Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE), 345 
Known to me only from Van Tieghem’s brief description translated above. Van 
Tieghem does not state whether the corolla is glabrous or pilose, and the position of 
the species is therefore a little doubtful. 
130. L. Farmari, Sprague. Branches slender, about 1} lin. in diam, 
1 ft. below the apex, terete, smooth, ash-coloured ; internodes 13-4 in. 
long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate or lanceolate, obtuse at 
the apex, sometimes minutely apiculate, obtuse or rounded at the base, 
23-34 in. long, 1-13 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, nerves and 
veins raised on both surfaces; lateral nerves 4—6 on each side, oblique, 
anastomosing far from the margin ; petiole 24-43 lin. long. Umbels 
axillary, solitary, about 9-flowered ; peduncle 1—2 lin. long, terminated by 
@ convex discoid expansion, about 13 lin. in diam.,; with a deep apical 
depression, outside which the flowers are arranged in a circle; pedicels 
3-§ lin. long; bract obliquely ovate-saucer-shaped, sparingly ciliolate, 
dorsal margin 3 lin. long, ventral margin }—} lin. long. Receptacle and 
calyx together campanulate or cupular, 14-1 lin. long. Calyx subtrun- 
cate, ciliolate, 3 lin. long. Corolla scarlet (/armar), 12 in. long, with an 
ellipsoid depressed-truncate apical swelling in bud, crowned by 5 diverging 
triangular teeth, basal swelling ellipsoid, 24 lin. long ; tube funnel-shaped 
above, split unilaterally ; lobes reflexed, spathulate-linear, enlarged part 
1} lin. long, 2 lin. broad, much thickened at the apex, produced dorsally 
into a triangular appendage, } lin. long. Filaments inserted 3$ lin. below 
the apex of the corolla-lobes, involute through one circle, tapering up- 
wards, 1% lin. long, tooth } lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, % lin. 
long. Disc hardly lobed, 4 lin. high. Style conspicuously skittle-shaped 
above, thickened part 2}-24 lin. long, neck 3-8 lin. long, gradually 
thickened upwards into the base of the ellipsoid stigma. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast, Farmar, 503! 
131. L. ogowensis, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 117, t. 2, fig. F. 
Young branches fairly slender, 1} lin. in diam. 9 in. below the apex, 
yellowish-grey, striate, glabrous, minutely and inconspicuously lenticel- 
late, older branches 14-3 lin. in diam., brown, densely and conspicuously 
lenticellate; internodes 1-4 in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 
broadly ovate, acute or obtuse at the apex, rounded or abruptly subcuneate 
at the base, 24-5 in. long, 14-2? in. broad, coriaceous, sometimes thinly, 
glabrous ; lateral nerves 2—4 on each side, obliquely ascending, slightly 
raised especially on the upper surface, anastomosing far from the margin ; 
petiole 23-7 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 4—6-flowered; peduncle 
about 24 lin, long ; pedicels 3-1} lin. Jong; bract ovate-saucer-shaped, 
dorsal margin % lin. long, ventral margin } lin. long. Receptacle and 
calyx together campanulate, 1?-2} lin. long. Calyx truncate or slightly 
lobed, sparingly ciliolate, 1-14 lin. long, split irregularly by the expansion 
of the base of the corolla. Corolla 1}-24 in. long, white with greenish 
lobes and base (Hngler), truncate at the apex and 5-horned in bud, 
minutely papillate outside, appearing glabrous except under a high power, 
basal swelling ellipsoid, 24-3 lin. long ; tube funnel-shaped above ; lobes 
reflexed, linear, much thickened in the upper 23-23 lin., horns }-} lin. 
