376 cxix. LORANTHACE-E (spracoje). [LovantJius, 



upper part shallowly boat-shaped, acute, 2 J lin. long, \\ lin. broad, hard 

 inner layer sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted at the 

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

 thickened near the apex, with a narrow dark band about ^ lin. long 

 J lin. below the apex, tooth J lin. long; anthers linear, truncate, li lin. 

 long, connective produced beyond the cells. Disc J lin. high. fcJtyle 

 skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2|-2J lin. long, neck l^-lh lin. 

 long; stigma ovoid, | lin. long. — Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 167. 



irile ]Land. Jui- : Great Seriba Ghattas, on Flcus platyphiiUa, Delile, 

 Schireivfnrth, \^H\ \ 1425a! 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Bukunibi, on Lake Victoria, S/ithl- 

 ma /in, 820 ! 



182. Ij. ILeiliif Engl. (L'Krmcse in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 40d. Young 

 branchlets dark, at first shortly rusty-pilose, soon becoming incon- 

 spicuously puberulous, about 1 J lin. in diam. G in. below the apex, nodose ; 

 branches rather stout, 2^-2| lin. in diam., pallid, glabrous, densely 

 lenticellate, lenticels rusty-brown; internodes 4-13 lin. long. Leaves 

 alternate, mostly lanceolate (more rarely linear-lanceolate or elliptic- 

 oblong), straight or subfalcate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate or 

 subcuneate into the base, 1 i-3 in. long, 7-12 lin. broad, rigidly coriaceous^ 

 glabrous ; lateral nerves 2-4 on each side, very oblique, raised on both 

 surfaces ; petiole 3-4 lin. long, shortly rusty-pilose. Umbels axillary, 

 solitary, 9-12-flovvered ; peduncle, pedicels and bract shortly rusty-pilose ; 

 peduncle about 3 J lin. long ; pedicels 2 J lin. long ; bract ovate or elliptic 

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

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

 1J-1| lin. long, slightly constricted below the apex, very minutely 

 papillate outside. Calyx shallowly lol)ed, about J lin. long, ciliolate ; 

 intramarginal ring J lin. high. Corolla reddish-brown and yellow 

 {Engler)^ about 1 j in. long, puberulous outside, apical swelling oblong, 

 2 J lin. long ; tube split unilaterally about 8 lin. down, basal swelling 

 ellipsoid, 2^ lin. long ; lobes erect, lanceolate-linear, acute, 5 lin. long, 

 upper part shallowly boat-shaped, 2J lin. long, ^-| lin. broad, hard 

 inner layer sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted at the base 

 of the corolla-lobes, about 2J lin. long, darker and slightly thickened 

 towards the apex, tooth ^ lin. long ; anthers oblong-linear, 1 J lin. long. 

 Disc pentagonal, shortly 5-lobed, J lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, 

 thickened part 3-3 J lin. long, neck nearly 1 J lin. long ; stigma ellipsoid, 

 J Hn. long. 



Mozamb. Blstr. German East Africa : Usumbura; uenr Kaniatii, 2500 ft., 

 Keil, 212 ! 



183. L. Carsoniiy Baker cC- Sprague. Branches elongated, about 

 2\ ft. long, IJ lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, hardly 2 lin. in diam. 

 2 ft. below the apex, younger parts and branchlets. densely rusty- 

 pubescent, older parts glabrescent, brownish, inconspicuously lenticellater; 

 internodes J-2J in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse at the apex, attenuate into the base, li-3J in. long, 2 J- 



