Loi-anthus.] CXIX. LORANTHACEiE (sprague). 283 



about J lin. long, ciliate with hairs about J lin. long. Corolla 1J-1| 

 in. long, split unilaterally, rusty-tomentose outside with ascending 

 verticillate-branched hairs 1-1 J lin. long or less, more or less reflexed 

 above a basal swelling about 1^ lin. long; lobes spreading or reflexed, 

 spathulate-linear, 4 J lin. long. Filaments inserted at the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, linear, slightly broadened towards the base, 3 lin. long, 

 connate | lin. above at an early stage; anthers linear, |-J lin. long; 

 -cells 4-5 in each vertical row. l3isc densely rusty-pilose, hairs less than 

 J lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, neck J lin. long ; stigma 

 ellipsoid, |-|^ lin. long. — L. hi7'sutissimus,\'E,i\g\. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 100, 

 t. J, fig. E;"'Engl. <k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132. 



Upper Culnea. Lagos : Abeokuta, parasitic on Melia sp., Barter, 3383 ! 

 Harrison, 9 ! Rowland! Nigeria, McWilUam ! Northern Nigeria: Mount Patteh, 

 Vo(/eI^ 170 ! Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker, 594 ! 



21. Ij. emarginatas, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh, xx. 100. Young 

 branchlets rusty-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs, older ones 

 glabrescent, lenticellate. Leaves sessile, oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 emarginate at the apex, cordate at the base, 2-5J in. long, 1-2| in. 

 broad, brown in a dried state, glabrous and minutely wrinkled above 

 -(stellate-pubescent in a young state), minutely and densely stellate- 

 pubescent beneath. Umbels fascicled in the axils, about ij-flowered, 

 rusty-pubescent; peduncle 1 lin. long; pedicels J-f lin. long; bract 

 oblong, J lin. long, hardly f lin. broad, glabrous inside. Receptacle 

 J lin. long. Calyx \ lin. long. Corolla IJ in. long, split uni- 

 laterally, rusty-pubescent outside with branched hairs, narrowed 

 above a basal ovoid swelling 2 lin. long, then gradually widened 

 upwards ; tube glandular within ; lobes erect, spathulate, 3J lin. 

 long. Filaments inserted almost at the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 linear, 2^-3 lin. long; anthers oblong, ^ lin. long; cells 2 in each 

 of the outer, and 3 in each of the inner rows. Disc very small, 

 rusty -pilose. Style glabrous, skittle-shaped above, neck J lin. long; 

 fitigma capitate, hardly J lin. in diam. — L. Engleri, Hiern in Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. i. 930. 



Iio-wer Guinea. Angola ; Pungo Andongo ; in the Praesidium, parasitic on 

 sapotaceous })Iaiits, ratliei- rare, Welwitsch, 4849 ! 



Loranihun emarginatus, Sw. (a West Indian plant), belongs to Phthirusa, which 

 is now treated as generically distinct from Loranthns ; hence Engler's name for the 

 above species need not be changed. 



L. cinnametis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 930 {Welwitsclt, 4846!), was 

 colhcted in the same locality as L. emargiuatus, and is probably a mere state of 

 that species. The type specimen of L. cinnamens has oblong-lanceolate leaves, 

 obtuse or rounded at the ai)ex, 3-5 in. long, 1-1 4 in. broad, glossy on the upper 

 surface ; in other respects it agrees closely with the type of L. emarginatus. 



22. L. nitidulus, Sprague. Young branchlets rusty-pubescent 

 with much-branched hairs, soon glabrous. Leaves narrowly lanceolate- 

 oblong, obtuse at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 1^-2;^ in. 

 long, ^-| in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous and slightly shining above, 

 rusty-tomentose beneath ; petioles 5-7 lin. long. Umbels 4-tlowered, 



