324 OXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
long. ‘Leaves ternate or alternate, subsessile, oblanceolate, minutely 
apiculate from an obtuse apex, long-cuneate into the base, 14-2 in. long, 
4-6 lin. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, brownish in a dried state, 
3-nerved from the base; nerves prominent on the upper surface, hardly 
visible on the lower. Flowers axillary, several together, subsessile ; 
pedicels }- lin. long ; bract cupular, glandular-ciliate, umbonate 1-1} lin. 
above the base, dorsal margin 3-1 lin. long, ventral margin 3-3 lin. long, 
dorsal lobe 1—} lin. long, emarginate or emarginate-bicuspidate. Recep- 
tacle and calyx together tubular-flask-shaped, 13 lin. long. Calyx sub- 
truncate, glandular-ciliate, 14 lin. long. Corolla about 14 in. long; 
tube slightly glandular inside, suprabasal swelling commencing about 
2 lin. above the base, ellipsoid, 1? lin. long; lobes erect, subspathulate- 
linear, 34 lin. long. Filaments tapering upwards, 24-24 lin. long, the 
uppermost } lin. slightly thickened ; anthers linear, #—-Z lin. long. Disc 
acutely lobed, + lin. high.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 931. 
Agelunthus Gilgii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 246, 738. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Lopollo Country, on Combretacex and 
Mimosee, Welwitsch, 4893! 
94. L. vittatus, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 801. Branches about 
24 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, younger part green, older part 
purplish-brown ; bark cracked both longitudinally and transversely ; 
internodes 21-5 lin. long. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate-oblong ,to 
obovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate into the base, 
1}-21 in. long, 44-9 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 3-nerved from 
shortly above the base; nerves prominent on the upper surface, much 
less evident on the lower; veins visible on the upper surface only; 
petiole 1-2 lin. long. Flowers axillary, several together, subsessile ; 
pedicel about 3 lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, glandular-ciliolate, 
umbonate about 1 lin. above the base of the pedicel, dorsal margin 
1-14 lin. long, ventral margin 3 lin. long, dorsal lobe triangular, 
1-3 lin. long, bicuspidate or not. Receptacle and calyx together 
tubular, slightly constricted about the middle, 2 lin. long. Calyx sub- 
truncate, glandular-ciliolate, 1} lin. long. Corolla 13-13 in. long, 
tubular, glandular inside, split unilaterally about 6 lin. down, supra- 
basal swelling commencing about # lin. above the base, ellipsoid, 
24-23 lin. long, neck 2-21 lin. long; lobes erect, linear, broadened into 
the base, 5 lin. long. Filaments inserted about } lin. above the base 
of the corolla-lobes, tapering upwards, 3 lin. long, inflexed, uppermost 
2 lin. darker-coloured ; anthers linear, truncate, 1} lin. long. Dise 
shortly and acutely lobed, 4 lin. high. Style slightly thickened above. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Unyika ; near Suntas Dorf, 5300 ft., 
Goetze, 1431! 
95. L. pennatulus, Sprague. Young branchlets subangular, 
glabrous, older ones terete, greyish, densely lenticellate. Leaves sub- 
ternate or alternate, ovate-elliptic or elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the 
apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 13-22 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 
coriaceous, glabrous, with red nerves (Scheffler) ; lateral nerves 2-3 on 
