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296 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
14 lin. long; pedicels 4-3 lin. long; bract ovatesoblong or elliptic, 
14-2 lin. long. Receptacle cupular, {-1 lin. long. Calyx §—7 lin. long, 
very slightly lobed or undulate, long villous-ciliate. Corolla 13-13 in. 
long, pentagonal at the apex in bud, greenish-yellow or. yellow, villous- 
tomentose outside, basal swelling oblong-ellipsoid, 2-24 lin. long ; lobes 
erect, narrowly spathulate, 7-74 lin. long, upper enlarged part lanceolate, 
2-21 lin. long, % lin. broad including the margins which are about ¢ lin. 
broad. Filaments 54-6 lin. long, finally involute; anthers narrowly 
oblong, 3-1 lin. long, cells 5-6 in each verticalrow. Disc §-} lin. high, 
fleshy. Style not broadened upwards; stigma over } lin. in diam. 
Berry ovoid, 4-5 lin. long, glaucous, at first stellate-pubescent, afterwards 
glabrous.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 928, partly. ZL. cistordes, 
Welw. ex Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 103, partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Benguella; in open sandy maritime forests near 
Benguella, on Cordia sp., Welwitsch, 4853! Mossamedes; by the River Maiombo,. 
below Cazimba, on Tamarix orientalis, Forsk., Welwitsch, 4857! Humpata, Pearson, 
2627! without precise locality, Gossweiler ! 
46. L. Sterculiz, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 928. A shrub, 
5-7 ft. high. Branchlets nodose, younger parts tawny or greyish- 
tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs, older parts densely lenti- 
cellate. Leaves ternate or subternate, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse 
at the apex, unequally rounded or subcordate at the base, 2—3 in. long, 
#-14 in. broad, stellate-pubescent on both surfaces in a young state, 
upper surface eventually glossy and glabrous; lateral nerves about 4 on 
each side ; petiole }-lin.long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 3—4-flowered ; 
peduncle, pedicels and bract tawny-tomentose ; peduncle 1-1 lin. long; 
pedicels 3-1 lin. long; bract ovate, concave, 3% lin. long. Receptacle 
about 1 lin. long, constricted above, tomentose. Calyx ascending, } lin. 
long, hardly lobed, tomentellous outside, densely ciliate. Corolla nearly 
2 in. long, clavate at the apex in bud, woolly-pubescent outside; tube 
nearly 14 iu. long, basal swelling slight, 34 lin. long; lobes spathulate, 
nearly } in. long, upper enlarged part elliptic, 1} lin. long, {-1 Jin. broad. 
Filaments inserted about 1 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, about 
4 lin. long; anthers elliptic-oblong, 8-3 lin. long, transversely septate, 
cells 3-4 in each vertical row. Disc } lin. high, densely pilose. Style 
very slightly skittle-shaped above. Young berry } in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; by the Delamboa River, on Ster- 
eulia and Acacia spp., Welwitsch, 5283! 5284! right-hand side of the Ambaca 
road, Welwitsch, 5285 ! 
47. L. cinereus, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 103, t. 2, fig. C. A 
densely branched shrublet, 1-14 ft. high. Young branchlets whitish- or 
greyish-tomentose, older ones glabrous. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong 
or ovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, cuneate, obtuse or rounded at the 
base, }-1} in. long, }-1} in. broad, densely whitish- or greyish-pubescent 
in a young state, inconspicuously puberulous in the adult state, fleshy, 
brittle, pale green ; petiole 14-3 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary 
or fascicled, 3-4-flowered, whitish-floccose-tomentose; peduncle 1-2 lin- 
