Loranthus. | CXIX, LORANTHACEH (SPRAGUE). 275 
4. L. ternatus, Hngl. in Engl. & Prantl, Phanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 
128. Young branchlets purplish-brown, densely and finely lenticellate, 
glabrous, 1} lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex. Leaves ternate or 
alternate, lanceolate-oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 123-23 in. long, $—-? in. 
broad, obtuse or subacute at the apex or shortly and obtusely acuminate, 
subcuneate at the base, coriaceous, margin reflexed, dull on both surfaces, 
midrib raised on the lower, lateral nerves inconspicuous ; petiole 3-34 lin. 
long. Racemes subequal to or longer than the leaves, 2—3 in. long; 
pedicels 14-2 lin. long; bract broadly ovate, rounded, hardly 4} lin. 
long. Receptacle { lin. long. Calyx patulous. Corolla in bud rather 
stout, obtusely quadrangular in its lower part; petals 4 lin. long, 
lower part broadly oblong, 14 lin. long, nearly 1 lin. broad, not ribbed, 
densely papillate inside, upper part linear-subulate, 22 lin. long. 
Stamens 2} lin. long; filaments % lin. long, minutely and sparingly 
papillate on the inner surface; anthers 24 lin. long.—Sycophila ternata, 
Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. 487. 
Lower Guinea. Isla das Rolas [Turtle-dove Island], near the Island of St. 
Thomas, Quintas, 140! 
5. L. sublilacinus, Sprague. Young branchlets purplish-brown, 
more or less lenticellate, glabrous, about 1 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 
apex. Leaves opposite, narrowly lanceolate-oblong,, narrowly oblanceo- 
late-oblong or narrowly elliptic-oblong, 14-34 in. long, }-1 (-1}) in. 
broad, obtuse or rounded at the apex, obtuse or narrowly cuneate into 
the base, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dull on botn surfaces, 
lateral nerves slightly raised on both surfaces, midrib fairly prominent 
especially on the lower surface ; petiole 3-4 lin. long. Racemes shorter 
than or subequal to the leaves, about 23 in. long; pedicels about # lin. 
long; bract broadly ovate, more or less truncate, hardly 4 lin. long. 
Receptacle 14 lin. long. Calyx erect. Corolla in bud rather stout, 
acutely quadrangular in its lower part; petals pale lilac, 34 lin. long, 
lower part oblong, 1 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, not obviously ribbed, minutely 
papillate inside, upper part linear-subulate, 2} lin. long. Stamens 
13 lin. long; filaments 4 lin. long, very minutely papillate on the inner 
surface; anthers 1} lin. long. Style 2} lin. long.—Z. rosaceus, Engl. 
in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 521, as to Staudt, 757. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Johann-Albrechtshéhe, Staudt, 757! Bipinde, 
Zenker, 2518! 
6. L. rosaceus, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 521, with fig. (excl. 
Staudt, 757). Branchlets purplish-brown, lenticellate, glabrous, 14 lin. 
in diam, 1 ft. below the apex. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, elliptic- 
oblong or elliptic, 1}-3 in. long, 4-14 in. broad, obtuse or rounded at 
the apex, rounded or obtuse and more or less oblique at the base, 
coriaceous, glabrous, dull and with slightly raised nerves on both 
surfaces ; petiole 2-4 lin. long. Racemes about as long as the leaves, 
13-2 in. long; pedicels hardly 3 lin. long; bract broadly ovate, 
obtuse, 3-4 lin. long. Receptacle 1} lin. Jong. Calyx ascending. 
Corolla in bud rather stout, quadrangular in its lower part; petals 
