342 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
triangular, 4 lin. long; anthers linear, 24 lin. long; connective not 
produced. Dise deeply 5-lobed, over 4 lin. high. Style skittle-shaped 
above, thickened part 3-4 lin. long, broadest at or above the middle, 
neck 2}-23 lin. long; stigma oblong-ovoid or ellipsoid, 8-3 lin. long. 
Berry ellipsoid, 5-6 lin. long, apical cup 13-2 lin. long. —DC. Prodr. iv. 
303; Eng). in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 108. ZL. Knoblecheri, Kotschy, Pl. 
Knoblech. 10. Z. Chevalieri, Engl. & Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 403. 
Dentimetula dodonecfolia, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc, Bot. France, xlii. 260. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, on Zamarindus sp., Perrottet & Leprieur ; Roger! 
Togo: Ghele, on Afzelia sp., Busse, 3624! Sokode, on Parkia, Terminalia, Adan- 
sonia, &e., Kersting, ser. A, 57! 220! Lagos, Dawodu! Northern Nigeria: Nupe, 
on Parkia africana, R. Br., Barter, 1559! Jeba, Barter ! Katagum District, on 
Bauhinia reticulata, DC., and Acacia spp., Dalziel, 203 ! 
Worth Central. Upper Shari River, Chevalier, 6580! Upper Ubangi River; 
Fort Lamy, Chevalier, 10375 ! 
Wile Land. Uganda: Gondokoro, Knoblecher ! 
124. L. glaucoviridis, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. x\. 533. Branchlets 
stout, 14-12 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, younger ones more or 
less compressed, smooth, tawny, older ones terete, longitudinally cracked, 
darker; internodes 3-2} in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 
elliptic or obovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, obtuse or subcuneate 
at the base, 24-34 in. long, 14-13 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral 
nerves about 4 on each side, rather oblique, slightly raised on the upper 
surface, indistinct on the lower ; petioles stout, channelled, 3-4 lin. long. 
Heads axillary, 3-4-flowered; peduncle stout, 23-34 lin. long; sockets 
bowl-shaped, } lin. deep, glabrous; bract cupular, truncate, 2-2} lin. 
long, glabrous, slightly umbonate, margin 13-12 lin. long. Receptacle 
and calyx together tubular, 34-32 lin. long, glabrous. Calyx truncate, 
22 lin. long. Corolla 24-8 in. long; tube not obviously swollen at the 
base, lower half cylindric, upper half cylindric-funnel-shaped ; lobes 
erect, linear, slightly broadened at the insertion of the filaments, {-1 12. 
long. Filaments inserted 6-7 lin. below the apex of the corolla-lobes, 
tapering upwards from a broad base, 34-33 lin. long, deflexed, tooth 
obtuse, $ lin. long; anthers linear, 13-1 lin. long, slightly retuse. 
Dise not distinctly lobed, } lin. high. Style conspicuously skittle- 
shaped above, neck 23 lin. long. ; 
Upper Guinea, Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 2678! 
125. L. irangensis, Zngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 111. Young 
branchlets rusty-tomentellous, soon becoming pubescent, adult ones 
rather stout, rather tawny, 14-2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, 
pubescent or puberulous, finely and inconspicuously lenticellate ; inter- 
nodes 5-10 lin. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate or ovate- 
oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 
thickly coriaceous, minutely puberulous, especially towards the base on 
the lower surface, or glabrous; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, the 
lowest pair very oblique, nerves anastomosing far from the margin, 
raised on the upper surface, hardly visible on the lower ; petiole 1-2 lin. 
