274 CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
obtuse, 3 lin. long. Receptacle 13 lin. long. Calyx spreading. Corolla in 
bud very slender, narrowly 4-winged in its lower part, wings subtruncate 
above ; petals 94 lin. long, lower part narrowly oblong, nearly 2 lin. long, 
4-8 lin. broad, ribbed outside, minutely papillate inside, upper part 
subulate-linear,7$lin. long,reflexed. Stamens 7 lin.long; filaments 23 lin. 
long, nearly glabrous; anthers 43 lin. long, connective produced 3 lin. 
or more above the cells, cells about 27 in each row. Style 3} lin, long. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Sanda District, near Oddu, Gillet, 3585! 
2. L. combretoides, Lngl. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam- 
Nachtr. i. 128. Branchlets purplish-brown, densely lenticellate, 
glabrous. Leaves opposite, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 24-34 in. long, 
1-14 in. broad, shortly and obtusely acuminate to the apex, cuneate into 
the base, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dull and with fairly 
prominent nerves on both surfaces; petioles 3-4 lin. long. Racemes as: 
long as or longer than the leaves, 24-44 in. long; pedicels #~1 lin. long; 
bract broadly ovate, obtuse, 3 lin. long. Receptacle 3-1 lin. long. 
Calyx spreading. Corolla in bud slender, acute, narrowly 4-winged in 
its lower part, wings subtruncate above ; petals yellowish, 5 lin. long, 
lower part oblong, 1} lin. long, ?-7 lin. broad, ribbed outside, densely 
papillate inside, upper part linear-subulate, 33 lin. long. Stamens 34 lin. 
long; filaments 3 lin. long, glabrous; anthers 2? lin. long. Style 2} lin. 
long.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 927. L. Mannii, var. combre- 
toideus, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 81. Sycophila combretoides, Welw. ex 
Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. 486. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; on the island of Calemba, be- 
tween Quisonde and Condo, in the River Cuanza, on Ficus pendula, Welw., Wel- 
witsch, 4852 ! 
3. L. Mannii, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 101. Branchlets 
purplish-brown, densely lenticellate, glabrous, 14-2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. 
below the apex. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, 
4-1 in. broad, obtuse at the apex or shortly and obtusely acuminate, 
obliquely obtuse at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, upper surface glossy 
and with prominent nerves, lower surface dull, with much-raised midrib, 
lateral nerves hardly visible; petiole 2—3 lin. long. Racemes shorter 
than the leaves, 14-2} in. long; pedicels 14-13 lin. long; bract broadly 
ovate, rounded, } lin. long. Receptacle 12 lin. long. Calyx ascending. 
Corolla in bud rather stout, obtusely quadrangular in its lower part;, 
petals 53 lin. long, lower part oblong, 1} lin. long, 3 lin. broad, not 
ribbed, densely papillate inside; upper part linear-subulate, 4 lin. long, 
papillate on the inner edges, otherwise glabrous, 4-3 lin. broad at the 
base. Stamens over 3 lin. long; filaments {~1 lin. long, papillate- 
puberulous ; anthers elongate-subulate, over 2 lin. long. Style 24-24 lin. 
long.—Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1303; Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 81. Sycophila 
Mannii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. 487. 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, at 5000 ft., on Thecacoris manniand, 
Muell. Arg., Mann, 1075! 
