Loranthus.] cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). 375 



1^0. L. blantyreanus, EngL in Engl. Jahrh. xl. 537. Young 

 branchlets rusty- or fulvous-pubescent, about 1 lin. in diam. 3-4 in. 

 below the apex, nodose ; branches stout, longitudinally wrinkled, glab- 

 rous, IJ-SJ lin. in diam., finely and inconspicuously lenticellate ; inter- 

 nodes J-lj in. long. Leaves opposite or alternate, ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse at both ends (those at the base of the branchlets obovate, 

 rounded at the apex, cuneate into the base), 1-2 in. long, |-1 in. broad, 

 coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, rather oblique, 

 raised on the upper surface, not visible or hardly visible on the lower ; 

 petiole shortly pilose, l^'-J ^^^- long. Umbels axillary, solitary, about 

 9-10-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bract shortly and rather densely 

 pilose; peduncle H-2 lin. long; pedicels lJ-2 lin. long; bract ovate 

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

 margin patulous, hardly J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 

 cupular, IJ lin. long, puberulous. Calyx suberect, shortly 5-toothed, 

 \-\ lin. long; intramarginal ring under \ lin. high. Corolla H-lf in. 

 long, shortly pilose outside, apical swelling of the bud oblong, obtuse, 

 pentagonal, 2 J lin. long, with grooved faces; tube split unilaterally 

 GJ-7J lin. down, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2 J lin. long; lobes erect, 

 subspathulate-linear, acute, 4-4J lin. long, upper part very shallowly 

 boat-shaped, '2,-'2^ lin. long, ^-| lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate seen from 

 within, hard inner layer sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted 

 at the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, stout, tapering from a broad 

 base, 2 J lin. long, uppermost J lin. thickened, tooth J lin. long ; anthers 

 oblong-linear, \h lin. long. Disc pentagonal, very thick, J-^ lin. high, 

 shortly lobed. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2| lin. long, 

 broadest below the middle, neck If lin. long, the uppermost J lin. 

 thickened into the base of the stigma ; stigma subglobose, with a minute 

 apical depression. 



nSozamb. Distr. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Blantvre, Buchanan 

 in Herb. Wood, 6983 ! Sliire Highlands ; Mandala, Scott-Elliot, 8560 ! and without 

 precise locality, Buchanan, 51 ! 



181. L. Schweinfurthii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 124. 

 Branchlets pallid, shortly pubescent, about IJ lin. in diam. in. below 

 the apex ; branches stout, wrinkled, glabrous ; internodes |-2 in. long. 

 Leaves opposite or subopposite, broadly ovate, obtuse or rounded at the 

 apex, subcuneate, rounded or cordate at the base, 2J-3 in. long, 

 1J-2| in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 3-5 on each side, 

 patulous, raised on both surfaces; petiole 3-7 lin. long, puberulous. 

 Umbels axillary,. solitary, 9-10-flowered; peduncle, pedicels and bract 

 pubescent; peduncle 2-'lh lin. long; pedicels 1-U lin. long; bract 

 ovate-saucer-shaped, dorsaf margin |-| lin. long, ventral margin hardly 

 J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, 1-1 1 lin. long, 

 nearly glabrous outside. Calyx \ lin. long, ciliate ; intramarginal ring 

 •^ij— ij lin. high. Corolla under \h in. long, shortly pilose outside, 

 apical swelling of the bud oblong-ellipsoid, 2\ lin. long, pentagonal, 

 with grooved faces; tube split unilaterally about 5 lin. down, basal 

 swelling ellipsoid, 2i lin. long; lobes erect, spathulate, 4 J lin. long, 



