276 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
rose-coloured, 24 lin. long, lower part oblong, % lin. long, } lin. broad, 
not ribbed, densely papillate inside; upper part linear-subulate. 
Stamens 1} lin. long; tilament } lin. long, minutely papillate on the 
inner surface; anther 1 lin. long. Style 1? lin. long.—L. Mannii, var. 
obtusifolius, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 81. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, about 2700 ft., Zenker, 781! Great 
Batanga, Dinklage, 1112! 
7. L. Thomsonii, Sprague. Leaves sessile, spathulate, 24 lin. 
long, ? lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, arising several together round 
the base of the peduncle. Racemes 14-1} in. long, secund, about 
20-flowered ; peduncle 5-6 lin. long; pedicels 4-3 lin. long; bract 
very concave, ovate, obtuse, $ lin. long, ciliate. Receptacle campanu- 
late, 8-3 lin. long. Calyx truncate, 4, lin. long. Corolla in bud 
linear, slightly enlarged above, obtuse, quadrangular; petals linear, 
about 11 lin. long, papillate-ciliate, twisted near the middle, } lin. 
broad between the insertion of the filament and the base, not plicate, 
} lin. broad in the middle, 3 lin. broad above. Stamens inserted 1-1} 
fin. above the base of the petals, about 9 lin. long; filaments thickened 
and adnate for 4 lin. at their base; anthers linear, 1} lin. long. Disc 
$ lin. high. Style nearly 1 in. long; stigma ellipsoid, }~-} lin. long. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Haudh, on Balsamodendron sp., Thomson, 23! 
8. L. Kirkii, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 101. Young branch- 
lets subterete or compressed, finely striate or not, glabrous or puberu- 
lous, older ones terete, lenticellate. Leaves opposite, suborbicular, 
elliptic-oblong, ovate or lanceolate, acute, obtuse or rounded at the 
apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 14-3} in, long, $-2} in. broad, 
coriaceous, glabrous, margin undulate or crenate; petiole 24-7 lin. 
long. Racemes terminal or terminal and axillary, 2-6 in. long; 
rhachis glabrous or minutely and rather densely pilose; pedicels 
spreading, 14-2? lin. long, glabrous or pilose; bract suborbicular, 
very concave, 3 lin. in diam., ciliate. Receptacle campanulate, about 
? lin. long. Calyx ;4,-4 lin. long or less. Corolla in bud obtuse, 
slightly curved upwards, quadrangular, narrowed towards the middle ; 
petals red, orange, yellow or yellowish-green, reflexed above the inser- 
tion of the stamens, 24-4} lin. long, lower part 3-1 lin. long, $-1 lin. 
broad, plicate within. Stamens arising at the top of the plicate part of 
the petal which is sometimes produced upwards as a narrow flap; fila- 
ments }-1 lin. long; anthers linear or oblong-linear, 3-13 lin. long. 
Dise ;';-} lin. high. Style 13-2} lin. long. Berry red or yellow.— 
Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1309; Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 129; Pfl. Ost-Afr. 
C. 167; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 935. Acrostachys Kirkii, Van 
Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. 504. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Witu; Kau, Thomas, 152! Takaunga, 
Thomas, ser. ii. 78! between Witu and Mombasa, Whyte ! Mombasa, Wakefield ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; by the River Maiombo, on Cordia 
sp., Welwitsch, 4872! 4873! 4874! Huilla; near the Bruco rivulet, at the base of 
the Chella mountains, on Copaifera Mopane, Kirk, Welwitsch, 4878 ! 
