284 cxix. LORANTHACE.E (sprague). [Loranthus. 



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

 ovate-oblong, 1 lin. long, suberect,'glabrous inside. Receptacle 1 lin. long. 

 Calyx about J lin. long, obscurely lobed, shortly ciliate. Corolla IJ-lJ 

 in. long, straight, without basal swelling, rusty-pubescent outside with 

 stellate hairs, of which the rays are directed upwards and downwards ; 

 tube glandular inside ; lobes spathulate. Anthers oblong, | lin. long; 

 cells 4 in each vertical row. Disc small, rusty-pilose. Style glandular, 

 skittle-shaped above, neck | lin. long; stigma capitate, J lin. in diam. 

 Berry ellipsoid, o^ lin. long, rusty-pubescent. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po: Fernando Po Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann^ 

 2346! 



23. L. discolor, Encjl. In Engl, d- Prantl, Pffanzevfam. Nachtr. i. 

 131, name only. Young branchlets rusty-tomentose with verticillate- 

 branched hairs, older ones puberulous. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse at the apex, rounded and subequal at the base, 2-3J in. long, 

 J-lJ in. broad, glabrous and dull above, rusty-tomentellous beneath; 

 petiole 2-5 lin. long. Umbels several in each axil, 3-4-flowered, rusty- 

 pubescent ; peduncle \^ lin. long; pedicels |— 1 lin. long; bract 

 suberect, broadly ovate, |-| lin. long, glabrous inside. Receptacle J-1 

 lin. long. Calyx \ lin. long, lobed, ciliate. Corolla 1^-1 1 in. long, 

 straight, split unilaterally, rusty-pubescent outside with short stellate 

 hairs, of which the rays are directed upwards and downwards, basal 

 swelling IJ lin. long; tube densely glandular within; lobes erect, 

 spathulate, C lin. long. Filaments inserted about \ lin. above the base 

 of the corolla-lobes, linear, ."") lin. long ; anthers oblong, J-f lin. long ; 

 cells 2-4 in each vertical row. Disc very small, rusty-pilose. Style 

 densely glandular, skittle-shaped above, neck J-| lin. long; sti^jma 

 depressed -capitate, | lin. in diam. — Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. 

 xxxix. 26, descr. ; De Wild. Enum. PI. Laurent, 27 ; Miss. E. 

 Laurent, 75. 



]Lower Guinea. Lower Congo ; cataract region, between Lutete and Ngombe,. 

 Bentleif ! Stanley Pool, Laureiit ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Imese, on the Ubangi River, Laurent '. 

 The riowcrs have been described from Bentley's specimen. 



24. L. polycryptus, /'. Didr. in Kjoeh. Vidensk. Meddel. 1854, 

 194. Branchlets spreading, over 1 ft. long, terete, nodose, '2-2^ lin. in 

 diam. 1 ft. below the apex, younger part rusty-tomentose with verti- 

 cillate-branched hairs. Leaves lanceolate, subacute at the apex, sub- 

 cordate at the base, 3|--3^ in. long, 1-1^ in. broad, thinly coriaceous, 

 margin slightly reflexed, upper surface glabrous and dull with impressed 

 midrib and inconspicuous lateral nerves, lower surface rusty-tomen- 

 tellous, midrib much raised, lateral nerves slightly raised, nearly 

 hidden by the coating of hairs ; petiole 4-5 lin. long, rusty-tomen- 

 tellous. Flowers axillary, fascicled, several together, subsessile ; 

 pedicels J lin. long, rusty-tomentose ; bract ovate, \\ lin. long, 

 tomentose outside. Receptacle and calyx together slightly shorter 

 than the bract, broadly cylindric, tomentose; receptacle f lin. long. 



