370 cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). [LorantJms. 



lanceolate, obtuse at the apex (more rarely elliptic, rounded at the 

 apex), obtuse or subcuneate at the base, 2-31 i"- ^^^^> ^-^l ^^^ broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, slightly rough in a dried state, reticula- 

 tion more or less visible, especially on the upper surface ; lateral nerves 

 about 3 on each side, rather oblique, raised on both surfaces ; petiole 

 2-4 lin. long. Heads sessile, 2-4-tlowered ; axis J-| lin. long ; bract 

 obliquely cupular, about | lin. long, ciliolate. Keceptacle and calyx 

 together narrowly campanulate, l|-2 lin. long; receptacle verrucose on 

 the upper half. Calyx irregularly split and lobed, about 1 lin. long, 

 ciliolate. Corolla red, about 1 in. long, glabrous outside; tube split 

 unilaterally, basal swelling ellipsoid, H lin. long; lobes erect, oblan- 

 ceolate-linear, acute, 2J lin. long, | lin. broad, upper part with a hard 

 inner layer. Filaments If lin. long, tapering upwards, grooved on the 

 inner surface, much thickened towards the apex, tooth \ lin. long; 

 anthers linear, | lin. long. Disc shortly lobed, 1 lin. high. Style 

 slightly skittle-shaped above, neck | lin. long. 



Mozamb. Blstr. German East Africa : Usambara ; Sakare, -iOOO f t., ^«^/^r, 

 939a ! Buehwald, Qll ! 



L. Holtzii was placed l)y Engler in the section Injiaii. It seems, however, to 

 be closely allied to L. sakarensis, which occurs in the san)e locality. 



173. L. saxnbesiacus, Engl, d- Schinz ex Schinz, PL Menyharth. 

 43. Young branchlets olive-green, glabrous, older ones greyish -brown, 

 deeply wrinkled longitudinally in a dried state, inconspicuously lenti- 

 cellate, about 1 lin. in diam. -> in. below the apex ; internodes 3-7 lin. 

 long. Leaves opposite or alternate, straight or more rarely subfalcate, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute at the apex, attenuate into the base, 2^-3 in. long, 

 2 J-5 lin. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, olive-green in a dried state ; 

 lateral nerves very oblique, slightly raised on the upper surface, not 

 visible on the lower ; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, 

 4-5-flowered, glabrous; peduncle 1-1 1 lin. long, very stout, constricted 

 in the middle ; pedicels inserted in very shallow sockets, broadened into 

 the apex and base, 1-1 J lin. long; bract saucer-shaped with a trans- 

 versely oblong rounded dorsal lobe, dorsal margin yij— J lin. long, more 

 or less thickened, ventral margin ^ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 

 together campanulate, Ij lin. long, glabrous. Calyx patulous, \ lin. 

 long, very shallowly lobed, ciliolate ; intramarginal ring yV lin. high. 

 Corolla about If in. long, glabrous outside ; tube split unilaterally, basal 

 swelling ellipsoid, 2J-3 lin. long ; lobes separating from one another and 

 curved outwards in their lower part before the expansion of the corolla, 

 afterwards erect, sublanceolate-linear, 4 J lin. long, upper part boat- 

 shaped, obtusely keeled, 2J-2J lin. long, under | lin. broad, with a hard 

 inner layer sharply demarcated at the base. Filaments tapering upwards 

 from a broad base, 2J lin. long, nearly J lin. broad at the base, much 

 contracted above, \ lin. broad in the uppermost ^| lin., slightly thickened 

 near the apex, tooth J lin. long; anthers linear, \\ lin. long. Disc 

 shortly lobed, J lin. high. Style conspicuously skittle-shaped above, 

 thickened part 3 lin. long, broadest below the middle, abruptly contracted 



