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alt. ; petioli 6-10 mm. long., jDubescentes, Inflorescentia usque 

 10 X 6 cm. Folia iloralia + ^ cm. long. Bractece lineares 1-2 mm. 

 long. Calyx 6-7 mm. long., 2 mm. lat. ; lobi 2 mm. long. Corolla 

 18 mm. long., 1 mm. lat., basi I'd sub limbo 2'5 mm. ; lobi 3-5 X 3 mm. 

 Differs from C. lukapense cliietlj in foliage and corolla. 



Clerodendron frutectorum, sp. nov. Ramis sat robustis foliosis 

 piloso-pubescentibus ; foliis amplis longipetiolatis (summis brevi- 

 petiolatis) ovatis apice cuspidato-acuminatis ipso acutis basi breviter 

 cordatis 5-nervibusque margine subgrosse dentatis sed dimidio proxi- 

 mali integris nonnunquam omnimodo integris vel fere integris mem- 

 branaceis utrobique in nervis prsesertim pag. inf. pubescentibus supra 

 nitidis ; Jiorihus magnis ad apicem rami conglobatis| foliisque brevi- 

 petiolatis etsi amplis stipatis ; bracteis spatlmlatis aeuminatis pubescen- 

 tibus quam calyx pauUo brevioribus ; calyce inf undibulari pubeseente 

 circiter usque medium diviso lobis ovato-lanceolatis breviter aeumi- 

 natis ; corolla calycem fere 3-plo excedente tubo attenuato sub limbo 

 satis basi paullo dilatato extus glanduloso-pubescente lobis quam tubus 

 multo brevioribus. 



Belgian Congo, Shiwale among bushes ; Kassner, 2473. 



Folia 15-20x10-12 cm., minora vero exstant 8-10x6-8 cm.; 

 petioli 4-9 cm. long., foliorum summorum modo 1 cm. vel etiam 

 minus, omnes pubescentes. Bracteae 12-15 mm. long. Pedicelli 

 valde abbreviate Calyx 18 mm. long. ; lobi 10 mm. long. Corolla 



5 cm. long., 1*25 mm. lat., ima basi aegre 2 mm. sub limbo 4 mm. 

 lat. ; limbus nondum pansus late ovoideus, obtusissimus, 9x6 mm. 



Affinity with C. capitatum Schum. & Thonn., but with quite 

 diiferent leaves and shorter corollas among other features. 



LORAXTHACE.E. 



Loranthus (§ Erectilobi) Batesii S. Moore & Sprague, sp. nov. 

 Ramulis sat validis teretibus striatis crebro minuteque lenticelliferis 

 glabris ; foliis amplis j^etiolatis oppositis vel suboppositis late ovatis 

 obtusis basi cordatis coriaceis glabris costis lateralibus ulrinque 3-4 

 arcuato-ascendentibus procul a margine dichotomis ; florihus majus- 

 culis breviter pedicellatis in fasciculos umbellatos digestis ; hractea 

 cupuliformi medio baud elevato ; calyce truncato mox irregulariter 

 rupto ore minute ciliolato ; corolla basi subsphseroidea cito subito 

 curvata unde attenuata sed mox ampliata sub limbo parum constricta 

 ante anthesin truncato — 5-cornuta extus distincte etsi minute puberula 

 lobis erectis ; Jilamentis faucium basi insertis superne pauUulum 

 angustatis horum dente prominente late subulato ; sft/lo superne 

 incrassato sub stigmate attenuato. 



Cameroons, Bit^^e ; Bates, 675. 



Folia usque 17x10 cm., sed ssepe minora, juniora minus cordata 

 interdumque basi solum rotundata ; petioli plerumque 1-1 '5 cm. long. 

 Pedunculi validi, circa 5 mm. long., j^edicelli circa 2 mm. Bractea 

 2-5 mm. lat. Calyx 2'5 mm. long., ore 5*5 mm. lat. Flores dilute 

 punicei, ex nodis caulis lignosi oriundi. Corolla profecto evoluta fere 



6 cm. long., basi 7 X 5 mm., mox usque 1 mm. constricta, superne 

 6 mm. faucibus 5 mm. lat.; lobi lineari-oblongi, circa 7 mm. long. 



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