356 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
149. L. Warneckei, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 532. Young 
branchlets greyish-brown, rather slender, 14-1} lin. in diam. 1 ft. 
below the apex, minutely pubescent, eventually becoming glabrous; 
internodes 14-24 in. long. Leaves opposite, sessile, broadly ovate or 
(Engler) ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute at the apex, cordate at 
the base, 14-3 in. long, 1-14 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral 
nerves 3-4 on each side, strongly arcuate from a patulous base, anasto- 
mosing far from the margin, raised on both surfaces, veins slightly 
raised. Umbels axillary, solitary or fascicled, 8—12-flowered ; peduncle 
24 lin. long, much expanded at the apex; flowers inserted in a circle 
round the margin of the expansion below an apical depression ; pedicels 
1-11 lin. Jong, minutely puberulous; bract ovate-cupular, truncate or 
emarginate-biapiculate, minutely puberulous, dorsal margin # lin. long, 
ventral margin 3 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, 
11-12 lin. long, puberulous. Calyx 2 lin. long, subtruncate, ciliate, 
margin slightly and irregularly split. Corolla over 1} in. long in bud, 
shortly pilose outside, apical swelling ellipsoid-oblong, pentagonal, 
slightly contracted below the depressed-truncate apex, 2 lin. long, 
basal swelling ellipsoid, 24-3 lin. long; tube with 5 dark longitudinal 
lines, split unilaterally 7-8 lin. down; lobes reflexed, spathulate, 34 lin. 
long, much thickened at the apex, depressed-truncate with an outwardly 
directed triangular horizontal appendage 3 lin. long. Filaments inflexed, 
tapering upwards, 2 lin. long, tooth obtuse, 3 lin. long; anthers oblong- 
linear, 1} lin. long. Dise sunk, pentagonal, } lin. high. Style skittle- 
shaped above, thickened part 24 lin. long, neck hardly 1 lin. long ; 
stigma ellipsoid, 3-3 lin. long. Berry ovoid-globose, 3 lin. long, 24 lin. 
in diam., red.—De Wild. Pl. Nov. Herb. Hort. Then. t. 77. 
Upper Guinea. Togo: near Lome, Warnecke, 36! on Pithecolobium dulce, 
Benth., Busse, 3255! 
150. L. truncatus, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 115, Young 
branchlets densely and minutely pilose, 3-1} lin. in diam. 6 in. below 
the apex; internodes about 10 lin. long. Leaves opposite, ovate OF 
elliptic, rounded at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 1-2 1». 
long, 3-11 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 2-3 08 
each side, arcuate-ascending; petiole 2-3 lin. long. Umbels about 
9-flowered ; peduncle about 1} lin. long, densely papillate-pilose, much 
expanded at the apex; flowers arranged in a circle round the marg!? 
of the expansion below the slightly concave top of the peduncle; pedi- 
cels 3 lin. long, papillate-pilose ; bract ovate-cupular, truncate, pap! 
late-pilose outside, dorsal margin § lin. long, ventral margin } lin. long. 
Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, 13 lin. long, papillate outside. 
Calyx 3 lin. long, slightly toothed. Corolla 14 in. long in bud, truncate, 
puberulous outside, basal swelling ellipsoid, 21-24 lin. long; lobes 
reflexed, subspathulate, 34 lin. long, apex inflexed, much thickened 
dorsally. Filaments about 2 lin. long, tooth 4 lin. long.—-Acrosté- 
phanus truncatus, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 268. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leane, Afzelius! Gold Coast, Krause, 95! 
