Loranthus.] cxix. loranthacile (sprague). 371 



into the neck, neck IJ-lf Hn. long; stigma depressed-globase, distinctly 

 bilobed. — Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 53G. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Nhaonduc, 

 near Boruma, Menyharth^ 939 ! 



174. L. nyasicus, Baker d- Sprague. Branchlets subtended at the 

 base by several reduced leaves, IJ-G in. long, much compressed, nodose, 

 glabrous, tinely striate and dark in a dried state ; internodes |-2J in. 

 long. Branches fairly stout, 2-3 lin. in diam., dark brown, longitudinally 

 wrinkled in a dried state, rather densely and inconspicuously lenticellate, 

 lenticels elongating to form small longitudinal cracks. Leaves opposite 

 or subopposite, narrowly elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, rounded or obtuse 

 at the apex, rounded at the base (more rarely obtuse), 1J-3J in. long, 

 9-15 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, faintly and finely reticulate, 

 especially on the upper surface ; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, 

 very oblique, slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 1-5 lin. long. 

 Umbels axillary, solitary, about 8-flowered, glabrous ; peduncle 3^-4 lin. 

 long ; pedicels about 3 lin. long ; bract unilaterally developed, broadly 

 ovate or quadrangular from a disc-shaped or saucer-shaped base, truncate 

 or subtruncate, umbonate, dorsal margin | lin. long, ventral margin 

 spreading or patulous, J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 

 suburceolate, about Ij lin. long. Calyx suberect, J lin. long, very 

 shallowly lobed ; intramarginal ring J lin. high. Corolla about 1 J in. 

 long, glabrous outside ; tube split unilaterally G-6^ lin. down, basal 

 swelling ellipsoid, 2 J lin. long ; lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, acute, 

 4J lin. long, upper part boat-shaped, linear-lanceolate seen from within, 

 2f lin. long, J lin. broad, strongly keeled outside, with a hard inner 

 layer sharply demarcated at the base. Filaments inserted about the 

 base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, tapering upwards, 2J lin. long, tooth 

 J lin. long ; anthers linear, 1|-1J lin. long, connective slightly exceed- 

 ing the cells. Disc shortly lobed, f lin. high. Style slightly thickened 

 into the base, skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2J-3 lin. long, neck 

 IJ lin. long; stigma depressed-globose, not distinctly lobed. 



Mozamb. I>lstr. British Central Africa : Nvasaland, Buchatian, 1090 ! 

 Xamasi, Cameron, 8 ! 



175. la. polygonifoliuSy Engl, in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Behj, 

 xxxix. 29. Branchlets slender, hardly 1 lin. in diam. 5 in. below the 

 apex, dark, glabrous; internodes 5-15 lin. long, the upper compressed. 

 Leaves opposite, lanceolate, slightly apiculate from an obtuse apex, 

 rounded or obtuse at the base, 2|-3| in. long, 10-15 lin. broad, 

 chartaceous, glabrous, dark brown in a dried state, finely reticulate on 

 both surfaces; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, patulous, anastomosing far 

 from the margin, slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole 3-4 J lin. long. 

 Umbels axillary, solitary. 4-G-flowered, glabrous; peduncle stout, |-2 lin. 

 long ; pedicels 2-2 J lin. long; bract narrowly triangular from a saucer- 

 shaped base, dorsal margin |-| lin. long, umbonate or thickened, ven- 

 tral margin \ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, 

 1|-1J lin. long. Calyx 5-lobed, J lin. long; lobes triangular, acute ; 



