380 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
Hiern (l.c.) suspected that L. villosiflorus, Engl., might consist of two distinct 
species, but regarded Welwitsch, 4891 and 4892, as L. villosiflorus proper, whereas 
Engler’s description of the shape of the leaves and length of the corolla was 
evidently drawn up from Welwitsch, 4890. 
188. L. dekindtianus, Lgl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 129. Young 
branchlets fulvous-tomentose in a dried state, very nodose, 14-2 in. long, 
internodes 3-4 lin. long; branches pallid, pubescent or puberulous, 
eventually glabrous, nodose, 14 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, inter- 
nodes 3-10 lin. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate-oblong or 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse at apex and base, 10-15 lin. long, 34-7 lin. broad, 
coarsely pubescent on both surfaces, finely and indistinctly reticulate, 
3-nerved at the base, the remaining lateral nerves patulous; petiole 
1-14 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, subsessile, 1—2-flowered ; 
peduncle, pedicels and bract villous; peduncle 3 lin. long; pedicels 
3-3 lin. long; bract erect, very unilateral, very concave, elliptic in 
outline, dorsal margin } lin. long, ventral margin spreading, } lin. long. 
Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, wide-mouthed, 1} lin. long, 
densely villous outside. Calyx patulous, distinctly 5-lobed, } lin. long; 
long-ciliate ; lobes subdeltoid; intramarginal ring ;},-,'; lin. high. 
Corolla purple, nearly 1} in. long, densely villous outside; tube split 
unilaterally about 64 lin. down, basal swelling subglobose, 13-1? lin. 
in diam.; lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, 4 lin. long, ;', lin. broad, 
the upper part with a hard inner layer. Filaments inserted $-3 lm. 
above the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, 24 lin. long, tapering 
upwards, the uppermost 3 lin. thickened, darker than the rest, tooth 
stout, rounded, hardly } lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, 1} lin. long. 
Dise + lin. high, lobed to the middle. Style skittle-shaped above, 
thickened part 23 lin. long, neck 1} lin. long, the upper half thickened 
into the base of the stigma; stigma ellipsoid, ‘, lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Keputu Mountain, 5900 ft., Dekind?, 60! 
In the key, on p. 272, line 10, LZ. dekindtianus is by mistake stated to have 
1-2-flowered heads; this should be 1—2-flowered umbels. 
189. L. tambermensis, Hngl. ¢ Krause in Engl. Jahrb, xiii. 402. 
Branchlets short, spreading or patulous, fulvous-tomentellous, 14-1} lin. 
in diam. 4 in. below the apex; branches at first pubescent, afterwards 
glabrous, longitudinally wrinkled, pale brown, 14-84 lin. in diam., In 
conspicuously lenticellate ; internodes 4-15 lin. long. Leaves opposite 
or subopposite, ovate-oblong or elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the apex, 
obtuse or subcuneate at the base, 1-24 in. long, 4-1 in. broad, thinly but 
firmly coriaceous, finely pubescent on both surfaces, the upper surface 
eventually more or less glabrescent, rather irregularly nerved ; lateral 
nerves 4-5 on each side, rather oblique, slightly raised, especially om 
the upper surface; petiole 3-6 lin. long, densely pubescent. Umbels 
axillary, solitary, 3-7-flowered; peduncle, pedicels and bract densely 
pubescent; peduncle 1}-4 lin. long; pedicels 2-3 lin. long; bract unl 
laterally developed from a flat, saucer-shaped or cupular base, elliptic oF 
ovate in outline, very concave, dorsal margin 1-1} lin. long, vent 
