Viscum. | CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). -401 
broadened into the base, 3-1 lin. long, produced 3-} lin. beyond the 
ibracteal cup. Bracteal cup at first boat-shaped, 23 lin. long, each half 
becoming much depressed when the outermost flowers develop _ bracts 
1} lin. long, lower part very concave, ovate, 3-3? lin. long, minutely 
glandular-ciliolate, upper part flat, 3-4 lin. long; pedicels } lin. long. 
Flower-bud compressed, obtuse. Receptacular tube ?lin. long. Petals 
unequal, deltoid-ovate, 3 lin. long, the two outer separated } lin. from 
each other at the apex, subacute, 3 lin. brvad, the two inner very obtuse, 
% lin. broad. Anthers broadly elliptic, of two sizes, the smaller about 
4 lin. long, the larger 8-7 lin. long. Female cymules solitary, 3- or 
5-flowered. Peduncle 14-2 lin. long, broadened at the base, produced 
4-3 lin. beyond the bracteal cup. Bracteal cup at first boat-shaped, 
2-24 lin. long, each half becoming much depressed when the outermost 
flowers develop; bracts ovate, subacute, } lin. long, densely glandular- 
ciliolate; pedicels 3 lin. long. Receptacle subcylindric, ? lin. long, 
‘Calyx present as a mere rim, inside which the petals are inserted. 
Petals white (Kalbreyer), subequal, ovate-oblong, {-1 lin. long, 3-3 
lin. broad, the two outer separated } lin. at the apex. Style com- 
pressed-tetragonal, 4 Jin. long including the stigma. Berry white 
(Kalbreyer), pedicelled, obovoid, broadly truncate at the apex, 24-22 
lin. long, smooth ; pedicel 3 lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Victoria, Winkler, 23a! near Neu-Tegel, 
te 159! 2164! Mopanja, 2600-3000 ft., Kalbreyer, 103! Bipinde, Zenker, 
The male inflorescence of V.grandifolium has been described from Winkler, 159. 
‘The other specimens quoted are female. 
9. V. Gilletii, De Wild. in Bull, Herb. Boiss. 2° sér, i. 44, 
Branches subterete, 14 lin. in diam. near the base, slightly ribbed in 
a dried state; branchlets and younger parts of the branches slender, 
hexagonal, 1-1} lin. in diam, 1 ft. below the apex; internodes 4-3 in. 
long, Leaves oblong-elliptic or elliptic, narrowed or shortly acuminate 
to an obtuse or subacute apex, cuneate into the base, 2-4 in. long, 1-1} 
in, broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 3-nerved from the base ; nerves slightly 
‘but distinctly raised on the upper surface, less distinct on the lower ; 
petiole 8-5 in. long, Cymules axillary, peduncled; flowers diccious, 
tetramerous. Male cymules solitary or ternate, 3-5-flowered. Peduncle 
2-1} lin. long, produced }-} lin. beyond the bracteal cup. Bracteal 
cup boat-shaped, depressed at both ends, 13-1} lin. long; bracts broadly 
‘ovate, obtuse, 8 lin, long, glandular-ciliolate; pedicels } lin. long. 
Flower-bud obtuse. Receptacular tube 3 lin. long, Petals unequal, 
deltoid-ovate, } lin. long, about # lin. broad, the two outer subacute, 
Separated + lin. from each other at the apex, thé two inner truncate, 
Anthers of two sizes, the smaller elliptic, 3-? lin. long, the larger 
elliptie-oblong, Z lin. long. Female flowers and berry unknown, 
Lower Guinea, Lower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet, 485! 1256! 
10. VW. Zenkeri, Eng’. in Eny!. Juhrb. xl, 540. Branches sub- 
terete, about 2 lin. in diam., ribbed in a dried state; branchlets sleader, 
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