Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). 379 
long, 1} lin. in diam. ; lobes erect, spathulate, acute, 24-23 lin. long, 
upper part shallowly boat-shaped, 12 lin. long, 5%, lin. broad, hard inner 
layer sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted about the base 
of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, 14-13 lin. long, tapering upwards, the 
uppermost } lin. slightly thickened, tooth ,, lin. long; anthers 
oblong-linear, 3-3 lin. long, connective slightly exceeding the cells. 
Disc lobed, $-} lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 
1}-2 lin. long, neck 3-3 lin. long, slightly swollen in the middle; 
stigma subglobose or ellipsoid, }-? lin. long —Hiern in Vat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. i. 935, partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in the Monino forests, on Ficus sp. and 
other trees, Welwitsch, 4889! 4890! 
Welwitsch, 4891 and 4892, which were quoted by Engler under Z. villosiflorus, 
belong to L. Terminalia, Engl. & Gilg. The original description of L. villosiflorus 
Seems to have been drawn up mainly from Welwitsch, 4890. 
187. L. Terminaliz, Engl. & Gilg in Ward. Kunene-Samb. Exped. 
228. Branchlets rusty-tomentellous, finely striate, 1}-1} lin. in diam, 
5-6 in. below the apex ; branches rather stout, up to 3 lin. in diam., 
longitudinally wrinkled, puberulous or glabrous, lenticellate ; internodes 
3-1} in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate or elliptic (the 
lower ones on each branchlet obovate-elliptic), obtuse or rounded at the 
apex, broadly cuneate into the base, 11-3 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, 
coriaceous, softly pubescent or puberulous; midrib and lateral nerves 
more or less rusty-tomentellous or pubescent ; lateral nerves 3-4 on each 
side, obliqnely arcuate, anastomosing far from the margin, prominent 
on the upper surface, slightly raised on the lower ; petiole 3-8 lin. long, 
rusty-pubescent or puberulous. Umbels axillary, solitary, 3-5-flowered ; 
peduncle, pedicels and bract rusty-tomentellous or tomentose ; peduncle 
1j-23 lin. long; pedicels 14 lin. long; bract ovate-oblong from a saucer- 
shaped base, dorsal margin 14 lin. long, ventral margin 3 lin. long. 
Receptacle and calyx together shortly campanulate, constricted above 
the middle, 14 lin. long, rusty-tomentose. Calyx 4-3 lin. long, lobed. 
Corolla orange-red or scarlet, 2 in. long or a little less, villous-tomentose 
outside with rusty branched hairs; tube split unilaterally 7-8 lin. down, 
basal swelling ellipsoid, 3-34 lin. long ; lobes erect, spathulate-linear, 
acute, 6 lin. long, upper part narrowly boat-shaped, 3 lin. long, 3 lin. 
broad, oblong-lanceolate seen from within, hard inner layer sharply 
demarcated below. Filaments inserted above the base of the corolla- 
lobes, deflexed, 34-33 lin. long, tapering upwards, tooth }-} lin. long ; 
anthers linear, 1# lin. long, connective exceeding the cells. Disc acutely 
5-lobed, } lin. high or more. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 
22-3 lin. long, neck 14 lin. long; stigma ellipsoid, $ lin. long or more.— 
L villosifiorus, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 125, as to Welwitsch, 4891, 
4892; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 935, partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; between Nene and Lopollo, on Com- 
bretacea, &e., Welwitsch, 4892! east of Lopollo, on Parinarium Mobola, Oliv., 
Welwitsch, 4891! Amboella ; between Ungombekike and the Kuito River, 
ft., on Terminalia sp., Baum, 519! 
