Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEH (SPRAGUE). 321 
pouch opening on the upper surface. Umbels axillary, fascicled, sessile, 
3-4-flowered ; pedicels 1 lin. long; bract ovate cupular, subtruncate, 
acutely umbonate, dorsal margin 1} lin. long, ventral margin $ lin. 
long. Receptacle and calyx together elongate-cupular, 17 lin. long, 
slightly constricted about the middle; receptacle minutely and densely 
tuberculate. Calyx hardly toothed, ciliolate, 1 lin. long. Corolla nearly 
2 in. Jong, at first whitish, then rose-coloured, glabrous and ribbed 
outside, ribs green; tube slightly swollen in the basal 4 lin., elongate- 
funnel-shaped above, split unilaterally, glandular within ; lobes evect, 
subspathulate-linear, 3 lin. long from the insertion of the filaments. 
Filaments tapering upwards, 12 lin. long, deflexed; anthers oblong- 
linear, } lin. long. Disc pentagonal, } lin, high. Style very slightly 
thickened above. Berry ellipsoid, 24 lin. long, 2 lin. in diam., minutely 
and densely tuberculate.—Ill. Fl. Congo, i. 171, t. 86. 
South Central. Lelgian Congo: Kasai; Bena-Dibele, Luja, 260A! 
88. L. Demeusei, Lngl. in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 
29. Branches fairly thick, about 1? lin. in diam. 9 in. below the apex, 
brown, very densely lenticellate, youngest part angular, greenish ; 
internodes 3-1} in. long. ‘Leaves opposite or subopposite, oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate to an acute apex, obtuse at the base, 4-64 in. 
long, 1-23 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull, 3-nerved from the base, 
nerves prominent on the upper surface, less so on the lower, margin 
slightly reflexed in a dried state; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Umbels 
axillary, fascicled, 5-7-flowered; peduncle about 1} lin. long; pedicels 
3 lin. long; bract ovate from a cupular base, thickly keeled dorsally, 
dorsal margin $~3 lin. long, ventral margin }-} lin. long. Receptacle 
and calyx together shortly tubular, slightly constricted about the 
middle, 14 lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, ciliolate, § lin. long. Corolla 
skittle-shaped in bud, about 14 in, long, not known in an expanded 
state ; lobes 3} lin. long from the insertion of the filaments. Filaments 
tapering upwards from a broad base, 2 lin. long in bud ; anthers oblong- 
linear, truncate, % lin. long in bud, Disc shortly and obtusely lobed, 
4 lin. high, Style distinctly skittle-shaped above, neck 1} lin. long in 
bud, upper half gradually thickened upwards to the stigma. Berry 
ved, obovoid, 3} lin. long, 2} lin. in diam., apical cup }-% lin. long. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Bangala, Demeuse, 355! 
Engler described the filaments of Z. Demeusei as produced above into a short 
triangular tooth, bat this appears to be a mistake. The anthers are inserted in a 
notch at the apex of the filament, and both the dorsal and ventral sides of the notch 
are completely adnate to the base of the anther. 
89. L. zizyphifolius, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 92. Young 
branchlets nodose, rusty-pubescent, soon glabrous, older ones up to 
5 lin. in diam, Leaves alternate or irregularly ternate, obovate-oblong, 
rounded at the apex, cuneate into the base, 14-2 in. long, $-1 in, broad, 
coriaceous, glabrous, dull, distinctly 3-nerved from a short distance 
above the base; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Umbels resembling heads owing 
tothe reduction of the pedicels, axillary, sessile, few-flowered, solitary 
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