358 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
157 !), may belong to L. Buvume. The leaves, however, are rounded or obtuse at 
the base with patulous Jateral nerves, and the pedicels are longer than in typical 
L. Buvume. 
153. L. Buchneri, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb, xx. 114, t. 2, fig. #. 
Branchlets slender, dark, minutely pilose in a young state, afterwards 
becoming glabrous, hardly 1 lin. in diam. 9-12 in, below the apex; 
branches dark grey, finely and rather densely lenticellate; internodes 
1-22 in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate, obtuse or rounded 
at the apex, subcordate or cordate at the base, 1-4 in. long, 3-24 in. 
broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dark brown in a dried state; lateral 
nerves arcuate-ascending, anastomosing far from the margin, raised on 
the upper surface, less so on the lower, veins fairly prominent on the 
upper surface; petiole 2-4 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, gemi- 
nate or ternate, 3—4-flowered, minutely pilose; peduncle 1-14 lin. long; 
pedicels ? lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, minutely ciliate, dorsal 
margin 1 lin. long, ventral margin } lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together campanulate, 13-13 lin. long. Calyx subtruncate or irregularly 
lobed, sparingly ciliate, 3-Z lin. long. Corolla red, 14—13 in. long in 
bud, depressed-truncate, minutely and rather densely pilose outside; 
basal swelling subglobose or ellipsoid, 13-2 lin. long, 1}-1} lin. in diam., 
remainder of tube 12-14 lin. long, split unilaterally 7-8 lin. down; 
lobes reflexed, spathulate, inflexed at the apex, much thickened at the 
outer angle. Filaments inserted 34-4 lin. below the apex of the corolla- 
lobes, inflexed or involute, nearly 3 lin. long, tooth 3 lin. long; anthers 
narrowly oblong, 1 lin. long. Disc sunk, 5-lobed, } lin. high. Style 
skittle-shaped above, thickened part 24-23 lin. long, neck 4— lin. long, 
broadened upwards and downwards; stigma narrowly obovoid, 3-3 lin.. 
long.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 931. Acrostephanus Buchner, 
Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 268. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Ambriz; on the roots of a malvaceous plant, 
Welwitsch, 4842! on Jasminum sp., Monteiro! Loanda; between Cacuaco and 
Quipungondo, on Pluchea Dioscoridis, DC., Gossweiler, 1500! 
Var. Gossweileri, Sprague. Branchlets buff-coloured, sometimes glabrous from 
an early stage. Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse, rounded or cordate at the base, 
3-2 in. long, 5-16 lin. broad, coriaceous, pale brown or greenish-brown in a dried 
state, veins hardly visible. Anthers 1}. lin. long.—L. obtusilobus, Engl. & Krause 
in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 410. LZ. gracilis, Engl. & Krause, l.c. 411. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda, Gossweiler, 149! on Grewia sp. and on 
Phyllanthus sp., Gossweiler, 473! 
154. L. mollissimus, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 119. Whole plant 
velvety-pubescent ; branches rather stout, about 2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. 
below the apex ; internodes 3-4 in. long. Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate 
or ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute at the apex, cordate at the base, 
24-4 in. long, 14-2} in. broad, coriaceous, lateral nerves inconspicuous. 
Heads axillary, fascicled, 4-flowered ; peduncle 14-14 lin. long; bract 
obliquely cupular, slightly 2-lipped, pubescent outside, dorsal margi? 
1 lin. long, lateral 3-4 lin. long, ventral 4-8 lin. long. Receptacle and 
calyx together campanulate, 13-2 lin, long, pubescent outside. Calyx 
3-% lin. long. Corolla scarlet, 14-1 in. long in bud, pubescent outside, 
