390 cxix. LORANTUACEyE (sprague). [Loranthus. 



Central Africa : Nyasaland ; near Mount Masisi, 4000 ft., McCfounie, 127 ! (peduncle 

 and pedicels stouter than in the type). 



208. Ij. inaequilaterus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 384. Young 

 branchlets rusty-pilose, patulous. Branches tawny, rather densely lenti- 

 cellate, about 1 J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex ; internodes IJ-^J in. 

 long. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, caudate-acuminate to the acute or 

 obtuse apex, obtuse or cuneate and more or less unequal at the bavse, 

 l|-6 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous; 

 lateral nerves 4-6 on each side, slightly raised on both surfaces, patulous 

 or rather oblique, anastomosing far from the margin ; petiole 2-3 lin. 

 long. Umbels solitary, several- or many-flowered ; peduncle J-1 lin. 

 long ; pedicels 3-4 lin. long ; bract obliquely cupular, | lin. long. 

 Receptacle f lin. long. Calyx ascending, f lin. long, irregularly lobed. 

 Corolla about IJ in. long, dirty red; tube 4-5J lin, long, inflatetl, 

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

 spathulate-linear, subacute, broadened into the base, 9-10 lin. long. 

 Filaments inserted 1 J lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 6 J lin. long, 

 tapering upwards, tooth f liu. long; anthers linear, li-lf lin. long; 

 connective produced beyond the cells, rounded. Disc f lin. high, lobes 

 about as long as the tube. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Mrogoro District; Uluguru Moun- 

 tains, Kubwe, 3600 ft., Stulilmann, 9043! Kibungo, 46t)0 ft., Sfuhlmann, 8909! 

 Ngliweme, 5300 ft., Stuhlmann, 8815 ! Kifurn, 5000 ft., Sfuhlmann, 9070! 9074! 

 British Central Africa; Nyasaland; between Kondowe and Karonga, Whyte ! 



209. L. Sw3niiiertonii, Spragite. Branchlets glabrous from an 

 early stage, brown, longitudinally wrinkled in a dried state, about \\ lin. 

 in diam. 6 in. below the apex; branches greyish-brown, lenticellate, the 

 lenticels extending to form small transverse cracks ; internodes of the 

 branchlets J-1 J in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate, acuminate to the 

 acute apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 2|^-3^ in. long, 1-1^ in. 

 broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull ; margin of young leaves slightly 

 crinkled in a dried state ; nerves slightly raised on both surfaces ; lateral 

 nerves 4-6 on each side, oblique or patulous ; petiole 3-4 lin. long. 

 Umbels axillary, solitary, 8-13-flowered ; peduncle lJ-5 lin. long; 

 pedicels 3-4 lin. long ; bract shortly ovate or oblong from a saucer- 

 shaped base, rounded or emarginate, ciliolate, broadly umbonate, dorsal 

 margin | lin. long, ventral margin hardly ^ lin. long. Receptacle J lin. 

 long. Calyx ascending, | lin. long, slightly lobed, sparingly ciliolate. 

 Corolla 10 lin. long ; tube slightly constricted above an oblong-ellipsoid 

 basal portion which is 2-2J lin. long, split unilaterally above ; lobes 

 slightly reflexed, '^\ lin. long, tapering from the base to the middle, slightly 

 enlarged in a spathulate manner above the middle, | lin. broad at the base, 

 J-| lin. broad in the upper part, commonly cohering above in pairs. 

 Stamens inserted about \ lin. above the base af the corolla-lobes ; adnate 

 part of the filament very densely glandular for the lower two-thirds, free 

 part tapering upwards, 2J-3 lin, long to the insertion of the tooth, pro- 

 duced ^ lin. nbove it, tooth narrowly triangular, acute, J -f lin. long: 



