Loranthus. | OXIX, LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 323 
conspicuously nodose, greyish, finely and densely lenticellate, glabrous, 
slightly ribbed in a dried state, youngest parts angular, brownish ; 
internodes 4-1 in. long. - Leaves alternate, obovate-obleng, elliptic- 
oblong or more rarely elliptic, rounded at the apex, sometimes minutely 
apiculate, more or less cuneate into the base, 3-24 in. long, 4-12 in. 
broad, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, 3-nerved from the base or from 
shortly above the base, dark brown in a dried state ; nerves raised on 
the upper surface, not visible on the lower; petiole 3-14 lin. long. 
Flowers axillary, several together; pedicels } lin. long, slightly con- 
stricted below the base of the bract ; bract obliquely cupular, glandular- 
ciliate, thickly keeled dorsally, dorsal margin 3-1 lin. long, ventral 
margin } lin, long. Receptacle and calyx together tubular-flask-shaped, 
13-12 lin. long. Calyx slightly toothed, glandular-ciliate, 3-% lin. long, 
Corolla nearly 14 in. long; tube about 13 lin. long, split unilaterally 
about half-way down, suprabasal swelling commencing 3-8 lin. above the 
base, ellipsoid, 14-14 lin. long, neck about 1} lin. long; lobes erect, 
linear, acute, 34 lin. long. Filaments tapering upwards, 2-2} lin. long, 
inflexed, the uppermost 3 lin. slightly thickened ; anthers linear, trun- 
cate, § lin. long. Disc acutely lobed, }—} lin. high. Style slightly 
thickened above ; stigma ovoid-ellipsoid, 2 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda, Gossweiler, 350! 
J2. L. Henriquesii, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 88. Branches 
greyish-buff-coloured, very inconspicuously lenticellate, 14 lin. in diam. 
1 ft. below the apex, glabrous; branchlets subangular, glaucous ; inter- 
nodes 3-1 in. long. Leaves opposite, ternate or alternate, very shortly 
petioled, oblanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, straight or subfalcate, 
obtuse at the apex, sometimes apiculate, long-cuneate into the base, 
13-2? in. long, 4-8 lin. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, greyish- 
glaucous in a dried state, 3-5-nerved ; nerves prominent on the upper 
surface, much less so on the lower; petiole 4-1 lin. long. Flowers 
axillary, several together ; pedicels 3-3 lin. long ; bract obliquely cupular, 
glandular-ciliate, umbonate about 14 lin. above the base of the pedicel, 
dorsal margin 14 lin. long, ventral margin $ lin. long, dorsal lobe 3 lin. 
long, emarginate-bicuspidate. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 
1{-1% lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, glandular-ciliate, 14 lin. long. 
Corolla not known in an expanded condition, 1} in. long in bud, whitish- 
rosy (Welwitsch), glandular inside; lobes about 34 lin. long. Filaments 
2 lin. long, tapering upwards, thickened in the uppermost } lin.; 
anthers oblong-linear, 7 lin. long. Disc acutely lobed, } lin. high — 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 931. Agelanthus Henriquesii, Durand & 
Jacks, Ind, Kew. Suppl. i. 14, by error. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; near Mumpulla, Welwitsch, 4885! 
93. L. Gilgii, Zngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 91. Branches brownish, 
subterete, nodose, glabrous, about 13 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, 
younger part subangular, smooth, older part finely ribbed in a dried 
State, minutely and very inconspicuously lenticellate ; internodes 1-1 in. 
