Loranthus.] cxix. loranthace^ (sprague). 385 



the middle ones elliptic, obtuse, the uppermost ones largest, ovate-oblong, 

 acute. Umbels axillary, solitary, 2-8-fiowered ; peduncle pilose, J lin. 

 long ; pedicels pilose, J-J lin. long ; bract equalling the receptacle and 

 calyx, broadly ovate-cupular, pilose outside, ciliate, dorsal margin 1 lin. 

 long, erect, not umbonate, ventral margin hardly J lin. long. Receptacle 

 about I lin. long. Calyx truncate, long-ciliate, J-i lin. long. Corolla 

 yellow, tinged with red towards the apex, 1 J in. long, tetragonal in bud, 

 subacute, narrowly 4-winged, wings ciliate ; tube about 8 lin. long ; lobes 

 about 1 in. long, linear, acute. Filaments over G lin. long in bud, much 

 flattened, expanded at the place of insertion into a circular disc with free 

 papillate margins, tooth ^ lin. long ; anthers linear, 5 lin. long, J lin. broad, 

 emarginate, the lobes exceeding the connective. Disc J lin. high, glan- 

 dular-papillate. 



lHozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Uhehe ; hilly laterite plateau at 

 Mbigiri, 4300 ft., Goefze, 509 ! 



A very distinct species, characterised by tlie short flowering shoots, perulate at 

 the biise, and the ciliate angles of the corolla in bud. 



198. Tm. triplinervius, Baker d- Sprague. Branchlets slender, 

 glabrous, densely lenticellate, purplish-brown or pallid. Leaves opposite, 

 subsessile or shortly petioled, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, straight 

 or subarcuate, very obtuse or subacute at the apex, cuneate at the base, 

 1J-1| in. long, J-f in. broad, chartaceous, glabrous, distinctly 3-nerved 

 from shortly above the base ; petiole 1 lin. long or less, glabrous. Umbels 

 solitary, 4-6-flowered ; peduncle J-1 lin. long, glabrous ; pedicels IJlin. 

 long, glabrous; bract elliptic-cupular, ciliate, glabrous outside, dorsal 

 margin | lin. long, umbonate on the lower half, ventral margin J-J lin 

 long. Receptacle nearly -| lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, ciliate, J lin. 

 long. Corolla pale green, under ^ in. long, tetragonal in bud ; tube 

 IJ lin. long; lobes linear, broadened upwards, 3^ lin. long. Filaments 

 inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, just over 2 lin. long, linear, 

 tooth J^-yV lin. long; anthers linear, If lin. long. Disc slightly and 

 obtusely 4-lobed, | Tin. high. — L. Holstii, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 167, 

 partly, not of Engl. Jahrb. xx. 126. 



nKozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Dar-es-Salaam, Kirk ! HoUz, 553 ! 

 Slnhlmann, 7614 ! 7666 ! 7667 ! 7673 ! 7790 ! 



199. Ij,'H.olstiiy Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. XX. 12Q. Young branchlets 

 and petioles rusty-pilose with spreading hairs. Leaves opposite, lanceo- 

 late or ovate, acuminate, acute at the apex, obtuse, rounded or subcordate 

 at the base, 1^-2 in. long, J- J in. broad, chartaceous, blade glabrous 

 except the midrib, which is rusty-pilose on the lower surface, at least in 

 a young state, penninerved, margin crispate ; lateral nerves patulous, 

 slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 2-4 J lin. long, rusty-pilose. 

 Umbels solitary, 12-26-flowered ; peduncle 2J-4 lin. long, rusty-pilose; 

 pedicels 2J-2| lin. long, shortly pilose or very minutely and sparingly 

 papillate ; bract ovate-cupular or lanceolate-cupular, with or without a 

 distinct ventral lobe, densely or sparingly pilose outside, thickly keeled, 

 or conspicuously umbonate on the lower half, dorsal margin J-1 lin. lonp. 



