320 CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). { Loranthus. 
state oblong-ellipsoid, 3 lin. long, finely tubercled, apical cup ? lin. 
long. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Lolodorf; Mbanga Mountain, Sfavdt, 127! 
368! 
85. L. verruculosus, Sprague. Branches brown, densely lenti- 
cellate, about 1} lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, youngest part sub- 
angular ; internodes 3-14 in. long. Leaves opposite or more rarely 
alternate, shortly petioled, ovate or lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 
abruptly contracted to the obtuse base, 23-43 in. long, 1-2} in. broad, 
coriaceous, glabrous, dull, 3-nerved from the base, sometimes with two 
additional less distinct lateral nerves; nerves prominent on the upper 
surface, much less so on the lower; petiole $-1 lin. long. Umbels 
axillary, solitary, 3-4-flowered; peduncle about 1} lin. long; pedicels 
about 2 lin. long; bract shortly ovate from a saucer-shaped base, dorsal 
margin 3 lin. long, ventral margin } lin. long. Flowers not known. 
Berry oblong-obovoid, 3} lin. long, 2 lin. in diam., finely tubercled, 
apical cup } lin. long.—Viscwm lenticellatum, De Wild. in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. 2™¢ sér. i. 45; Ill. Fl. Congo, i. 187, t. 94. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet, 686! 
86. L. djurensis, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 90, t. 1, jig. C: 
Branchlets slender, glabrous, brownish, younger part angular, adult 
part rather densely lenticellate, hardly 14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 
apex. Leaves opposite or alternate, ovate or lanceolate, gradually 
narrowed to the rounded or acute apex, rather abruptly narrowed to 
the acute base, 2—4 in. long, 3-1} in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, 
dull, very distinctly 8-nerved from the base; nerves prominent, 
especially on the upper surface; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Umbels 3-5- 
flowered; peduncle 3-1} lin. long; pedicels }-? lin. long; bract 
obliquely ovate-cupular, 3 lin. long, ventral margin } lin. long. Re- 
ceptacle and calyx together campanulate, 13 lin. long. Calyx truncate, 
ciliolate, § lin. long. Corolla 13 in. long ora little less, glabrous outside ; 
tube elongate-funnel-shaped, very slightly enlarged towards the base, 
split unilaterally, ribbed outside, glandular inside; lobes erect, separat- 
ing from below upwards, linear-subspathulate, 4 lin. long. Filaments 
tapering upwards, 2} lin. long, inflexed; anthers oblong-linear, % lin. 
long. Disc very slightly lobed, hardly + lin. high, fleshy. Style not 
thickened above, glabrous; stigma ellipsoid, rather over } lin. long. 
Wile Land. Jur: on the Great Wau River, Schweinfurth, 1632! 
87. L. Lujzei, De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. ii. 55. 
Branches greyish, glabrous, very finely lenticellate ; internodes 1-3} in. 
long. Leaves opposite, ovate, shortly acuminate to an acute apex, 
rounded at the base, 4~54 in. long, 24-3 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 
blackish in a dried state, 5-nerved from the base, sometimes with 2 
additional less distinct lateral nerves; nerves prominent on both sur- 
faces ; petiole winged, about 23 lin. long, wings pouched, mouth of the 
