Loranihtis,] cxix, loranthaoe^ (sprague). 391 



anthers oblong-linear, 1-lJ lin. long, minutely bicuspidate at the apex 

 Disc J lin. high, shortly lobed. Berry narrowly obovoid, 2J-3 lin. long. 



XMCozamb. Dtstr. Portuguese East Africa: Gazaland; Chirinda,, on Vernonia 

 podocoma, Scb. Bip., Swynnerton, 141 ! 



210. L. Adolfi-Friderici, Engl, d- Kiause in Engl. Jahrh, xliii. 

 312. Branches slender, 1-1 J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, rich 

 brown, densely lenticellate, glabrous, bearing short lateral spreading 

 branchlets. Leaves opposite, those on the lateral branchlets elliptic, 

 acuminate, 14-16 lin. long, 7-8 lin. broad, the others lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate to the acute or subacute apex, cuneate, obtuse 

 or nearly rounded at the base, IJ-^J in. long, J-1 J in. broad, thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous, lateral nerves slightly raised on both surfaces or 

 rather indistinct on the lower, margin slightly crispate ; petiole 2-4 lin. 

 long. Umbels solitary, many-flowered ; peduncle stout, j-1 lin. long ; 

 pedicels 2J-4 lin. long ; bract ovate from a saucer-shaped base, truncate, 

 broadly umbonate, umbo much flattened, dorsal margin f-| lin. long, 

 ventral margin hardly \ lin. long. Receptacle |-J Tin. long. Calyx 

 erect, subtruncate, J— f lin. long, ciliolate ; intramarginal ring present. 

 Corolla 9|-11J lin. long, lower part much inflated, slaty grey, upper 

 part narrower, clavate in bud, blood-red ; tube 4-5 lin. long, glandular 

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

 spathulate, much broadened into the base, 5J-6 J lin, long, apical enlarge- 

 ment 1 J lin. long, I lin. broad. Filaments inserted J-| lin. above the 

 base of the corolla- lobes, tapering upwards, 3 J-4 lin. long, tooth subulate, 

 ■|-J lin. long ; anthers narrowly oblong, \\ lin. long, connective not pro- 

 duced above the cells. Disc 1 J lin. high, lobes broadly subulate. 



Mozaxnb. 3>istr. German East Africa: Ruanda District; Rugege Forest, 

 Mildhraed, 875 ! 902 ! 



211. la. Bagshawei, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 206. 

 Branchlets brownish, lenticellate, glabrous, internodes |-1J in. long. 

 Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, acuminate to the apex, cuneate into 

 the base, 2-4 in. long, 6-10 lin. broad, chartaceous, glabrous; lateral 

 nerves 6 or more on each side, slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole 

 2-2J lin. long. Umbels solitary, about 9-flowered ; peduncle about 1 lin. 

 long, very stout; pedicels 1 lin. long; bract shortly ovate from a saucer- 

 shaped base, ciliolate, dorsal margin |— i lin. long, ventral margin \ lin. 

 long. Receptacle f lin, long. Calyx erect, truncate, hai-dly J lin. long, 

 ciliolate. Corolla red, 6-6| lin. long, lower half quadrangular, upper 

 half subclavate in bud ; tube '2-2\ lin. long, J-f lin. in diam., quadran- 

 gular, glandular inside ; lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, broadened into 

 the base, 4-4J lin, long, f lin. broad above or rather more. Filaments 

 inserted J-1 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, tapering upwards, 

 2^-2 J lin. long, tooth subulate from a broad base, ^\ lin. long ; anthers 

 elliptic-oblong, just over | lin. long; connective slightly emarginate, 

 hardly exceeding the cells. Disc f lin, high. 



srile Ziand. Uganda: Buchigga, Baqshaive, 401 ! 



