layer. 

 Filaments inserted almost at the base of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, 

 tapering upwards, 2 lin. long, thickened towards the apex, tooth ^ lin, 

 long; anthers oblong-linear, J lin. long. Disc lobed, ^ lin. high 

 Style slightly skittle-shaped above ; stigma subglobose, f lin. in diaui. 



XHozamb. Slstr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; abovi- Kilrnia, 

 80G0 ft., I'olkens, 1818 I 



170. L. Keudelii, ^»?^Z. in Engl. Jahrh. xl. 538. Branches long, 

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

 pallid, very densely and rather coarsely lenticellate ; internodes ^-1 in. 

 long. Leaves ovate or elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded 

 or obtuse at the base, 1|-2J in. long, 1-1^ in. broad, rather thinly 



