378 cxix. LORANTHACEiE (sprague). [Lorauthus. 



185. Ij. uhehensiSy Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 382. Branchlets 

 patulous, rather stout, IJ lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, rusty- 

 tomentellous ; branches 2-2 J lin. in diam., striate, younger parts rusty- 

 tomentellous ; internodes J-2 in. long. Leaves subopposite or alternate, 

 lanceolate, acute or obtuse at the apex, obtuse at the base, 2^4 in. 

 long, 10-15 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrescent on the upper surface, 

 more or less scurfy-pubescent on the nerves below ; midrib prominent 

 on the lower surface ; lateral nerves 5- 6 on each side, arcuate-ascending, 

 anastomosing far from the margin, raised on both surfaces ; petiole 

 rusty-tomentellous, (>-10 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, about 

 lo- 15 -flowered; peduncle 2J-3 lin. long, rusty-pilose, especially 

 round the sockets of the pedicels ; pedicels and bract densely rusty- 

 pilose with branched hairs; pedicels about 2 lin. long; bract erect, 

 arcuate-boat-shaped, 1| lin. long, J-^ lin. deep, dorsal margin IJ lin. 

 long, ventral margin patulous, J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 

 together subcampanulate, IJ lin. long, densely rusty-pubescent outside. 

 Calyx I lin. long, shallowly lobed, densely ciliate with branched hairs ; 

 intramarginal ring about ^V lin. high. Corolla about If in. long, 

 densely clothed with rusty much-branched hairs ; tube split unilaterally 

 about 6A lin. down, basal swelling ovoid, 2 lin. long; lobes erect, 

 spathulate, 4^ lin. long, upper part boat-shaped, 2J lin, long, | lin. 

 broad, oblong-lanceolate seen from within, hard inner layer rather 

 sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted at the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, deflexed, tapering upwards, 3 lin. long, the uppermost 

 J lin. thickened and darker than the rest, tooth about J lin. long; 

 anthers linear-oblong, 1-1-^ lin. long. Disc pentagonal, very shortly 

 lobed, \ lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part about 

 oj lin. long, neck 1 lin. long ; stigma subglobose, f-^V ^^^' i" diam. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. (Jermaii East Africa : Uliche ; Uchun^we Mountains, near 

 Dabaprjra, G500 ft., Qoetze, 641 ! 



186. Li. yillosifloruS) Engl, in Engl. Jalirh. xx, 125, as to 

 Welwitsch, 4890. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence shortly rusty- 

 villous; branchlets short, nodose, tawny or brownish, about Ij lin. in 

 diam. 5 in. below the apex; branches greyish-brown, glabrous, finely 

 and inconspicuous-ly lenticellate, n-2J lin. in diam.; internodes J-lJ 

 in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, lanceolate-oblong, or more 

 rarely ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate into the 

 ba.se, 1-2| in. long, 4-12 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so; 

 lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, oblique, raised on the upper surface, 

 inconspicuous on the lower; petiole 2-4 lin. long, shortly rusty-villous 

 especially on the upper surface. Umbels axillary, solitary, about 15-18- 

 flowered ; peduncle 2^ lin. long; pedicels I4-I5 lin. long; bract ovate- 

 saucer-shaped, dorsal margin § lin. long, strongly umbonate, ventral 

 margin J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together cupular, | lin. long, 

 lower half densely pilose outside with long downwardly-directed hairs, 

 upper half shortly pilose. Calyx J lin. long, ciliate; intramarginal 

 ring ^\y lin. high. Corolla 13-14 lin. long, sparingly villous outside; 

 tube split unilaterally 4-5 lin. down, basal swelling ellipsoid, li^ lin. 



