Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 377 
10 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, 
very oblique, raised on the upper surface, slightly raised or hardly visible 
on the lower ; petiole 14-3 lin. long, rusty-pubescent. Umbels axillary, 
solitary, subsessile, many-flowered ; axis rusty-pubescent, 13-2 lin. long ; 
pedicels 3—# lin. long, rusty-pubescent ; bract ovate-elliptic from a cupular 
base, ciliate, dorsal margin } lin. long, umbonate, ventral margin ¢ lin. 
long. Receptacle and calyx together cupular or subcampanulate, { lin. 
long, rusty-puberulous outside. Calyx suberect or patulous, } lin. long, 
shortly 5-toothed ; intramarginal ring ,1, lin. high. Corolla 14-1} in. 
long, shortly rusty-pilose outside, apical swelling of the bud oblong, 
pentagonal, 1} lin. long, faces slightly grooved; tube split unilaterally 
about 54 lin. down, basal swelling subglobose, 14-1} lin. in diam. ; lobes 
erect, spathulate, acute, 3} lin. long, upper part shallowly boat-shaped, 
1} lin. long, 3-;7, lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate seen from within, hard 
inner layer sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted slightly 
above the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, 1} lin. long, tapering 
upwards, thickened in the uppermost } lin., tooth } lin. long; anthers 
oblong-linear, J lin. long. Disc pentagonal, stout, $ lin. high, shortly 
lobed, Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 13-1} lin. long, neck 
% lin. long; stigma subglobose, about } lin. in diam. 
Mozamb. Distr. British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson ! 
184. L. Pungu, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 175, t. 40, figs. 
1-5, Branches pubescent, about 14 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex ; 
internodes 1-1} in. long. Leaves opposite or alternate, elliptic-oblong 
or lanceolate, rounded at the apex, cuneate into the base, 3-4} in. long, 
1-1} in. broad, coriaceous, rusty-puberulous chiefly along the midrib 
on the lower surface, otherwise glabrous; midrib raised on both sur- 
faces; lateral nerves about 6 on each side, prominent on the upper 
surface, slightly raised on the lower, very distinctly anastomosing far 
from the margin; petiole 24-3 lin. Jong. Umbels axillary, solitary, 
15-20-flowered ; peduncle 24-3} lin. long, shortly pilose; pedicels 
Inserted in ciliate sockets, shortly and densely rusty-pilose, { lin. long ; 
bract ovate from a cupular base, rusty-pilose outside, umbonate, ciliate, 
dorsal margin 8 lin. long, ventral margin } lin. long. Receptacle and 
calyx together cupular or campanulate, { lin. long, rusty-pubescent 
outside. Calyx } lin. long, 5-toothed, ciliate; iutramarginal ring ;'; lin. 
high. Corolla 1}-14 in. long, finely pilose outside, apical swelling 
slight, oblong, 14-18 lin. long, obtusely pentagonal ; tube split unilate- 
rally about 64 lin. down, basal swelling globose, about 1 lin. in diam. ; 
lobes erect, spathulate, acute, 2} lin. long, upper part oblong-lanceolate, 
1} lin. long, ;*, lin. broad, hard inner layer sharply demarcated below. 
Filaments inserted about the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, 14 lin. 
long, tapering upwards, thickened towards the apex, tooth about ;'5 lin, 
long; anthers linear-oblong, 3—% lin. long. Dise pentagonal, stout, 
shortly lobed, } lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 
23 lin. long, neck 3-3 lin. long; stigma subglobose, about 4 lin. in 
diam., with a minute apical depression. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Katanga; Lukafu, Verdick, 388! 
