346 CXIX. LORANTHACER (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
long.. Filaments inserted 4} lin. below the apex of the corolla-lobes, 
involute, tapering upwards, 23-3 lin. long, tooth 2 lin. long; anthers 
narrowly oblong, 14-1 lin. long. Disc slightly lobed, about 4 lin. high. 
Style conspicuously skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2}-3} lin. 
long, neck }-1} lin. long; stigma 4~3 lin. long—Kngl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 133; De Wild. & Durand in Bull. Herb. Boiss, 
2me sér. i. 44; Relig. Dewevr. 201; De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 793 
Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 237, ii. 124. Acrostephanus 
ogowensis, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 268. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker, 749! 1414! 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: Gaboon River, Mann! Ogowe River ; 
Lambarene, Buchholz! Lower Congo: Banana District; Moanda, Gilet, 3235. 
Stanley Pool District; Kisantu, Gillet, 545! Lukolela, Laurent ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Equator District ; Equatorville, Dewevre, 
6464; Monzambi, Laurent, 1881! Ubangi District, Imese, Laurent ! Bangala Dis- 
trict; Nouvelle-Anvers, De Giorgi, 5. 
132. L. dependens, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 117. A pendulous 
shrub, 4-10 ft. long. Internodes }~14 in. long. Leaves opposite, 
arcuate or nearly straight, linear-lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, nat- 
rowed to the base, 5-74 in. long, 6-8 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 
glossy, deep green, penninerved ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, 
very oblique, raised on the upper surface, less so on the lower; 
petiole 5-7 lin. long. Umbels axillary, ternate, 3-4-flowered ; peduncle 
2-24 lin. long; pedicels 3-1} lin. long; bract cupular, $-% lin. long- 
Receptacle and calyx together narrowly campanulate, 2 lin. long. Calyx 
1-1} lin. long, irregularly split by the basal expansion of the corolla. 
Corolla deep blood-red (Welwitsch), 13 in. long, depressed-truncate 1D 
bud, glabrous outside, basal swelling ellipsoid, 23 lin. long; tube split 
unilaterally about 7 lin. down; lobes reflexed, spathulate-linear. Fila- 
ments inserted 43 lin. below the apex of the corolla-lobes, involute, 
tapering upwards, 2? lin. long, tooth }-} lin. long; anthers narrowly 
oblong, 14 lin. long. Disc lobed, } lin. high. Style skittle-shaped 
above, thickened part about 3 lin. long, broadest below the middle.— 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 933. L. pendulus, Welw. ex Engl. 1.c.y 
not of Sieb. Acrostephanus dependens, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. 
France, xlii. 268. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; near Mutollo and at Candumba, 
on Citrus sp. and Leguminose, Welwitsch, 4851! Amboella; near Princeza Amelia, 
on Berlinia sp., Gossweiler, 3321! near Conselheiro Barja, Gossweiler, 3544! 
Mozamb. Distr. North-west Rhodesia, on Ochna sp., Kassner, 2164! 
133. L. Kimuenzz, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, \- 
29, 237, t. 54. Branches stout, 2-3 lin. in diam., nodose, dark brown, 
glabrous, finely and densely lenticellate; internodes 1-3 10. long- 
Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate, subacute at the apex, subcordate 
at the base, 34-4} in. long, 13-23 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, 
slightly glossy on the upper surface; lateral nerves about 3 on each 
side, oblique, slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole 3-44 lin. long: 
Umbels axillary, fascicled, about 4-flowered ; peduncle 14-1 lin. long; 
