Lorant/ms.] cxix. LORANTHACEiE (sprague). 389 



L. luJcwangulettsis was founded on incomplete material, fully developed flowers 

 not being known ; it is apparently near L. Ehlersii, Schweinf. 



206. Li. muerensis, Engl, in Engl, Jahrh. xl. 529. Young branch- 

 lets rusty-tomentellous, soon becoming glabrous. Branches rugose, 

 rather densely lenticellate, 1|-2J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex. 

 Leaves opposite, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate to the obtuse 

 apex, obtuse at the base, 2-3 J in. long, |-1J in. broad, coriaceous, 

 nearly glabrous, nerves raised on both surfaces, midrib puberulous on the 

 lower surface ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, obliquely arcuate, anasto- 

 mosing not very far from the margin ; petiole 2-3 lin. long, puberulous. 

 Umbels solitary, 6-9-fiowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bract rusty- 

 tomentellous ; peduncle stout, 1-1 J lin. long; pedicels lJ-2 lin. long; 

 bract obliquely cupular, ciliolate, distinctly umbonate on the lower half, 

 dorsal margin | lin. long, ventral margin over | lin. long. Receptacle 

 j-| lin. long, slightly constricted at the apex. Calyx cupular, |-| lin. 

 long, subtruncate, irregularly split, ciliate. Corolla 1-1 J in. long, quad- 

 rangular in the lower two-thirds and clavate above in bud, angles 

 ciliolate ; tube 6J-7 lin. long, very slightly inflated in the lower half, 

 glandular within, split unilaterally below the middle ; lobes erect, 

 narrowly spathulate, 6J-7 lin. long, slightly broadened into the base, 

 apical enlargement 2 lin. long, J lin. broad. Filaments inserted about 

 I lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, tapering slightly upwards, 4 lin. 

 long, tooth subulate, f-| lin. long ; anthers narrowly oblong, 1 J lin. 

 long, bicuspidate at the apex. Disc |-J lin. high, lobes broadly subulate, 

 longer than the tube. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Lindi District; Muera Plateau, 

 about 2000 ft., Busse, 2868 ! 



Braun, 1165, from Cbeminda Bakary-Rondo, quoted by Engler under L. 

 muerensis, seems distinct. 



207. L. tenuifolius, Engl, in Engl, Jahrh. xxx. 302. Branchlets 

 patent or patulous, sparingly puberulous. Branches slender, under 1 lin. 

 in diam. 1 ft. below the apex ; internodes J-IJ in. long. Leaves lanceo- 

 late or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate to the obtuse apex, cuneate 

 or obtuse at the base, lJ-2 in. long, 5-7 lin. broad, thinly papery, 

 glabrous, pale green ; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, slightly raised 

 on both surfaces,thelower ones oblique, the upper ones patulous; petiole 

 1-2^ lin. long. Umbels solitary, 3-6-flowered ; peduncle 1-1 J lin. long ; 

 pedicels 2-2 J lin. long; bract ovate-cupular, hardly J lin. long. Recep- 

 tacle J lin. long. Calyx spreading, \ lin. long. Corolla about \\ in. 

 long ; tube 6J-7 lin. long, inflated, dark blue-violet, glandular within ; 

 lobes erect, linear-spathulate, broadened into the base, subacute, 8J-9 lin. 

 long, dark red, apical enlargement 2-2J lin. long, J lin. bi-oad. Fila- 

 ments inserted about | lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 5 J lin. 

 long, tapering upwards, tooth | lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, lj-l| 

 lin. long, truncate. Disc | lin. high, shortly lobed, lobes half as long 

 as the tube. 



Afozamb. Blstr. German East Africa: Langenlmrg District; Livingstone 

 Range, in ravines on Yawiri Mountain, about 5600 ft., Qoetze, 1194! British 



