Loranthus. | CXIX, LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 308 
Differs from the type in the proportionately much narrower leaves. 
Var. verrucosus, Sprague. Leaves varying from ovate-oblong or elliptic to 
lanceolate-oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 
more rarely subcordate, 14-43 in. long, 3-1} in. broad, rather thickly coriaceous. 
Receptacle and calyx together 13-13 lin. long. Corolla 14-1} lin. long; lobes 
24 lin. long, 2 lin. broad. Filaments 2} lin. long, tooth 2 lin. long; anthers narrowly 
oblong, 3-1 lin. long. Thickened part of style 2-3 lin. long.—L. verrucosus, Engl. 
in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 120. LZ. globiferus, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 
149. Lapinanthus verrucosus, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 267. 
Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria: Katagum District, Dalziel, 204! 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Bogos ; Keren, Steuduer, 178! Sudan: between Korosko 
and Berber, Kotschy, 376! near Wad Medina, on Zizyphus mucronata, Willd., 
Broun, 832! Atem River, on Crateva Roxburghii, R. Br., Broun, 1128! Jur: Great 
Seriba Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1485! 
Also in Arabia. Differs from the type inthe leaves, which are generally broadest 
below the middle instead of above, and more or less rounded at the base. 
Schweinfurth in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 149, has reduced LZ, arabicus, 
Deflers, Voy. Yemen, 197, to Z. globiferus. From the mention in Deflers’s descrip- 
tion, however, of oblique folds on the corolla-lobes and scales inside the tube, it is 
evident that Z. arabicus belongs to the section Tapinostemma, as stated by Detiers. 
144. L. bangwensis, Lngl. d- Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xiii. 407. 
Branches 4 lin. in diam. or less, glabrous, greyish or tawny, very densely 
lenticellate, branchlets smooth and brownish in a young state, 1? lin. in 
diam. 1 ft. below the apex; internodes 3-3} in. long. Leaves oppo- 
Site, ovate, ovate-oblong or elliptic, acuminate or not, acute, obtuse or 
rounded at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 23-7 in. long, 1-44 
in. broad, more or less coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 3-5 on each 
Side, raised on both surfaces; petiole 2-6 lin. long. Umbels axillary, 
fascicled, 7~8-flowered ; flowers arranged in a circle below the slightly 
concave apical portion of the peduncle; peduncle 13-2 lin. long; 
pedicels 3 lin. long; bract obliquely cupular or ovate-saucer-shaped, 
dorsal margin 4-3 lin. long, ventral margin }+} lin. long. Receptacle 
and calyx together cupular or suburceolate, 1-13 lin. long. Calyx 
minutely ciliolate, 3~3 lin. long. Corolla about 14 in. long in bud, 
apical swelling ellipsoid, pentagonal, 13 lin. long, 13-1} lin. in diam., 
basal swelling ellipsoid, 24 lin. long; tube eventually split unilaterally 
about 8 lin. down ; lobes reflexed, spathulate, 3-34 lin. long. Filaments 
tapering upwards, over 24 lin. long, tooth 2 lin. long; anthers oblong, 
emarginate, 1lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 23-3 
lin. long, neck 3-3 lin. long; stigma obovoid, 3-8 lin. long.—Z. Belvisii, 
Hook. f. in Hook. Niger Fl. 375; Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 108; 
Stapf in Johnston, Liberia, ii. 646; not of DC. L. lanceolatus, F. N. 
Williams in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me sér. vii. 93, not of Beauv. 
_ Upper Guinea. Senegal, on Adansonia digitata, Linn., Roger! Gambia : 
Upper Baddibu District; Ballanghar, on Merua angolensis, DC., Lester, 4! 
thurst Garden, on guava trees, Lester, 71! and without precise locality, Mungo 
Park! Sierra Leone: Bagroo River, Mann, 803! near the town of Sierra Leone, 
Scott-Elliot, 3916! on Spondias mangifera, Willd., Barter! on Psidium pyriferum, 
Linn., Vogel, 88! Sugarloaf Mountain, Scott-Elliot, 5783! near Regent, Scott-Elliot, 
4016! Scarcies Valley; on the way to Kukuna, Scott-Elliot,4720 ! French Guinea: by 
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