302 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
rounded or subcordate at the base, 24-4 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, 
coriaceous, glabrous, slightly glossy; lateral nerves 4—5 on each side, 
patulous, arcuate-ascending, anastomosing well within the margin ; 
petiole 4-7 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, about 20-flowered ; 
peduncle $-} in. long ; pedicels 2-2} lin. long ; bract obliquely cupular, 
1-1} lin. long, ciliate, dorsal margin % lin. long, umbonate on the 
lower half, ventral margin ~ lin. long, more or less toothed. Recep- 
tacle and calyx together campanulate, 1-1} lin. long. Calyx irregularly 
lobed, ciliate, $ lin. long. Corolla 1} in. long, split unilaterally to 
within 64 lin. above the base, apical swelling of the bud not winged, 
basal swelling obovoid, pentagonal, 2 lin. long; tube glandular within ; 
lobes elongate-spathulate, 83 lin, long from the point of insertion of the 
filaments, remaining united nearly to the apex. Filaments 7 lin. long, 
broadened towards the apex ; anthers oblong, emarginate, % lin. long. 
Disc } lin. high, fleshy. Style glabrous, neck 1 lin. long; stigma 
cushion-shaped, $—2 lin. in diam., grooved on the upper surface.—Engl. 
in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 83; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 197. (Globi- 
metula oreophila, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 265. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 6000-8000 ft., Mann, 
2163! 1210! Buea, 7000-8300 ft., on Hypericum angustifolium, Lam., Preuss, 
811! 
57. L. mayombensis, De Wild. Miss. #. Laurent, 78. Young 
branchlets compressed towards the apex, smooth, yellowish-green, 
glabrous, slightly glossy, nodes very prominent. Branches fairly stout, 
cylindric, 2}~3 lin. in diam. about 1 ft., and 4 lin. in diam. 14 ft. below 
the apex, yellowish-green or yellowish-brown, densely lenticellate ; 
internodes 2-4} in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, broadly 
ovate-elliptic or elliptic, rounded at the apex, rounded or truncate at 
the base, 34-64 in. long, 24-5 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull ; 
lateral nerves about 4 on each side, ascending or patulous-ascending, 
slightly raised on both surfaces, the lowest or two lowest pairs pro- 
duced beyond their junction with the nerves next above into a series of 
loops round the margin; midrib much raised on the lower surface ; 
petiole 6-9 lin. long, stout, flattened on the upper surface. Umbels 
axillary, fascicled, 4—6-flowered ; peduncle 34—7 lin. long, much swollen 
at the base; pedicels 14-2 lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, dorsal 
margin {-—1 lin. long, produced into a truncate lobe, ventral margin 
% lin. long, snberect. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, 
13 lin. long. Calyx truncate, 3-3 lin. long. Corolla about 14 in. long, 
apical swelling of the bud not winged, basal swelling obovoid, 13-2 lin. 
long ; tube split unilaterally to within 5-6 lin. from the base, glandular 
inside; lobes elongate-spathulate, 7 lin. long above the insertion of the 
filaments, apical enlargement elliptic, very concave, 1} lin. long when 
flattened out, { lin. broad. Anthers cuneate, emarginate, $ lin. long. 
Disc sunk, inconspicuous, } lin. high. Style glandular-papillate on the 
angles in the upper part, neck § lin. long; stigma peltate, } lin. in 
diam. Berry ellipsoid, about 4 lin. long, apical cup lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Mayombe; Benza-Masola, Laurent ! 
