Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 361 
10-12 in, below the apex; internodes 4-1? in. long. Leaves opposite 
sessile, broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, cordate at the base, 7-1} in. 
long, 7-14 lin. broad, coriaceous, sometimes thinly, glabrous, more or 
less glaucous, margin cartilaginous; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, 
arcuate from a patulous base, anastomosing far from the margin, 
distinctly raised on the upper surface, less so on the lower. Umbels 
axillary, solitary or fascicled, 4-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bracts 
shortly pubescent; peduncle about 1 lin. long; pedicels 3 lin. long; 
bract ovate-cupular, or cupular with a small dorsal lobe, dorsal margin 
i-% lin. long, ventral margin 4 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx to- 
gether campanulate, 1-1} lin. long, shortly pubescent outside. Calyx 
subtruncate or shortly lobed, 3-3 lin. long. Corolla 14 in. long in bud 
or rather less, shortly pilose outside, red, with green lobes, apical 
swelling oblong-ellipsoid, about 2 lin. long, rounded; tube split uni- 
laterally about 7 lin. down, basal swelling subglobose or obovoid, 2-24 
lin. long; lobes reflexed, spathulate, acute, upper enlarged part 13-2 
lin. long, 3-3 lin. broad. Filaments inserted 2 lin. below the base of 
the corolla-lobes, 24-22 lin. long, tooth 4-2 lin. long; anthers narrowly 
oblong, 14-11 lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 
2} lin. long, neck 3 lin. long; stigma obovoid, }lin. long. Berry ellip- 
soid, 3-34 lin. long, pubescent, apical cup 2 lin. long.—Z. sessilifolius, 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw.i. 932, not of Beauv. ZL. Buchneri, Engl. 
in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 114, as to Welwitsch, 4854. 
Lower Guinea. Benguella: near the town of Benguella, on Petalidium 
glandulosum, S. Moore, Welwitsch, 4854! Bumbo: near Bruco, on Eugenia sp., 
Welwitsch, 4862! Chella Mountains, above Bruco, Welwitsch, 4863! Huilla: 
Lopollo Country, on Parinarium Mobola, Oliv., Combretaceer and Proteacez, 
Welwitsch, 4865! 4866! 4867! without precise locality, Antunes, 88! Mossamedes, 
on Combretum sp., Pearson, 2743! 
159. L. namaquensis, Harv. in Harv. d& Sond. Fl. Cap, ii. 577. 
A shrublet, often branched from the base, 1-2} ft. high. Young 
branchlets minutely pilose, brittle, older ones glabrous; branches 
greyish, buff-coloured or pale brown; internodes 4-2 in. long. Leaves 
opposite, subopposite or alternate, shortly petioled (or, more rarely, 
sessile), ovate, elliptic, oblong, lanceolate or oblanceolate, subacute, 
obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate, obtuse or rounded at the base, 
3-22 in. long, 4-14 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, more or less glaucous ; 
lateral nerves anastomosing far from the margin, raised on the upper 
surface, less distinct on the lower; petiole up to 3 lin. Jong. Umbels 
axillary, solitary or fascicled, 3-4-flowered, minutely pilose; peduncle 
{-2 lin. long; pedicels 3-1 lin. long; bract ovate-cupular, acute, some- 
times 2-lipped, dorsal margin 3-1} lin. long, ventral margin 3-3 lin. 
long, sometimes provided with 1 median or 2 lateral lobes. Receptacle 
and calyx together campanulate, wide-mouthed, 13-2 lin. long. Calyx 
patulous, subtruncate or undulate-lobed, ciliate, 8-3 lin. long. Corolla 
13-1} in. long in bud or more, minutely pilose outside, apical swelling 
oblong-ellipsoid, subtruncate or obtusely apiculate from a rounded apex, 
2-2} lin. long, 14-1} lin. in diam., obtusely pentagonal; tube split 
