348 CXIX. LORANTHACEH (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus 
long, split irregularly by the basal expansion of the corolla. Corolla 
rose-coloured, 13-2 in. long, basal swelling obovoid, 2} lin. long; tube 
split unilaterally ; lobes reflexed, spathulate-linear, 4} lin. long.  Fila- 
ments dark red, inserted 3-3 lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes : 
anthers oblong, 1 lin.long. Style dark red.—Durand & Schinz, Etudes 
Fl. Congo, 240; De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 30. 
Acrostephanus Poggei, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 268. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: basin of the Kasai River, Pogge, 1347! 
136. L. Preussii, ZLngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 118, t. 3, fig. A. 
Branches up to 4 lin. in diam. ; branchlets slender, brown or purplish- 
brown, finely striate, lenticellate, glabrous, about 14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. 
below the apex; internodes 4-6 in. long. Leaves opposite, broadly 
ovate or elliptic, shortly and abruptly acuminate to a slightly re- 
curved acute apex, subcordate at the base, 24-5 in. long, 13-3 i. 
broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 2—4 on each side, 
obliquely ascending, slightly raised on the upper surface, prominent on 
the lower; petiole 2-3 lin. long. Heads axillary, fascicled, about a 
flowered ; peduncle 1-1} lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, solid 
base“about ‘4 lin. long, dorsal margin $ lin. long, ventral margin } lin. 
long. Receptacle and calyx together shortly campanulate, 14 lin. long. 
Calyx irregularly lobed, $ lin. long. Corolla grey outside with red 
stripes, red inside (Preuss), or red and green (Ledermann), nearly 8 10. 
long in bud, apical swelling broadly 5-winged, basal. swelling broadly 
ovoid, 33 lin. long, 24 lin. in diam., or oblong-ovoid ; tube split unl 
laterally about 8 lin. down ; lobes reflexed, broadly spathulate, 54-6 lin. 
long, upper part elliptic, 3 lin. long, 13-17 lin. broad. Filaments 1n- 
flexed, tapering slightly upwards, about 3 lin. long, tooth 3-3 lin. long; 
anthers oblong, emarginate, 14 lin.long. Disc sunk, pentagonal, 4 Jin. 
high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 33-4 lin. long, neck 
din. long; stigma obovoid, § lin. long.—L. pachycaulis, Engl. & Krause 
in Engl. Jahrb, xliii. 411. Tapinanthus Preussii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. 
Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 267. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: north of Barombi, Preuss, 419 ! Bongaéli, near 
Great Batanga, Ledermann, 163! Bipinde, Zenker, 2365 ! 
L. pachycaulis differs slightly from typical Z. Preussii in the colour of the 
flowers and the shape of the basal swelling of the corolla, but the differences observed 
do not seem sufficient to warrant separation. 
137. L. alatus, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 175. Branchlets 
terete, glabrous, finely and very densely lenticellate, 1 lin. in diam. 
4 in. below the apex; internodes 6-10 lin. long. Leaves opposite, 
elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, obtuse or cuneate 
at the base, 14-2 in. long, 7-94 lin. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glab- 
rous; nerves prominent, especially on the upper surface; lateral nerves 
4-5 on each side, obliquely ascending, anastomosing very distinctly far 
from the margin; petiole 23-3 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary; 
2-3-flowered ; peduncle 1-1} lin. long; pedicels 1-1} lin. long; bract 
ovate-cupular, dorsal margin } lin. long, ventral margin 3 lin. long. 
