304 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
rivers, near Farana, Scott-Elliot, 5343! Liberia: basin of the Sinoe River, Whyte! 
Grand Bassa, Ansell ! on Coffea liberica, Hiern, Persea gratissima, Gertn. f., &e., 
Dinklage, 1908! Gold Coast : Cape Coast Castle, Vogel, 45! Southern Nigeria: 
Abo, Vogel,40! Cameroons: Bangwe, Conrav,253! Great Batanga, Dinklage, 998! 
145. L. kisantuensis, De Wild. & Th. Dur. in Bull. Herb. Boiss.2me 
sér. i. 43. Branchlets brownish, finely lenticellate, glabrous ; internodes 
about 1# in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate-elliptic, obtuse 
or rounded at the apex, cordate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 2-23 in. broad, 
thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, arcuate- 
ascending, anastomosing far from the margin, slightly raised on both 
surfaces ; petiole about 3 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary or geminate, 
4-flowered; peduncle 1} lin. long, flattened at the apex between the 
sockets ; pedicels about 4 lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, dorsal margin 
#1 lin. long, ventral margin} lin. long Receptacle and calyx together 
narrowly campanulate, 17-2 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long. Corolla 14-13 in. 
long in bud, apical swelling oblong, rounded-subtruncate, obtusely pen- 
tagonal, 13 lin. long, 1} lin. in diam., basal swelling obovoid, 24 lin. long; 
tube eventually split unilaterally about 8 lin. down; lobes reflexed, spathu- 
late, acute, about 34 lin.long. Filaments tapering slightly upwards, 23 
lin. long, tooth 4 lin. long ; anthers oblong, slightly emarginate, { lin. long. 
Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 22 lin. long, broadest below 
the middle, neck about } lin. long; stigma oblong-obovoid, $ lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet, 67! 
146. L. brazzavillensis, De Wild. in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. 
xxxix. 102. Branchlets rather stout, nearly 2 lin. in diam. 8 in. below 
the apex, nodose, smooth, pale brown, glabrous ; internodes 1-2 in. long. 
Leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute at the apex, rounded at the base, 
42-6 in. long, 13-24 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull, penninerved, 
margin slightly crispate ; midrib slightly impressed on the upper surface, 
very prominent on the lower ; lateral nerves numerous, indistinct on both 
surfaces, patulous, anastomosing far from the margin; petiole about 4 lin. 
long. Flowers known only in a detached state. Receptacle and calyx 
together narrowly campanulate, 14 lin. long. Calyx truncate, j lin. long- 
Corolla about 13 in. long in bud, apical swelling oblong or ovoid-oblong; 
pentagonal, 1# lin. long, 1} lin. in diam., rounded at the apex, basal swell- 
ing obovoid, 24-3 lin. long; tube split unilaterally about 8 lin. down ; lobes 
reflexed, spathulate, acute, 34 lin.long. Filaments slightly tapering UP” 
wards, 2 lin. long, tooth 4 lin. long; anthers linear-oblong, slightly emat- 
ginate, 1} lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part about 24 
lin. long, neck } lin. long; stigma ellipsoid, 53, lin. long.—L. crassicawlis, 
Engl. in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 30, as to Demeuse, 119. 
Lower Guinea. Freneh Congo: Brazzaville, Demeuse, 119! 
147. L. lanceolatus, Beawy. F?. Owar. ii. 8,¢.64. Young branch- 
lets slender, subangular, dark brown, glabrous, soon becoming terete 
and finely lenticellate, 14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, older ones 
greyish or buff-coloured, finely and densely lenticellate ; internodes 
3-4 in. long. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate, ovate, ovate- 
