Lorant/tus.] cxix. lokanthace^ (sprague). 3g7 



under 1 in. long, tetragonal in bud ; tube oblong-ellipsoid, 2 j lin. long, 

 with a narrow line of papillae running down J lin. from each sinus ; 

 lobes 8J lin. long, linear, slightly broadened upwards, much broadened 

 into the base. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, about 

 6 lin. long, tapering upwards, grooved below, minutely papillate at the 

 base, tooth subacute, J-J lin. long ; anthers linear, 1| lin. long. Disc 

 i lin. high. — Pfk Ost-Afr. C. 167. Ischnanthus kagehensis. Van Tiegh. 

 in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 260. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Kagehi, on Lake Victoria Nyanza, 

 Fischer, 537 ! Unyamwezi ; Urambo, Hannington ! Mpapua District ; west of 

 Irangi, Stuhlmann, 4227 ! 



202. L. schubotzianus, Engl, dc Krausein Engl. Jahrh. xliii.311. 

 Young branchlets puberulous with rusty hairs, soon becoming glabrous, 

 striate, 1 J Un. in diam. 9 in. below the apex ; internodes lJ-1 Jin. long. 

 Leaves opposite, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate to the very 

 acute apex, cuneate into the base, 2J-4J in. long, \-\ in. broad, thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous, dark brown in a dried state ; lateral nerves 3-4 on 

 each side, very oblique, running subparallel to the midrib, raised on both 

 surfaces; petiole about \\ lin. long. Umbels solitary, 4-5-flowered ; 

 peduncle 1 J-2 lin. long ; pedicels 2 J-S lin. long ; bract obliquely cupular, 

 slightly umbonate, dorsal margin 1-] \ lin. long, ventral margin J-| lin. 

 long. Receptacle 1^ lin. long. Calyx cylindric, \\ lin. long, slightly 

 lobed, ciliate. Corolla orange-coloured, over 1 in. long ; tube about 6 lin. 

 long, glandular within ; lobes spreading or slightly reflexed, lanceolate- 

 linear, acute, 7 lin. long. Filaments inserted 1 lin. above the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, 3J lin. long, tapering upwards, tooth | lin. long ; anthers 

 linear, 2 Hn. long. Disc \-\ lin. long, shortly lobed. 



Mozamb. Blstr. German East Africa: Ruanda District; Kissenye, near 

 Bugoye, 7600 ft., Mildhraed, 1436 ! 



203. L. woodfordioideSy Schiveinf. in Eoehnel, Disc. Lakes Rud. 

 Stef. ii. 355. Young branchlets slender, about 1 lii]. in diam. 1 ft. below 

 the apex, glabrous, finely lenticellate. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate to the subacute apex, obtuse or rounded at 

 the base, 1^-2 J in. long, 2^-7 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, minutely and 

 sparingly puberulous on the upper surface in a young state, soon becoming 

 glabrous, margin not crispate ; lateral nerves very oblique, running nearly 

 parallel to the midrib; petiole lJ-4 lin. long, not winged. Umbels 

 solitary, 4-5-flowered or more ; peduncle J-1 J lin. long; pedicels 1 j~2 lin. 

 long ; bract elliptic-cupular, truncate or rounded, broadly umbonate, 

 umbo much flattened, horned above or not, dorsal margin |-| lin. long, 

 ventral margin \-\ lin. long. Receptacle f Hn. long. Calyx patulous 

 or spreading, J-J lin. long, irregularly lobed ; intramarginal ring present. 

 Corolla about 11 J lin. long, lower part much inflated, silvery grey, upper 

 part narrower, clavate in bud, dark red ; tube 5-5J lin. long, glandular 

 inside, split unilaterally nearly to the base; lobes reflexed, narrowly 

 spathulate, much broadened into the base, 6 J lin. long, apical enlarge- 

 ment IJ lin. long, nearly | lin. broad. Filaments inserted 1 lin. above 



