Loranthus. | CXIX, LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE), 295 
43. L. hexasepalus, Hngl. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 
Nachtr. i, 131. Leaves smaller than in Z. inmcanus. Bract shorter 
than the receptacle. Flowers hexamerous.—Thelecarpus hexasepalus, 
Van Tiegh. ir. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 166; and in Bull. Soe. 
Bot. France, xlii, 263. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: near Mayomba Lake, at Mambi, Lecomte. 
Known to me only from the very brief description reproduced above. It may 
possibly be a form of the widely spread Z. incanus. 
Thelecarpus Thollonii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Mus, Hist. Nat. Par. i, 166, is 
another imperfectly known species belonging to the section Lepidoti. It was found 
by Thollon (754) on the banks of the Ogowe River, and is sald to be distinguished 
from the other species of the section by its thin and transparent corolla (“ calyx” of 
Van Tieghem). 
44, L. cistoides, Welw. ex Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 103, partly. 
A much-branched shrublet, 1-3 ft. high, whitish-tomentose in a living 
state, fulvous in a dried state. Leaves opposite, elliptic or ovate- 
elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded or subcordate at 
the base, 8-13 lin, long, 5-7 lin. broad, tomentose with verticillate- 
branched hairs on both surfaces, eventually becoming pubescent on the 
upper surface ; petiole 1-14 lin. long. Heads terminating very short 
axillary branchlets, which bear 1-2 pairs of leaves, 3—4-flowered, 
tomentose; peduncle about 24 lin. long; bract foliaceous, broadly 
ovate, rounded, } in. long. Receptacle cupular, # lin. long, densely 
rusty-villous with branched hairs. Calyx about ;', lin. long, truncate. 
Corolla 12 in. long, 5-winged at the apex in bud, greenish-yellow or 
yellow, the tips of the lobes sometimes rosy purple, tomentose outside, 
glandular within, basal swelling ellipsoid, 1? lin. long; lobes erect, 
spathulate, 54 lin. long, upper enlarged part ovate, 13-1? lin. long, 
%1 lin. broad including the thin margins, which are }-} lin. broad. 
Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, 4 lin. long, even- 
tually involute; anthers oblong, 3 lin. long, cells 3 in each vertical row. 
Dise } lin. high, fleshy. Style not broadened upwards; stigma capi- 
tate, } lin. in diam. Berry blue when ripe.—Phragmanthera cistoides, 
Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 262. L. glaucocarpus, 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 928, partly, not of Peyr. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, a common parasite of Citrus 
medica, Linn., Welwitsch, 4848! on various trees, Welwitsch, 4847! Mechow, 90! 
L. cistoides, var. longiflora, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii, 52, from 
Amboland, German South-west Africa, is unknown to me. It is said to have flowers 
2 in. long. 
45. L. glaucocarpus, Peyr. in Wawra & Peyr. Sert. Benguel. 31. 
A shrub, 5-6 ft. high, fulvous-tomentose in a dried state. Leaves 
opposite, broadly ovate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic, rounded at apex and 
base, 3-1} in. long, }-1 in. broad, tomentellous or pubescent in a young 
state, eventually puberulous or glabrous, thinly coriaceous ; lateral nerves 
slightly raised on the upper surface; petiole 1-1} lin. long. Umbels 
axillary, 4—6-flowered, villous-tomentose with branched hairs ; peduncle 
