3 86 cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). \^Loranlhitii. 



ventral margin J-| lin. long. Receptacle ^— | lin. long. Calyx ascending, 

 %-\\ lin. long, shortly or deeply lobed. Corolla 10^11 J lin. long, 

 tetragonal in bud, obtuse, with a distinct swelling 2J-3 lin. above the 

 base, slightly enlarged above; tube 2 J lin. long, split unilaterally about 

 li lin. down, with a dense band of papillae below each sinus ; lobes linear, 

 slightly broadened upwards, 8|-9 lin. long, reflexed above the middle. 

 Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, 6-7 lin. long, tapering 

 upwards, grooved towards the base, glabrous, tooth 21J-tV ^^^- ^^^^ 5 

 anthers linear, 1| lin. long. Disc acutely lobed, J-J lin. high, minutely 

 and densely papillate. — Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. t. 15, figs. A-D. L.ci'is- 

 pulomarginatus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 529. Englei'ina Holstii, Van 

 Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 257. 



ZVXozamb. I>lstr. German East Africa: Usambara ; Mlalo, 4800 ft., Hoist, 

 325! 2424! Kwai, Eick, 128! 398 1 Albers, 182 ! Willielmstal, 4300 ft., Keudel in 

 Herb. Amani, 616 II. ! Wuga, Enffler, 1126 ! Kwa Mshusa, 5000 ft., Hoist, 8934 ! 



200. Ii. ramulosuS) Sprague. Much branched, branchlets short, 

 minutely puberulous in a young state, afterwards glabrous. Leaves 

 opposite, suborbiculiir, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or 

 subacute at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 3-12 Hd. long, 

 2J-4J lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves very oblique, 

 2-3 on each side ; petiole J-J lin. long. Umbels solitary, 4-flowered ; 

 peduncle 1-1|^ lin. long, glabrous except at the apex; pedicels 1-1 J lin. 

 long, tetragonal, glabrous, inserted in shallow ciliate sockets. Bract 

 equalling the receptacle and calyx, narrowly ovate-cupular, ciliate, 

 sparingly pilose outside, dorsal margin | lin. long, ventral margin I lin. 

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

 Corolla 10-lOJ lin. long, tetragonal in bud; tube oblong, 2\ lin. long, 

 not split unilaterally, with a thin line of papillae running down from each 

 sinus ; lobes 8J lin. long, linear, broadened upwards, reflexed less than 

 J of the way up. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 4-4^ lin. long, tapering upwards, much broadened into the base, slightly 

 grooved below, minutely papillate at the base, tooth subulate, |-| lin. 

 long ; anthers linear, 3-3 j lin. long. Disc slightly 4-lobed, J lin. high. 



irile Xiand. British East Africa : between Mombasa and Takanngu, Whyte ! 

 between Mombasa and Laum, Whyte ! 



201. L. kagebensis, Enyl. in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 129, t. ^^^ Jig. G. 

 Branchlets very slender, young ones minutely puberulous. Leaves 

 opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, acute or subacute at the apex, cuneate or 

 obtuse at the base, 1-1 j in. long. 4J-7 lin. broad, chartaceous, midrib 

 minutely puberulous on the lower surface in a young state, blade 

 otherwise glabrous, nervation pinnate; petiole 1-1 J lin. long, minutely 

 puberulous. Umbels solitary, axillary or terminating abbreviated axillary 

 shoots, 4-flowered; peduncle J-IJ lin. long, minutely and sparingly 

 puberulous; pedicels 2 lin. long, similarly puberulous; bract shortly 

 and irregularly ovate-cupular, ciliate, minutely puberulous outside, dorsal 

 margin f lin. long, ventral margin y.-J lin. long. Receptacle % lin. 

 long. Calyx \-~\ lin, long, subtruncate or slightly lobed. ciliate. Corolla 



