Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEX (SPRAGUE). 289° 
minent on the lower; petiole 6-8 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 
4—5-flowered, rusty-tomentose; peduncle 14-14 lin. long; pedicels 
1-1} lin. long; bract ovate or ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 1 lin. long. 
Receptacle 1} lin. long. Calyx }-} lin. long, shortly lobed, ciliate. 
Intramarginal ring densely rusty-pilose. Corolla with a subglobose 
apical swelling in bud, 14-14 in. long, split unilaterally, rusty-tomen- 
tose with verticillate-branched hairs outside, basal swelling ovoid, 2 lin. 
long ; lobes erect, spathulate, broadened into the base, 4-44 lin. long, 
}-3 lin. broad. Stamens inserted 3-4 lin. above the base of the corolla- 
lobes ; filaments 2$ lin. long, tapering upwards; anthers elliptic-oblong, 
nearly } lin. long, cells 3 in each vertical row. Disc small. Style 
slightly skittle-shaped above, neck 2 lin. long ; stigma depressed-capitate, 
+ lin. in diam. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Aruwimi District; Basoko, Laurent ! 
Var. Rogersii, Sprague. Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse or cuneate at the base, 
remaining green in a dried state, 3-4 in, long, 1-13 in. broad. Pedicels 3-3 lin. 
long. Anthers 2 lin, long. 
Mozamb. Distr. North-west Rhodesia: near Ndola, Rogers, 8318! 
The Rhodesian plant may possibly represent a distinct species, but until further 
material comes to hand it seems best to treat it as a variety of L. Albizzia. 
33. L. sigensis, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx.101. Young parts rusty- 
tomentellous ; branchlets soon glabrous, greenish, 3-34 lin. in diam. 9 in. 
below the apex, slightly compressed at the nodes ; older branches 5-6 lin. 
in diam., coarsely and densely lenticellate, the bark forming short longi- 
tudinal cracks with a Jenticel as centre. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 
rounded at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 34-€4 in. long. 
14-4 in. broad, coriaceous, minutely stellate-puberulous or glabrous ; 
petiole 6-10 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, many together on 
the older branches, 3-4-flowered, shortly fulvous-tomentellous with 
adpressed branched hairs; peduncle 1 lin. long or less; pedicels —-$ lin. 
long; bract ovate, 14-14 lin. long, glabrous within. Receptacle {—1 lin. 
long, tomentellous. Calyx cupular, 4-% lin. long, subtruncate or 
obscurely lobed, puberulous outside, ciliate. Corolla 12-2 in. long, with 
an ellipsoid pentagonal apical swelling in bud, fulvous-tomentellous 
outside in a young state, when fully developed pubescent below and 
puberulous above with stellate hairs, the rays directed mainly upwards 
and downwards, basal swelling inconspicuous, 2-5 lin. long; tube 
glandular within; lobes erect, spathulate, 42-5 lin. long. Filaments 
inserted about 3-3 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 32 lin. 
long; anthers oblong, §-% lin. long; cells 3—4 in each vertical row. 
Style glandular, skittle-shaped above, neck 3-3 lin. long; stigma capi- 
tate, 4 lin. in diam.—Pfl. Ost-Afr. C.166; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 
Nachtr, i. 132. 
Mozamb. Distr. (German East Africa: Usambara; Derema, in forest clearings, 
Holst, 2230! Mafia Island, Kirk ! 
34. L. wentzelianus, Lgl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 381. Young 
parts densely stellate-pilose with rusty hairs, Branches stout, 2}-4 lin. 
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