392 cxix. LORANTHACEiE (sprague). [Loranthus. 



212. L. tschertscherensis, Fax in Engl. Jahrb. xxxix. 616. 

 Glabrous. Branches slender. Leaves opposite, narrowly lanceolate, 

 acuminate to the subacute apex, acute at the base, 2^2 J in. long, 7 lin. 

 broad, thinly coriaceous, lateral nerves inconspicuous, very slightly 

 raised on both surfaces, oblique or patulous, midrib distinct. Umbels 

 solitary, subsessile, 10-flowered or more; pedicels very short; bract 

 cupular, truncate. Receptacle | lin. long. Calyx erect, J-| lin. long, 

 irregularly denticulate and ciliolate. Corolla nearly 10 lin. long, rose- 

 lilac and blue ; tube sparingly glandular inside, split unilaterally nearly 

 to the base ; lobes subs path ulate-linear. Filaments tapering upwards, 

 4J lin. long, tooth subulate, nearly J lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, 

 1 J-1 J lin. long ; connective slightly produced above the cells, truncate 

 or subretuse. Disc f-| lin. high, lobes papillate. 



10*116 Ziand. Abyssinia: Tscl)ertscher ; Kuiii, 8000 ft., J?05e» .' 

 Apparently a distinc^t species. Differs from L.woodfordioides, Seliweinf., in the 

 less oblique lateral nervts of the leaf. I hiive seen only a fragment of the type. 



213. I«. ragegensis, Engl, d- Krause in Engl. Jahrh. xiiii. 313. 

 Branchlets slender, glabrous, pale brown, 1 lin. in diam. or less 1 ft. 

 below the apex, older branches rather conspicuously lenticellate. Leaves 

 opposite, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acutely acuminate, obtuse or 

 more or less rounded at the base, 1^-3 J in. long, 6-13 lin. broad, thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves numerous, slightly raised on both sur- 

 faces ; petiole H-3 lin. long. Umbels solitary, 1 1-16-flowered ; peduncle 

 2-2J lin. long ; pedicels 1-2 lin. long ; bract broadly elliptic from a 

 saucer-shaped base, very concave, strongly umbonate, dorsal margin 

 I lin. long, ventral margin patulous, \ lin. long. Keceptacle | lin. long. 

 Calyx erect, J- J lin. long, hardly lobed, ciliolate. Corolla brick-red, 

 about G lin. long; tube cylindric, about 2\ lin. long, ^— | lin. in diam., 

 slightly split unilaterally, sparingly glandular inside ; lobes erect, spathu- 

 late, slightly broadened into the base, 3i-3| lin. long, nearly J lin. broad 

 above. Filaments inserted |-^ lin. -above the base of the corolla- 

 lobes, tapering slightly upwards, 2| lin. long, tooth subulate from a 

 broad base, \-\ lin. long'; anthers elliptic-oblong, \ lin. long or rather 

 more ; connective , produced beyond the cells, rounded. Disc | lin. high, 

 densely papillate. Berry red, obovoid, 3 lin. long, lJ-2 lin. in diam. 



Mozaml). Dlstr. German East Africa: Ruaniia District; Rugege Forest^ 

 Mildbraed, 911 1 " 



Allied to L. liaq.fhawei, from wliieli it differs in the obtuse or nearly rounded 

 base of the leaf and the distinctly »pathulate corolla-lobes. 



214. L. viminalis, E7igl. <£• Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 314. 

 Branchlets slender, glabrous, lenticellate; lenticels small, numerous; 

 internodes J-lJ in. long. Leaves linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate to 

 the acute apex, cuneate into the base, 3-4J in. long, 5-9 lin. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 6-9 on each side, slightly 

 raised on both surfaces ; petiole 2-3^ lin. long. Umbels 4-6-flowered. 

 Normally developed flowers not known. 



