Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 355 
oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate, 
obtuse or rounded at the base, 2-43 in. long, 3-2? in. broad, chartaceous 
or thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, rather 
oblique, anastomosing far from the margin, raised on both surfaces ; 
petiole 2-5 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 4—8-flowered ; peduncle 
1-1} lin. long; pedicels $-3 lin. long; bract ovate-cupular, dorsal 
margin 4-3 lin. long, ventral margin + lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together campanulate, 1-12 lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, ciliolate, 
$- lin. long. Corolla 14~14 in. long in bud, apical swelling oblong or 
ovoid-oblong, pentagonal, angles more or less ribbed, 14-13 lin. long, 
§ lin. in diam., basal swelling suborbicular or ellipsoid, 13-24 lin. long; 
tube split unilaterally 6-7 lin. down ; lobes reflexed, narrowly spathulate 
or linear-spathulate, 24-34 lin. long. Filaments deflexed, tapering up- 
wards, about 2 lin. long, tooth }-2 lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, {-1 
lin. long, emarginate after dehiscence. Disc }-3 lin. high. Style skittle- 
shaped above, thickened part 24-23 lin. long, neck 3-4 lin. long ; stigma 
narrowly obovoid or pear-shaped, $—} lin. long.—L. Belvisii, DC. Prodr. 
Iv. 303. JL. Kerstingii, Eng]. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 534. ZL. Winkleri, Engl. 
le, 533. L. Riggenbachii, Engl. & Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 409. 
Upper Guinea. Togo: various localities, 1000-2600 ft., Seefried! Zech, 
294! Kersting, 108! 175! A 87! A 506! A 624! on Blighia sapida, Kon., 
Kersting, A 504! on Sarcocephalus esculentus, Afzel., Baumann, 287! Bismarckburg, 
Biittner, 152! Dahomey, Newton! Lagos: Lagos Island, on Napoleona imperialis, 
Beauv., Barter, 2229! Moloney, 20! Abeokuta, Irving, 67! Southern Nigeria : 
on the Niger River, Baikie ! Northern Nigeria: Yola District, Dalziel, 216! 
Cameroons: Victoria, Winkler, 454! 160! Duala, on Acacia sp.,. Ledermann, A. 
North Central. Bagirmi: Iro, Chevalier, 8754! Krebedje, Chevalier, 5461! 
Eastern Chari: Snoussi Country, Chevalier, 7787! 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: Tjecna, Chevalier, 9545! 
Var. corniculatus, Sprague. Corolla truncate in bud, shortly 5-horned. 
Upper Guinea. Togo: Banyatera, 800 ft., Schréder, 224! 
Loranthus lanceolatus, Ruiz & Pav. (a native of Peru), belongs to Phrygi- 
lanthus, which is now treated as generically distinct from Loranthus; hence 
Beauvois’s name for the above species need not be changed. 
L. lanceolatus, Beauv., seems to occupy a position intermediate between L. dau- 
Jwensis and L. globiferus: from the former it may be distinguished by the shape of 
the apical swelling of the corolla, and from the latter by the larger leaves. 
148. L. sessilifolius, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 8, ¢. 63. Branchlets 
slender, brown ina young state, about 1} lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 
apex ; internodes 1-14in.long. Leaves opposite, sessile, broadly ovate, 
obtuse or rounded at the apex, cordate at the base, 1-14 in. long, 3-14 in. 
broad. In other respects apparently resembling the preceding species.— 
DC. Prodr. iv. 303. Tapinanthus sessilifolius, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soe. 
Bot. France, xlii. 267. 
Upper Guinea. Koto (Kéta), Beauvois. 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 931 has identified with Z. sessilifolius, Beauv., 
a plant of Southern Angola subsequently described as a new species, L. glauco- 
Phyllus, Engl. This has a pilose corolla, whereas the corolla of L. sessilifolius, 
Beauv., appears from the figure to be glabrous, as in L. lanceolatus. 
