Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACEA (SPRAGUE). 383 
L. Lecomtei, Engl. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132 (Ste- 
~ phaniscus Lecomtei, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 261; Bull. Mus. 
Hist. Nat. Par. i. 165), from Cape Lopez, is allied to Z. gabonensis, according to 
“Van Tieghem. It is said to differ from Z. gabonensis in having longer peduncles 
and flowers one-third shorter. I have not seen a specimen. 
193. L. micrantherus, Lngl. in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. 
Xxxix. 28. Branchlets slender, glabrous, finely striate, drying brown, 
internodes 14-3 in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate or ovate-oblong, 
acuminate to the acute or obtuse apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 
33-5 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, not 
wrinkled ; lateral nerves distinct on both surfaces; petiole 14-5 lin. 
long. Umbels axillary, ternate, 5-8-flowered ; peduncle 13—2 lin. long ; 
pedicels 24-4 lin. long; bract elliptic from a saucer-shaped base, strongly 
umbonate, dorsal margin 3 lin. long, ventral margin patulous, $ lin. 
long. Receptacle 3 lin. long. Calyx suberect, 3-} lin. long. Corolla 
yellow and red, hardly 13 in. long, truncate in bud ; tube about 114 lin. 
long, the lowermost 2-24 lin. slightly swollen; lobes 9 lin. long, sub- 
spathulate above, thickened and shoulder-shaped at the apex. Filaments 
inserted about 1 lin. above the insertion of the corolla-lobes, 64-62 lin. 
long, tooth 3-3 lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, 3-3 lin. long. Dise 
z lin. high or less, slightly lobed. —JZ. Tessmannii, Engl. & Krause in 
Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 405. 
Lower Guinea. Spanish Guinea: Fang District; near Bianemajong, 
1500 ft., Tessmann, B 98! Lower Congo: Cataracts District; near Ngo-Muila 
and on the banks of the Mangola River, Dupuis ! : 
Mann, 889, from the Bagru River, Sierra Leone, probably belongs to ZL. micran- 
therus, but further material is required for confirmation. 
194. L. parviflorus, Lagl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 127. Branchlets 
slender, finely striate, glabrous, internodes 3-2 in. long. Leaves opposite, 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, subacute at the apex, cuneate into the 
base, 24-44 in. long, 3-14 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, drying 
brown, dull; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, arcuate, anastomosing 
far from the margin; petiole 3-5 lin. long. Umbels ternate, about - 
12-flowered ; peduncle 7-10 lin. long; pedicels 24-3 lin. long; bract 
shortly ovate-cupular, ciliate, dorsal margin } lin. long, slightly umbo- 
nate below, ventral margin }-} lin. long. Receptacle 4-3 lin. long. 
Calyx slightly and irregularly lobed, ciliate, } lin. long. Corolla 9-9} lin. 
long, tetragonal in bud; tube 34 lin. long, split unilaterally, with a 
narrow line of papillz running down from each sinus ; lobes spathulate- 
linear, 53-6 lin. long, upper enlarged part boat-shaped, 14 lin. long, # lin. 
broad, oblong-oblanceolate seen from within. Filaments inserted at 
the base of the corolla-lobes, 4} lin. long, slightly tapering upwards, 
tooth } lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, } lin. long, }-} lin. broad. 
Dise annular, not lobed, } lin. high.—Jschnanthus parviflorus, Van Tiegh. 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 260. 
Upper Guinea. French (Guinea: between Timbo and Taroenna, Chevalier, 
12822! Sierra Leone: Bagru River, Mann, 823! 
