298 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
opposite, elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong, rounded at base and apex, 
1-13 in. long, 4-1 in. broad, stellate-pubescent on both surfaces ; petiole 
1-14 lin. long. Umbels axillary or terminating an extremely short 
axillary 2-leaved branchlet, subsessile, solitary or geminate, 2-flowered, 
fulvous-tomentellous the bracts excepted; pedicels 13-13 lin. long; 
bract ovate-oblong, 1} lin. long, pubescent or puberulous outside. 
Receptacle 14-12 lin. long. Calyx truncate or very slightly lobed, 
1_1 lin. long. Corolla 13-2 in. long, orange-coloured, tomentellous 
outside below the middle, puberulous above, basal swelling not con- 
spicuous, oblong, 3-34 lin. long, upper part 5-winged in bud; lobes 
erect, narrowly spathulate, 10$ lin. long, the upper enlarged part 
lanceolate, 4 lin. long, 14-12 lin. broad including the thin margins, 
which are 3-3 lin. broad. Filaments inserted almost at the base of the 
corolla-lobes, 6-7 lin. long, tapering upwards, finally involute ; anthers 
linear, 24 lin. long, cells about 11 in each of the two outer rows, 13-16 
in each of the inner. Disc crenately 5-lobed, } lin. high, fleshy. Style 
not appreciably thickened upwards ; stigma broadly ellipsoid, # lin. long. 
—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 928; Engl. in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 131. Phragmanthera fulva, Van Tiegh. in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 262. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in the Monino forests, on Dodonea 
viscosa, Jacq., and on a Combretacea, Welwitsch, 4886! Huilla, 5800-6000 ft., 
Dekindt, 23! 441! By the Kubango River, near Princeza Amelia, on Dombeya sp. 
Gossweiler, 3647 ! 
50. L. rubroviridis, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1464. Young 
branchlets velvety-pubescent, adult ones glabrous, wrinkled, lenticellate, 
up to 24 lin. in diam. Leaves opposite or subopposite, lanceolate, 
obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, 
thinly coriaceous, pubescent on both surfaces; lateral nerves very 
oblique, 2-3 on each side of the midrib ; petiole 4—7 lin. long. Umbels 
13-18-flowered ; peduncle 7-8 lin. long, velvety-pubescent; pedicels 
1} lin. long, velvety-pubescent ; bract narrowly lanceolate from a saucer- 
shaped base, acute or subacute at the apex, 44-8 lin. long, 1-3 lin. broad, 
velvety-pubescent on both surfaces, lateral and ventral margin saucer- 
shaped, 3} lin. long. Receptacle hardly % lin. long, ciliate, shortly and 
densely pilose outside. Calyx } lin. long, intramarginal ring ;},—;'s lim. 
long, ciliate. Corolla rather under 1 in. long, shortly and densely pilose 
outside ; tube 13-14 lin. long; limb split unilaterally ; lobes 94-104 lin. 
long, remaining connate in a single piece, involute at the apex, the lower- 
most 24 lin. of the lobes darker than the upper part, with inflexed ciliate 
margins. — Filaments inserted 13-2 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 
about 6 lin. long, nearly glabrous, lower part filiform, about 4 lin. long, 
eventually contracted into a tendril-like spiral, upper part 2 lin. long, 
gradually thickened upwards, inflexed, the uppermost } lin. again nar- 
rower, reflexed ; anthers oblong-linear, 13 lin. long ; connective rounded 
at the apex. Disc 5-lobed, }—} lin. high.—Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 83; 
Pt. Ost-Afr. C. 165. Oliverella rubroviridis, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soe. 
Bot. France, xlii. 259. 
