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Loranthus. | CXIX, LORANTHACES (SPRAGUE). 357 
151. L. tschintschochensis, Hngl. in Engl, Jahrb. xx. 116. 
Branchlets slender, 14-14 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex ; inter- 
nodes 2—4 in. long. ‘Leaves opposite, ovate, acute, obtuse or rounded 
at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 2-2} in. 
broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, 
patulous or oblique, anastomosing far from the margin, raised on both 
surfaces; petiole 2-4 lin. long. Umbels 4-flowered; peduncle 13-2 
lin. long, minutely puberulous; pedicels inserted in cupular sockets, 
§ lin. long; bract shallowly ovate-cupular, minutely puberulous out- 
side, ciliolate, dorsal margin % lin. long, ventral margin % lin. long. 
Receptacle and calyx together cupular-suburceolate, 14-1} lin. long, 
minutely puberulous, Calyx subtruncate, 3—3? lin. long. Corolla about 
13 in. long in bud, truncate, minutely pilose outside, basal swelling 
oboyoid, 24 lin. long; tube split unilaterally to the middle; lobes 
reflexed, spathulate, nearly 4 lin, long, % lin. broad above, inflexed 
at the apex, much thickened dorsally. Filaments inserted about } lin. 
below the base of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, tapering upwards, 23 lin. 
long, tooth 3 lin. long; anthers oblong, 1} lin. long. Style skittle- 
shaped above, thickened part 24-24 lin. long, neck } lin. long; stigma 
pear-shaped, 2 lin. long.—Acrostephanus tschintschochensis, Van Tiegh. 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 268. 
Lower Guinea. French Conge: Loango; Chinchosho, Soyaux, 48! 
152. L. Buvumee, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 207. 
Adult branches greyish, slightly striate, glabrous, inconspicuously lenti- 
cellate ; internodes 1-24 in. long. Leaves opposite, oblong or ovate- 
oblong, acute at the apex, subcuneate at the base, 2}-44 in. long, 
10-19 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull and finely wrinkled in a 
dried state; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, oblique, fairly promi- 
nent; petiole 6-10 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, 4-flowered ; 
peduncle 1? lin. long, minutely pubescent ; pedicels inserted in cupular 
sockets, 1 lin. long ; bract shallowly and obliquely cupular, minutely 
pubescent outside, dorsal margin 3 lin. long, ventral margin }-4 lin. 
long. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate with a wide mouth, 
constricted in the middle; receptacle 1 lin. long, § lin. in diam. 
Calyx ascending, truncate, minutely pubescent outside, ? lin. long, 
13-1} lin, in diam. at the mouth. Corolla nearly 2 in. long in bud, 
depressed-truncate, red, speckled with white, puberulous outside; tube 
split unilaterally not quite to the middle, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2 lin. 
long ; lobes reflexed, subspathulate, 4 lin. long, % lin. broad above, 
Apex inflexed with an obtusely triangular ascending dorsal appendage 
about § lin. long. Filaments inserted about } lin. below the base of 
the corolla-lobes, inflexed, tapering upwards, 23 lin. long, tooth $ lin, 
long ; anthers narrowly oblong, tapering slightly towards the apex, 
lf lin. long. Dise } lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened 
part about 23 lin. long. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Lake Victoria; Buvuma Island, Bayshawe, 628! 
A specimen collected on Ukerewe Island, at Neuwied, 4000 ft. (Conrads 
