384 CXIX. LORANTHACE® (SPRAGUE). | Loranthus. 
195. L. luluensis, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 128, t. 3, fig. F. 
Glabrous. Internodes about 2 in. long. Leaves oblong, apparently / 
acuminate to the apex, obtuse at the base, about 4 in. long and 2 iny— 
broad, coriaceous, dull; lateral nerves 3—4 on each side, spreading, 
anastomosing far from the margin; petiole 3-5 lin. long. Umbels 
12-19-flowered ; peduncle 8-10 lin. long ; pedicels 34-4 lin. long; bract 
ovate-cupular, truncate or retuse, very slightly umbonate on the lower 
half, dorsal margin nearly } lin. long, ventral margin } lin. long. Re- 
ceptacle $-$lin. long. Calyx cupular, 3—Z lin. long, irregularly 4-lobed ; 
intramarginal ring small. Corolla about 9} lin. long, red, broadened 
in the lower third, upper quarter clavate in bud ; lobes subspathulate- 
linear. Filaments 5 lin. long, tapering upwards, tooth 3 lin. long; 
anthers oblong-linear, 14-12 lin. long; connective rounded or sub- 
truncate, produced 1 lin. above the cells. Disc tetragonal, hardly 
lobed, $ lin. high.—/schnanthus luluensis, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. 
France, xlii. 260. 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Lulua River, Pogge, 1404! 
196. L. Leeardii, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 128. Branchlets 
slender, glabrous, blackish in a young state, pallid in the adult state ; 
internodes 1-1} in.long. Leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic, 
obtuse or rounded at the apex, often apiculate, cuneate into the base, 
14-2} in. long, 7-11 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral 
nerves oblique, slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole 14-2 lin. long. 
Umbels 5—9-flowered; peduncle 4—5 lin. long; pedicels 1$—2 lin. long ; 
bract narrowly ovate from a saucer-shaped base, dorsal margin 3 lin, 
long, ventral margin } lin. long. Receptacle 4-3 lin. long. Calyx 
truncate, } lin. long. Corolla 1 in. long, tetragonal in bud, slightly 
enlarged above and below, angles ribbed, formed by the midribs of the 
corolla-leaves ; lobes broadly V-shaped in transverse section. Filaments 
inserted 33 lin. above the base of the corolla, linear, 5 lin. long, grooved, 
much thickened at the base, produced } lin. above the insertion of the 
tooth, tooth: slightly bifid, over 2 lin. long; anthers linear, 3 lin. long; 
connective rounded, produced beyond the cells. Dise } lin. high, 
circular, not lobed.—Jschnanthus Lecardii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soe. 
Bot. France, xlii. 260. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Lécard, 180! 193! 
In L. Lecardii the angles of the bud correspond to the midribs of the corolla- 
leaves ; in the other species belonging to section Ischnanthus the angles correspond 
to the lines of junction of the corolla-leaves. 
197. L. heckmannianus, Zngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 384. 
Young parts densely pilose; adult branchlets nodose, greyish, puberu- 
lous or eventually glabrous ; flowering branchlets axillary, short, leafy, 
perulate at the base. Leaves opposite, oblong or oblong-ovate, rather 
obtuse at the apex, 1}-1} in. long, 4-1 in. broad, margin somewhat 
undulate, midrib prominent on the lower surface only ; petiole 3 lin. 
long ; leaves of the flowering branchlets subsessile, 3-8 lin. long, 3-3 
lin, broad, pilose on both surfaces, the lowermost smallest, suborbicular, 
