292 CXIX, LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
base, 24-4 in. long, 1}-2 in. broad, rusty-tomentellous on both sur- 
faces in a young state, soon becoming glabrous on the upper surface ; 
lateral nerves slightly raised on the upper surface, inconspicuous on 
the lower; petiole 3-4 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, sessile, 
2-4-flowered ; pedicels 1 lin. long; bract broadly ovate or suborbi- 
cular, very concave, 1-1} lin. in diam. Receptacle ] lin. long. Calyx 
§_3 lin, long, rather irregularly lobed. Buds hardly broadened towards 
the apex, not winged. Corolla 1? in. long, sparingly stellate-pilose out- 
side, not distinctly swollen at the base ; lobes subspathulate-linear, 8 lin. 
long, 3 lin. broad above. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla- 
lobes, 5 lin. long; anthers linear, 23 lin. long, transversely septate, cells 
about 9 in each vertical row. Disc about } lin. high, hardly lobed, minutely 
and sparingly rusty-pilose within. Style acutely pentagonal, not appre- 
ciably thickened upwards ; stigma subglobose, nearly 3 lin. in diam. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: by the Chitanda River, between Kassinga and 
Kolove, 4300 ft, on Parinarium sp., Baum, 217! by the Kubango River, at 
Princeza Amelia, on Securidaca longipedunculata, Fres., Gossweiler, 1986! 
39. L. incanus, Schum. &: Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 180. Youngest 
parts rusty-tomentose, tomentum usually disappearing very quickly, 
disclosing a continuous covering of minute stellate scales; branchlets 
terete, eventually becoming glabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate, elliptic 
or suborbicular, 2-6 in. long, 1-3} in. broad, cuneate, rounded or 
subcordate at the base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, coriaceous, 
upper surface glabrous, dull or glossy, lower surface minutely and 
densely lepidote; lateral nerves oblique, 4—5 on each side, slightly 
raised on the lower surface ; petiole 4—9 lin. long, channelled. Umbels 
axillary, fascicled, rusty-lepidote, about 4-flowered ; peduncle 1-14 lin. 
long; pedicels 14-1} lin. long; bract shorter than or subequal to the 
receptacle and calyx, ovate or ovate-oblong, 2—% lin. long, rarely longer. 
Receptacle 3-11 lin, long. Calyx subtruncate or slightly lobed, densely 
ciliate, }-3 lin. long. Corolla 14-2 in. long, yellow, tipped with red, 
sparingly lepidote outside, glandular within; lobes spathulate-linear, 
73-9 lin. long, broadened into the base. Filaments inserted +2 lin. 
above the base of the corolla-lobes, 34-4 lin. long; anthers linear, 
about 2 lin. long, transversely septate, cells about 8 in each vertical 
row. Disc annular, 5-lobed, } lin. high, fleshy, minutely rusty-pilose 
within. Style acutely pentagonal; stigma subcapitate or ellipsoid, 
4-3 lin. long. Berry obovoid, verdigris-coloured.—L. celtidifolius, 
Willd. ex Schult. Syst. vii. 161. Z. Thonningii, DC. Prodr. iv. 303, 
not of Schum. & Thonn. JL. clavatus, Thonn. ex DC. l.c., not of 
Desr. LL. leptolobus, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 375; Engl. in Engl. 
Jabrb. xx. 82. ZL. Soyaumii, Engl. lc. 97, t. 2, fig. B. L. capitatus, 
Engl. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 131; Th. Dur. & De 
Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 126 ; De Wild. Enum. Pl. Laurent, 
27. L. capitatus, var. latifolius, Engl. ex Th. Dur. & De Wild. in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 126; De Wild. & Th. Dur. in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. 2me sér. i. 836; Relig. Dewévr. 200; De Wild. Enum. PI. Laurent, 
27; Miss. E. Laurent, 75; Etudes Fl. Bas-: et Moyen-Congo, i. 29, 2375 
