Loranthus. | . LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 283 
about $ lin. long#ciliate with hairs about } lin. long. Corolla 14-13 
in. long, splt, unilaterally, rusty-tomentose outside with ascending 
verticillate-bjranched hairs 1-14 lin. long or less, more or less reflexed 
above a basafl swelling about 14 lin. long; lobes spreading or reflexed, 
Spathulate-linear, 44 lin. long. Filaments inserted at the base of the 
corolla-lobe:s, linear, slightly broadened towards the base, 3 lin. long, 
connate } lin. above at an early stage; anthers linear, 3—3 lin. long; 
cells 4-5 in each vertical row. Disc densely rusty-pilose, hairs less than 
z lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, neck #? lin. long; stigma 
ellipsoid, 3-4 lin. long.—Z. hirsutissimus,'Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 100, 
t. 1, fig. HK; Engl. & Prantl, Planzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Abeokuta, parasitic on Melia sp., Barter, 3383! 
Harrison, 9! Rowland ! Nigeria, Me William! Northern Nigeria: Mount Patteh, 
Vogel, 170! Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker, 594! 
21. L. emarginatus, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 100. Young 
branchlets rusty-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs, older ones 
glabrescent, lenticellate. Leaves sessile, oblong or ovate-oblong, 
emarginate at the apex, cordate at the base, 2-5} in. long, 1-22 in. 
broad, brown in a dried state, glabrous and minutely wrinkled above 
(stellate-pubescent in a young state), minutely and densely stellate- 
pubescent beneath. Umbels fascicled in the axils, about 3-flowered, 
rusty-pubescent ; peduncle 1 lin. long; pedicels $—3 lin. long; bract 
oblong, } lin. long, hardly 3 lin. broad, glabrous inside. Receptacle 
3 liv. long. Calyx } lin. long. Corolla 1} ,in. long, split uni- 
laterally, rusty-pubescent outside with branched hairs, narrowed 
above a basal ovoid swelling 2 lin. long, then gradually widened 
upwards; tube glandular within; lobes erect, spathulate, 34 lin. 
long. Filaments inserted almost at the base of the corolla-lobes, 
linear, 24-3 lin, long; anthers oblong, $ lin. long; cells 2 in each 
of the outer, and 3 in each of the inner rows. Disc very small, 
Tusty-pilose. Style glabrous, skittle-shaped above, neck $ lin. long; 
Stigma capitate, hardly } lin. in diam.—Z. Hngleri, Hiern in Cat. Afr. 
Pl. Welw. i. 930. 
Lower Guinea. Angola; Pungo Andongo; in the Presidium, parasitic on 
Sapotaceous plants, rather rare, Welwitsch, 4849! 
_ Loranthus emarginatus, Sw. (a West Indian plant), belongs to Phthirusa, which 
18 now treated as generically distinct from Loranthus ; hence Engler’s name for the 
Above species need not be changed. 
LL. cinnameus, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 930 ( Welwitsch, 4846 !), was 
Collected in the same locality as L. emarginatus, and is probably a mere state of 
that species. The type specimen of Z. cinnameus has oblong-lanceolate leaves, 
obtuse or rounded at the apex, 3-5 in. long, 1-1% in. broad, glossy on the upper 
Surface ; in other respects it agrees closely with the type of L. emarginatus. 
22. L. nitidulus, Sprague. Young branchlets rusty-pubescent 
with much-branched hairs, soon glabrous. Leaves narrowly lanceolate- 
oblong, obtuse at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 1}-2} in. 
long, $-3 in: broad, coriaceous, glabrous and slightly shining above, 
rusty-tomentose beneath ; petioles 5-7 lin. long. Umbels 4-flowered, 
