364 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
may be identical with LZ. bangwensis, Engl.& Krause. ZL. Thonningii, DC. Prodr. iv. 
303, is a synonym of ZL. incanus, Schum. & Thonn. It was omitted from the Index 
Kewensis under the impression that it was identical with Schumacher and Thonning’s 
species of the same name. 
162. L. Molleri, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 120. Branches fairly 
stout, about 2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, tawny, shortly pilose 
with minute simple hairs and larger rusty branched hairs, finely and 
inconspicuously lenticellate ; internodes 141-23 in. long. Leaves opposite 
or subopposite, ovate-oblong, oblong or lanceolate, subacute, obtuse or 
rounded at the apex, subcuneate or obtuse at the base, 24-33 in. long, 
{-1} in. broad, thinly coriaceous, puberulous on the nerves, otherwise 
nearly glabrous; lateral nerves 4—5 on each side, arcuate-ascending, 
anastomosing far from the margin, conspicuously raised on the upper 
surface, less so on the lower; petiole 4—5 lin. long, shortly rusty-pilose 
in a young state, finally more or less glabrescent. Umbels axillary, 
solitary, about 8-flowered; peduncle and pedicels rusty-pubescent ; 
peduncle very stout, 1-14 lin. long ; pedicels fairly slender, about 2 lin. 
long ; bract ovate or elliptic from a saucer-shaped base, rusty-pilose 
outside, subcucullate, umbonate, umbo rather flattened, dorsal margin 
} lin. long, bent forwards, ventral margin 4 lin. long. Flowers very 
obliquely inserted. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, very 
wide-mouthed, 14-1} lin. long, rusty-pilose outside. Calyx patulous or 
spreading, +3 lin. long ; intramarginal ring } lin. high, glabrous. Corolla 
orange-yellow, 1? in. long or less, rusty-pilose outside with long slightly 
branched hairs and very short simple hairs, slightly constricted in bu 
about 3 lin. below the apex ; tube split unilaterally 6-8 lin. down, basal 
swelling ellipsoid, 24 lin. long; lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, 4 lin. 
long. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, 
tapering from the base to the middle, 24-23 lin. long, tooth rounded, 
$ lin. long, } lin. broad; anthers oblong-linear, % lin. long. Disc 
pentagonal, 5-lobed, 4-1 lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened 
part 3 lin. long, broadest above the middle, neck 14-13 lin. long; 
stigma subglobose, } lin. in diam.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw.1. 934. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; Calemba Island, in the Cuanza 
River, Welwitsch, 4845! 
163. La. bulawayensis, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 536. Young 
branchlets puberulous, older ones stout, wrinkled, glabrous ; internodes 
6-10 lin. long. Leaves subopposite, ovate, ovate-elliptic or ovate-lanceo- 
late, obtuse or subacute at the apex, obtuse or subcuneate at the pone 
13-2} in. long, 6-13 lin. long, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; latera 
nerves oblique, 2-3 on each side of the midrib; petiole 3-5 lin. long, 
channelled and pubescent above, puberulous below. Umbels axillary, 
solitary or fascicled, 3—-4-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bract puberu- 
lous; peduncle 3-1} lin. long; pedicels 3~1 lin. long, stout ; bract 
ovate-saucer-shaped, umbonate above the middle, minutely ciliate, 
dorsal margin 3-3? lin. long, ventral margin } lin. long. Receptacle 
and calyx together cupular or suburceolate, 14-13 lin. long. Calyx 
