326 ; CXIX, LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
Var. Durandii, Sprague. Branches and leaves as in the type. Flowers shortly 
but distinetly pedicelled ; pedicels }—2 lin. long, much less in diam. than the bract ; 
bract obliquely cupniar, dorsally keeled, dorsal margin #—3 lin. long, ventrai margin 
$-§ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together about 13 lin. long. Calyx suberect 
or patulous. Corolla 13 in. long or less, suprabasal swelling subglobose or oblong- 
ellipsoid ; lobes 34-4? lin. long. Anthers $-14 lin. long.—L. Durandii, Engl. in 
Comptes-rendus Soe. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 27; De Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 201 ; 
De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 75. L. Buchholzii, Engl. iu Engl. Jahrb. xx. 91, t. 1, 
fiz. D, excluding the Angola specimens. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: Ogowe River; Lambarene, Buchholz ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Equator District; Eala, Laurent, 203! 
Basankusu, Dewévre, 7754! between Lulanga and Bangala, Dewevre, 858. 
Differs from typical LZ. brunneus in having well-marked pedicels, and also in the 
smaller receptacle and calyx. In Laurent’s specimen the suprabasal swelling of the 
corolla is oblong-ellipsoid, the corolla about 34 lin. long, the anthers } lin. long. 
Buchholz’s specimen and Dewévre’s specimen from Basankusu have a subglobose 
suprabasal swelling of the corolla, and longer lobes and anthers. Buchholz’s and 
Laurent’s specimens have a suberect calyx, whilst Dewévre’s specimen has a patulous 
calyx irregularly split by the suprabasal expansion of the corolla. 
Var. Butayei, Sprague. Leaves narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 24-67 in. 
long, $-24in. broad. Pedicels }—4 lin. long, stout, not well-marked ; dorsal margin of 
the bract 1 lin. long, ventral margin 3 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together about 
2 lin. long, narrowly campanulate, much expanded in the upper half, Calyx patulous, 
split by the suprabasal expansion of the corolla, 18-14 lin. long. Corolla 1? in. long 
or rather more, suprabasal swelling cbovoid-globose, over % lin. long; lobes about 
6 lin. long. Anthers 14 lin. long—Z. Butayei, De Wild, Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen- 
Congo, i. 28. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo, Butaye in Herb, Gillet, 2248! Dyuma Valley, 
Gillet, 2899 ! 
Differs from typical Z. brunneus in the rather longer and narrower leaves. 
Var. Thonneri, Sprague. Branches very densely lenticellate. Leaves narrowly 
lanceolate, obtuse or acute at the apex, often mucronulate, subcuneate at the base, 
2-3} in. long, 5-10 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, 3-nerved. Pedicels 3—} lin. long, 
well-marked, much less in diam. than the bract; bract dorsally bicuspidate, cusps 
subulate, }—-} lin. long, dorsal margin 7 lin. long without the cusps, ventral margin 
} lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 13-12 lin. long, narrowly campanulate. 
Calyx 3-14 lin. long, patulous, irregularly split by the suprabasal expansion of the 
corolla. Corolla over 14 in. long, suprabasal swelling ellipsoid, 13-1} lin. long; 
lobes 43 lin. long. Anthers about 1 lin. long.—L. Thonneri, Engl. in De Wild, & 
Durand, Pl. Thonn, Congol. 12, t. 23; De Wild. & Durand, Relig. Dewevr. 202; De 
Wild. Etudes FI. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 124. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Equator District ; Coquilhatville, Dewevre, 
578! Bangala District; Bokapo, Ngali, Thonner, 61! Aruwimi District; Yam- 
buya, Laurent, 1847 ! 
97. L. Krausei, Lugl. in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 311, Branchlets 
glabrous, 1? lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, young part angular, 
smooth, older parts terete, very densely lenticellate ; internodes 3-2 in. 
long. Leaves ternate or alternate, subsessile, oblanceolate-oblong or 
lanceolate-oblong, apiculate from an obtuse or rounded apex, gradually 
narrowed into the base, 24-33 in. long, 7-11 lin. broad, stiftly coria- 
ceous, glabrous, triplinerved ; lateral nerves arising about } above the 
base, prominent on the upper surface, rather inconspicuous on the 
