Loranthus. | CXIX, LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 303. 
58. Ls. Braunii, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 93. Young branchlets 
dark brown, finely striate, glabrous, 14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 
apex, older ones paler. Leaves opposite, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 
rounded at base and apex, sometimes minutely apiculate, 14-34 in. long, 
2-24 in. broad, penninerved, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; petiole 24-4 
lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 4—8-flowered ; peduncle }-? in. 
long; pedicels 14-2 lin. long; bract obliquely ovate-saucer-shaped, 
glandular-ciliate, dorsal margin $ lin. long, ventral margin patulous, 
$ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together shortly urceolate, ? lin. 
long. Calyx minutely and sparingly glandular-ciliate, }-2 lin. long. 
Corolla 1}-14 in. long, basal swelling subglobose, 1} lin. in diam., or 
more rarely ellipsoid, 24 lin. long; tube bilobed to within 33-5 lin. 
from the base, glandular within; lobes 73-8} lin. long, lower part 
linear, 6-7 lin. long, upper part ovate, acute, 1} lin. long, 3-1 lin. 
broad. Filaments 53-64 in. long; anthers cuneate, 2 lin. long, 
emarginate in a young state. Disc 4-} lin. high, fleshy. Style 
minutely glandular-papillate ; stigma peltate, } lin. in diam., 10-ribbed 
beneath. Berry depressed-globose, nearly 3 lin. in diam., 23 lin. long, 
apical cup hardly } lin. long.—Z. nigrescens, De Wild. & Th. Dur. Il. 
Fl. Congo, 177, t. 89; Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 29, 237. 
Globimetula Braunii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 265. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Ilaro, Punch, 40! Igbajun, Moloney, 24! 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Gaboon: Muni (Danger) River, Mann, 1833! 
Lower Congo: Banana District; Moanda, Gillet, 3236. Banana Creek, on Citrus 
Aurantium, Linn., Monteiro! Kisantu, Gillet, 1310! valley of the Djuma River, 
Gillet, 2745, Gentil. 
Var. Zenkeri, Sprague. Leaves suborbicular or broadly ovate, elliptic, sub- 
cordate or cordate at the base, 2-5 in. long, 14-3 in. broad.—Z. Zenkeri, Engl. in 
Engl. Jahrb. xx. 95, Globimetula Zenkeri, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 
xiii. 265. 
Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Old Calabar River, Mann, 2294! 
Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker, 595! 
Var. Laurentii, Sprague. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse at the base, 
13-3} in. long, 1-2 in. broad. Bract obliquely ovate-saucer-shaped.— L. Laurentii, 
Engl. in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 25; De Wild. & Th. Dur. Contrib. 
Fl. Congo, i. 54; De Wild. Enum. PI. Laurent, 27; Miss. Fk. Laurent, 77; Etudes 
Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 237, ii. 124. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Mabira Forest, Ussher, 18! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet / Sanda, Oddon in Herb, 
Gillet, 384. Angola: between the Longa River and Luassinga, Gossweiler, 2704! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Equator District; Eala, Laurent, 1189! 
Bombinha, Laurent, 1587. Bangala District; Bumba, Laurent! Aruwimi Dis- 
trict ; Basoko, Laurent. Welle District; Guago, Seret, 278. Bomokandi District ; 
Amadis, Seret, 340. 
Ussher, 18! and Gossweiler, 2704! differ from the other specimens quoted in 
their leaves, which are narrower in proportion and more coriaceous, 
Var. Descampsii, Sprague. Leaves ovate-oblong or broadly elliptic, obtuse at 
the base, 2-3 in. long, 1-2 in. broad. Bract obliquely cupular.—L. Descampsit, 
Engl. in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 25. 
