274 cxix. LORANTHACEiE (spraque). \^Lvranthu9. 



obtuse, f lin. long. Receptacle If lin. long. Calyx spreading. Corolla in 

 bud very slender, narrowly 4-winged in its lower part, wings subtruncate 

 above ; petals 9^ lin. long, lower part narrowly oblong, nearly 2 lin. long, 

 ^f lin. broad, ribbed outside, minutely papillate inside, upper part 

 subulate-linear, 7 i lin. long,reflexed. Stamens 7 lin. long; filaments 2| lin. 

 long, nearly glabrous ; anthers 4J lin. long, connective produced f lin. 

 or more above the cells, cells about 27 in each row. Style :U lin. long. 

 Ziower Guinea. Lower Congo : Sanda District, near Oddu, Gillet, 3585 ! 



2. Ii. combretoides, Engl, in Enyl. <£.• Prantl, PJlanzevfam, 

 Nachtr. i. 128. Branchlets purplish-brown, densely lenticellate, 

 glabrous. Leaves opposite, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 2J-3J in. long, 

 1-H in. broad, shortly and obtusely acuminate to the apex, cuneate into 

 the base, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dull and with fairly 

 prominent nerves on both surfaces ; petioles 3-4 lin. long. Racemes as- 

 long as or longer than the leaves, 2\-\\ in. long ; pedicels |-1 lin. long ; 

 bract broadly' ovate, obtuse, | lin. long. Receptacle |-1 lin. long. 

 Calyx spreading. Corolla in bud slender, acute, narrowly 4-winged in 

 its lower part, wings subtruncate above ; petals yellowish, 5 lin. long,, 

 lower part oblong, 1 J lin. long, |-| lin. broad, ribbed outside, densely 

 papillate inside, upper part linear-subulate, 3 J lin. long. Stamens 8 J lin» 

 long; filaments J lin. long, fijlabrous ; anthers 2| lin. long. Style 2j lin. 

 long. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 027. L. Jlannii, var. comh'e- 

 toideus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 81. Sycophila combretoides, Welw. ex 

 Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. 4«6. 



lao'wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andougo ; on the island of Calemba, be- 

 tween Quisonde and Condo, in the Kivcr Cuanza, on Ficus petulula, Welw., Wel- 

 witsch, 4852 ! 



3. L. Mannii, Oliv. in Joum. Linn. Soc. vii. 101. Branchlets 

 purplish-brown, densely lenticellate, glabrous, lJ-2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. 

 below the apex. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long,. 

 J-1 in. broad, obtuse at the apex or shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 obliquely obtuse at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, upper surface glossy 

 and with prominent nerves, lower surface dull, with much-raised midrib,, 

 lateral nerves hardly visible; petiole 2-3 lin. long. Racemes shorter 

 than the leaves, li-2j in. long ; pedicels 1|-1 J lin. long ; bract broadly 

 ovate, rounded, J lin. long. Receptacle If lin. long. Calyx ascending. 

 Corolla in bud rather stout, obtusely quadrangular in its lower part;, 

 petals 5^ lin. long, lower part oblong, Ij lin. long, | lin. broad, not 

 ribbed, densely papillate inside ; upper part linear-subulate, 4 lin. long,, 

 papillate on the inner edges, otherwise glabrous, J- J lin. broad at the 

 base. Stamens over 3 lin. long; filaments |-1 lin. long, papillate- 

 puberulous ; anthers elongate-subulate, over 2 lin. long. Style 2|— 2J lin. 

 long.— Hook. le. PI. t. 1303 ; Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 81. Sijcophila 

 Manniiy Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. 487. 



Xiower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, at 5000 ft., on Thecacoris manniana^ 

 Muell. Arg., Mann, 1075 ! 



