Loranthus. CXIX, LORANTHACEA (SPRAGUE). 363 
raised on the upper surface, less so on the lower ; petiole rather slender, 
2-4 lin. long, shortly pilose. Heads axillary, 4—5-flowered ; peduncle 
stout, 1} lin. long, shortly pubescent, produced in the centre about $ lin. 
above the insertion of the flowers; flowers inserted inside the spreading 
margin, which is }~4 lin. broad; bract cupular with a deltoid dorsal 
lobe, shortly pubescent outside, solid base about 3 lin. long, dorsal 
margin 1} lin. long, ventral margin ? lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 
together campanulate, wide-mouthed, 14 lin. long; receptacle }—{ lin. 
long, lower half glabrous, upper half minutely papillate. Calyx patulous, 
subtruncate, ciliolate, % lin. long. Corolla about 13 in. long in bud, 
very shortly pilose outside, apical swelling oblong, pentagonal, rounded, 
2-24 lin. long, angles ribbed ; tube split unilaterally about § lin. down, 
basal swelling subglobose, 12-2 lin. in diam.; lobes reflexed, sub- 
spathulate, 4} lin. Jong, enlarged upper part 23-22 lin. long, 1 lin. 
broad. Filaments inserted 4 lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, 
deflexed, 24 lin. long, tooth 2 lin. Jong ; anthers narrowly oblong, 1} lin. 
long. Dise pentagonal, shortly lobed, } lin. high, lobes papillate. Style 
skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2} lin. long, neck 1} lin. long, 
thicker in the upper half ; stigma subglobose, 3 lin. in diam.—Engl. in 
Engl. Jahrb. xl. 534. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Boruma, 
Nhaondue, on Combretum spp., Menyharth, 615! 
Var. pedicellatus, Sprague. Leaves broadly ovate, obovate, elliptic or sub- 
orbicular, subcuneate, obtuse or rounded at the base; petiole 1-4 lin. long. 
Umbels 4-flowered ; peduncle about 1 lin. long; pedicels } lin. long, shortly pilose ; 
bract shallowly ovate-cupular, shortly pilose outside, dorsal margin 7 lin. long, 
Ventral margin 3 lin. long. Basal swelling of the corolla ellipsoid, 2}—23 lin. long. 
Anthers 13 lin, long.—L. zambesicus, L. S. Gibbs in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 
XXxvii. 467. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Victoria Falls, Miss Gibbs, 140! Allen, 138! 
Var. pedicellatus differs from the type in little but the presence of a distinct 
pedicel and the shape of the bract, and it may be found impossible to maintain it 
when further material comes to hand. 
161. L. Thonningii, Schum. d Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pi. 179. 
Branches weak, terete, slightly scabrous. Leaves opposite, very shortly 
petioled, ovate, often cordate at the base, 3-4 in. long, entire, glossy, 
rather fleshy, nerves obscure. Umbels axillary, solitary, 8-12-flowered, 
the flowers arranged in a circle; peduncle short; pedicels very short. 
Receptacle ‘‘subrotund,” glabrous. Calyx entire (rarely 5-crenate). 
Corolla tubular, almost 2 in. long, purple; tube narrow, slightly dilated 
in the middle, unilaterally split above, basal swelling subglobose ; lobes 
reflexed, linear. Filaments inserted below the corolla-lobes, involute ; 
anthers reflexed, oblong, compressed. Style skittle-shaped above ; 
stigma subcapitate. Berry globose, the size of a common pea, scarlet, 
glabrous. Seed solitary, obovoid. 
Upper Guinea. (Gold Coast: common on various trees, Thonning. 
The type of LZ. Thonn ingii, Schum. & Thonn., cannot now be found. According 
to Schumacher it is apparently allied to L. sessilifolius, Beauv. I suspect that it 
