880 cxix. LORAXTHACE.K (sprague). [Loravthus. 



Hieru (I.e.) suspected tliat L. vi/losijfurus, Engl., might consist of two distinct 

 species, but regarded Wclwitsch, 4891 and 4892, as L. villosijlorus ])roper, whereas 

 Engh-r's description of the sliape of tlie leaves and length of the corolla was 

 evidently drawn up from Welwiisch, 4890. 



1S8. L. dekindtianuSy Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 120. Young 

 hranchlets fulvous-tomentose in a dried state, very nodose, 1^—2 in. long, 

 internodes 3-4 lin. long; branches pallid, pubescent or puberulous, 

 eventually glabrous, nodose, \\ lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, inter- 

 nodes 3-10 lin. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate-oblong or 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse at apex and base, 10-15 lin. long, 3|-7 lin. broad, 

 coarsely pubescent on both surfaces, finely and indistinctly reticulate, 

 3-nerved at the base, the remaining lateral nerves patulous ; petiole 

 1-1| lin. lon^. Umbels axillary, solitary, subsessile, 1-2-flow'ered ; 

 peduncle, pedicels and bract villous ; peduncle | lin. long ; pedicels 

 ^-| lin. long; bract erect, very unilateral, very concave, elliptic in 

 outline, dorsal margin | lin. long, ventral margin spreading, |- lin. long. 

 Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, wide-mouthed, \\ lin. long, 

 densely villous outside. Calyx patulous, distinctly 5-lobed, | lin. long, 

 long-ciliate ; lobes subdeltoid; intramarginal ring -Y^-jir lin. high. 

 Corolla purple, nearly IJ in. long, densely villous outside; tube split 

 unilateially about Gi lin. down, basal swelling subglobose, H-l^ lin* 

 in diam. ; lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, 4 lin. long, /^ lin. broad, 

 the upper part with a hard inner layer. Filaments inserted |-iJ Im. 

 above the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, 2^ lin. long, tapering 

 upwards, the uppermost 1 lin. thickened, darker than the rest, tooth 

 stout, rounded, hardly \ lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, 1^ lin. long. 

 Disc \ lin. high, lubed to the middle Style skittle-shaped above, 

 thickened part 2^ lin. long, neck 1 J lin. long, the upper half thickened 

 into the base of the stigma ; stigma ellipsoid, y^ lin. long. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola: Huilla ; Ke])utu Mountain, 5900 ft., iJekindl, JlO ! 



In the key, on p. 272, line 10, L. (lekivHtidnna is hy mistake stated to Ir.no 

 l-2-11o\\ercd heads; this should be l-2-f1owercd umbels. 



189. L. tambermensis, Kv<il. f(/ h'rause in Engl.Jnhrh. xliii. 402. 

 Branchlets short, spreading or patulous, fulvous-tomentellous, Ig-l^ lin. 

 in diam. 4 in. below the apex; branches at first pubescent, afterwards 

 glabrous, longitudinally wrinkled, pale brown, ^\-'>\ lin. in diam.. in- 

 conspicuously lenticellate ; internodes 4-1^) liu. long. Leaves opposite 

 01- subopposite, ovate-oblong or elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the apex, 

 obtuse or subcuneate at the base, 1-2^ in. long, \-\ in. broad, thinly but 

 firudy coriaceous, finely pubescent on both surfaces, the upper surface 

 eventually more or less glabrescent, rathei- irregularly nerved ; lateral 

 nerves 4-5 on each side, rather oblique, slightly raised, especially on 

 the upper surface ; petiole 3-H lin. long, densely pubescent. Umbels 

 axillary, solitary, 3-7-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bract densely 

 pubescent; peduncle lf-4 lin. long; pedicels 2-3 lin. long; bract uni- 

 laterally developed from a fiat, saucer-shaped or cupular base, elliptic or 

 ovate in outline, very concave, dorsal margin l-lj lin. long, ventral 



