276 cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). [Loranthus, 



rose-coloured, 2i lin. long, lower part oblong, f lin. long, J lin. broad, 

 not ribbed, densely papillate inside; upper part linear-subulate. 

 Stamens IJ lin. long; tilament J lin. long, minutely papillate on the 

 inner surface ; anther 1 lin. long. Style If lin. long. — L. Mannii, var. 

 obtusifolius, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 81. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, about 2700 ft., Zenker, 781! Great 

 Batanga, Dinklage, 1112 1 



7. L, Thoxnsoniiy Spragne. Leaves sessile, spathulate, 2J lin. 

 long, J lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, arising several together round 

 the base of the peduncle. Racemes IJ-lJ in. long, secund, about 

 20-flowered; peduncle 5-6 lin. long; pedicels J-| lin. long; bract 

 very concave, ovate, obtuse, J lin. long, ciliate. Receptacle campanu- 

 late, f-| lin. long. Calyx trancate, y^ ^^^' ^^^^' Corolla in bud 

 linear, slightly enlarged above, obtuse, quadrangular; petals linear, 

 about 11 Tin. long, papillate-ciliate, twisted near the middle, J lin. 

 broad between the insertion of the filament and the base, not plicate, 

 J lin. broad in the middle, f lin. broad above. Stamens inserted 1-1 J 

 lin. above the base of the petals, about lin. long; filaments thickened 

 and adnate for J lin. at their base; anthers linear, Ij lin. long. Disc 

 \ lin. high. Style nearly 1 in. long; stigma ellipsoid, J-J lin. long. 



Nile Xiand. Soraaliland : Haudh, on Balsamodendron sp., Thomson, 23 ! 



8. L. Kirkii, Oliv. in Jonm, Linn. Soc. vii. 101. Young branch - 

 lets subterete or compressed, finely striate or not, glabrous or puberu- 

 lous, older ones terete, lenticellate. Leaves opposite, suborbicular, 

 elliptic-oblong, ovate or lanceolate, acute, obtuse or rounded at the 

 apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, IJ-SJ in. long, i-2J in. broad, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, margin undulate or crenate ; petiole 2 J-7 lin. 

 long. Racemes terminal or terminal and axillary, 2-6 in. long; 

 rhachis glabrous or minutely and rather densely pilose ; pedicels 

 spreading, li-2J lin. long, glabrous or pilose; bract suborbicular, 

 very concave, J lin. in diam., ciliate. Receptacle campanulale, about 

 J lin. long. Calyx yV-J lin. long or less. Corolla in bud obtuse, 

 slightly curved upwards, quadrangular, narrowed towards the middle ; 

 petals red, orange, yellow or yellowish-green, reflexed above the inser- 

 tion of the stamens, 2^-4^ lin. long, lower part |-lf lin. long, J-1 lin. 

 broad, plicate within. Stamens arising at the top of the plicate part of 

 the petal which is sometimes produced upwards as a narrow flap ; fila- 

 ments J-1 lin. long; anthers linear or oblong-linear, J-IJ lin. long. 

 Disc J^J lin. high. Style 1J-2J lin. long. Berry red or yellow. — 

 Hook. "Ic. PI. t. 1309; Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 129; Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 167; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 935. Acrostach^js Xirkii,Y8in 

 Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. 504. 



Nile ]Land. British East Africa : Witu ; Kau, Thomas, 152 ! Takaunga, 

 Thomas^ ser. ii. 78 ! between Witu and Mombasa, Whyte ! Mombasa, Wakefield I 



laovrer Oulnea. Angola: Mossaraedes ; by the River Maiouibo, on Cordia 

 sp., Welwitsch, 4872 ! 4873 ! 4874 ! Huilla ; near the Bruco rivulet, at the base of 

 tlie Chella mountains, on Copaifera Mopane, Kirk, Wehcitsch, 4878 ! 



