388 cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). [Lorunthus. 



the base of the corolla-lobes, tapering upwards, 4 lin. long, tooth subulate, 

 i lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, IJ lin. long, connective hardly 

 produced above tKe cells. Disc f-J lin. high. — Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 

 126. L.Buspolii, Engl, in Engl, & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132, 

 name only. Ischnanthiis woodfordioides, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 France, xlii. 260. 



Nile Ziand. Somaliland : Galla Highlands; between Biddume and Alyke, 

 Riva,\2l2\ ^'id^mo, Ellenbeck, 11 ^^\ 1772! 1773! Uganda: IjwranTn, Scheffler, 

 298 ! first and second day's marches from Nandi, Whyte ! Nandi, Scott-ElLiot, 

 7046 ! British East Africa, Elliott ! Guasso Narok, 6500 ft., von Hoehnel, 39 1 



The umbels on Whyte's, Elliott's, and Scott-Elliot's specimens are about 10- 

 flowered. The above description is mainly from Scheffler's Bpecimen. 



204. la, Ehlersii, Schweinf. in IToehnel, Disc. Lakes Rud, Stef. ii. 

 355. Young branchlets glabrous, adult ones conspicuously lenticellate. 

 Leaves opposite, ovate, acuminate or lanceolate, obtuse or subacute at the 

 apex, rounded or subcordute at the base, l|-4 in. long, |-2 in. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, gla})rous, margin crispate ; lateral nerves oblique, 4-5 

 on each side; petiole 2-11 lin. long, narrowly winged, wing crispato. 

 Umbels solitary, 12-flowered or more; peduncle 2-2A lin. long ; pedicels 

 1|-1J lin. long, glabrous; bract elliptic-cupular, dorsal margin f lin. 

 long, umbonate, umbo horned at the apex or not, ventral margin \-\ lin. 

 long. Receptacle \ lin. long. Calyx ascending, J-| lin. long, irregularly 

 2-4-lobed, incisions about \ lin. deep. Corolla crimson, tetragonal in 

 bud, clavate above, 9 lin. long ; tube ?)i-?>| lin. long, split unilaterally ; 

 lobes 5J-6 lin. long, spathulate, broadened into the base. Filaments 

 inserted |-f lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 3^-3| lin. long, 

 tooth subulate, J lin. long; anthers oblong, | lin. long, | lin. broad. 

 Disc more or less lobed, \-\ lin. high. Stigma | lin. in diam. — Engl, 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 126. IschnantJncs Ehlersii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. France, xlii. 260. 



IMozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; at 4500 it., Johnston^ 

 189 I at Marangu, 5000 ft., Volkens, 262 ! 1421 ! southern slopes, at 6500 ft., von 

 Hoehnel ! 



205. L. lukwan^lensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 383. Young 

 branchlets rusty-pilose, quickly becoming glabrous. Branches li lin. in 

 diam. 1 ft. below the apex, rather coarsely and densely lenticellate ; 

 internodes |-1 j in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, long-acumi- 

 nate, subacute, obtuse at the base, 1J-2| in. long, J-lJ in. broad, 

 coriaceous, finely reticulate on both surfaces, margin finely crispate ; 

 lateral nerves 2-3 on each side, rather oblicjuely arcuate ; petiole 1-2 lin. 

 long, slightly winged. Umbels solitary, about 7-flowered, sparingly 

 rusty-puberulous in a young state ; peduncle l|-lj Hn. long; pedicels 

 2^-3 lin. long at the time of fruiting; bract ovate-cupular, Ij lin. long. 

 Fully developed flowers not known. Berries obovoid, 3 J.lin. long, 2 J lin. 

 in diam., bright red. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Gorman East Africa : Ulugnni ; Lukwangule Plateau, 

 8000 ft., on species of Lobelia, &c.. Qoetze, 301 ' 



