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284 '  OXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGU’E). [ Loranthus. 
rusty-pubescent ; peduncle 1} lin. long; pedicels ?-1- lin. long; bract 
ovate-oblong, 1 lin. long, suberect, glabrous inside. Receptacle 1 lin. long. 
Calyx about } lin. long, obscurely lobed, shortly ciliate. Vorolla 14-13 
in. long, straight, without basal swelling, rusty-pubescent ‘outside with 
stellate hairs, of which the rays are directed upwards and downwards ; 
tube glandular inside ; lobes spathulate. Anthers oblong, # lin. long; 
cells 4 in each vertical row. Disc small, rusty-pilose. Style glandular, 
skittle-shaped above, neck 8 lin. long; stigma capitate, 3 lin. in diam. 
Berry ellipsoid, 34 lin. long, rusty-pubescent. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po: Fernando Po Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 
2346 ! ' 
23. L. discolor, Hig. in Engl. d: Prantl, Planzenfam. Nachtr. i. 
131, name only. Young branchlets rusty-tomentose with verticillate- 
branched hairs, older ones puberulous. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, 
obtuse at the apex, rounded and subequal at the base, 2-3} in. long, 
3-14 in. broad, glabrous and duil above, rusty-tomentellous beneath ; 
petiole 2-5 lin.long. Umbels several in each axil, 3—4-flowered, rusty- 
pubescent ; peduncle 14 lin. long; pedicels 3-1 lin. long; bract 
suberect, broadly ovate, {-Z lin. long, glabrous inside. Receptacle #-1 
lin. long. Calyx } lin. long, lobed, ciliate. Corolla 14-1}? in. long, 
straight, split unilaterally, rusty-pubescent outside with short stellate 
hairs, of which the rays are directed upwards and downwards, basal 
swelling 14 lin. long; tube densely glandular within; lobes erect, 
spathulate, 6 lin. long. Filaments inserted about } lin. above the base 
of the corolla-lobes, linear, 5 lin. long; anthers oblong, $-3 lin. long; 
cells 2-4 in each vertical row. Disc very small, rusty-pilose. Style 
densely glandular, skittle-shaped above, neck 3-8 lin. long; stigma 
depressed-capitate, 2 lin. in diam.—Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. 
xxxix. 26, descr.; De Wild. Enum. Pl. Laurent, 27; Miss. E. 
Laurent, 75. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo; cataract region, between Lutete and Ngombe,. 
Bentley! Stanley Pool, Laurent ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Imese, on the Ubangi River, Laurent ! 
The flowers have been described from Bentley’s specimen. 
24. L. polycryptus, /. Didr. in Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddel. 1854, 
194. Branchlets spreading, over 1 ft. long, terete, nodose, 2—2$ lin. in 
diam. 1 ft. below the apex, younger part rusty-tomentose with verti- 
cillate-branched hairs. Leaves lanceolate, subacute at the apex, sub- 
cordate at the base, 541-3} in. long, 1-14 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, 
margin slightly reflexed, upper surface glabrous and dull with impressed 
midrib and inconspicuous lateral nerves, lower surface rusty-tomen- 
tellous, midrib much raised, lateral nerves slightly raised, nearly 
hidden by the coating of hairs; petiole 4-5 lin. long, rusty-tomen- 
tellous. Flowers axillary, fascicled, several together, subsessile ; 
pedicels 4 lin. long, rusty-tomentose; bract ovate, 14 lin. long, 
tomentose outside. Receptacle and calyx together slightly shorter 
than the bract, broadly cylindric, tomentose; receptacle } lin. long. 
