374 cxix. LORANTHACEiE (spbague). [LoranthiLS, 



down, basal swelling subglobose, 5-grooved, IJ lin. in diam. ; lobes 

 erect, subspathulate-linear, acute, 2J-3 lin, long, upper part boat- 

 shaped, 1| lin. long, J- lin. broad, J lin. deep, hard inner layer sharply 

 demarcated below. Filaments deflexed, tapering upwards from a much- 

 thickened base, over 2J lin. long, tooth J lin. long; anthers linear- 

 oblong, truncate, just over 1 lin. long. Disc pentagonal, ^ lin. high. 

 Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2 lin. long, broadest below 

 the middle, neck 1| lin. long; stigma subglobose, J-| lin. in diam. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Rhodesia: Matabeleland ; near Buluwayo waterworks, JETow. 

 Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 96 ! 



Var. Buchayianii, Sprague. Leaves suborbicular or very broadly ovate, 1-^-2 in. 

 long, Ig-li ill- broad. Umbels many-Howered. Corolla-lobes bardly keeled. 



Mozamb. Blstr. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Blantyre, very 

 common, Buchanan, 1.33 ! 



Var. Biichananii miglit equally well be regarded as the type of a distinct species. 

 Having regard to the scanty material, however, it has seemed best to treat it as a 

 variety of L. Cecilce. 



L. aiirantiacus, vslt. 2)arviflorus, Engl, ex Scliinz, PI. Menyhartb. 42, name only, 

 was bused on a specimen gathered by Menyhartb (938) near lioroma on the Lower 

 Zambesi. It is possibly identical with L. Cecilce, var. Buchananii, but the material 

 extant is insufficient for determination. 



1 79. L. dichrous, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 123. Young branchlets 

 densely rusty-pilose with short curly hairs ; branches slender, about 

 1 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, pallid, glabrous, nodose, densely 

 lenticellate ; internodes \-'l in. long. Leaves subopposite or alternate, 

 lanceolate or elliptic-oblono;, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate into 

 the base, 1J-2| in. long, 7-12 lin. broad, chartaceous, minutely rusty- 

 pilose, especially on the lower surface, or glabrescent ; lateral nerves 

 3-4 on each side, obliquely ascending, anastomosing far from the 

 margin, rather prominent on the upper surface, inconspicuous on the 

 lower; petiole 2-4 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, geminate or 

 ternate, O-lO-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bract shortly rusty- 

 pilose ; peduncle 1-1 J lin. long ; pedicels | lin. long ; bract narrowly ovate 

 from a saucer-shaped base, dorsal margin | lin. long, ventral margin 

 \-\ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, 1 lin, long, 

 densely rusty-pubescent outside. Calyx ascending, J lin. long, slightly 

 lobed ; intramarginal ring very small. Corolla orange, except the upper 

 part of the lobes, which is purplish-red (^Zenker), about 1 in. long, 

 shortly and densely rusty-pilose outside, apical swelling of the bud 

 ovoid-oblong, acute, pentagonal, 1| lin. long; tube split unilaterally, 

 ba.sal swelling ellipsoid, 1| lin. long; lobes erect, lanceolate-linear, 

 slightly contracted in the middle, acute, about 3 J lin. long, upper part 

 shallowly boat-shaped, 1| lin. long, | lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate seen 

 from within, hard inner layer sharply demarcated below. Filaments 

 tapering upwards, 2 lin. long, tooth oblong, very obtuse, \ lin. long; 

 anthors oblong-linear, J lin. long. Disc -i lin. high, not distinctly lobed. 

 Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2J lin. long, neck | lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Canieroons : Yaiinde, Zenker. 3(53 ! 



