Loranthus.] cxix. loranthace^ (sprague). 285 



Calyx J lin. long, truncate. Corolla Ij-lJ in. long, villous-tomentose 

 outside with verticillate- branched hairs, hairs about f lin. long ; tube 

 slender, split unilaterally, basal swelling slight, about 1 lin. long; 

 lobes erect, spathulate, 5J lin. long, apical enlargement elliptic, acute, 

 1 lin. long, J-f lin. broad. Filaments inserted about the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, linear, 4-4 J lin. long ; anthers elliptic-oblong, -f^ lin. 

 long ; cells 2-4 in each vertical row. Disc very small, densely rusty- 

 pilose, hairs J-| lin. long. Style densely glandular-papillate above the 

 glabrous lower third, strongly skittle-shaped above, neck | lin. long ; 

 stigma peltate, J- J lin. in diam. 



Ko'wer Guinea. Lower Congo, Smith ! 



25. Ij. angolensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 101. Young 

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

 puberulous. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-oblong, obtuse at the apex, 

 rounded and slightly unequal at the base, 2-4 J in. long, 1-H in. 

 broad, coriaceous, glabrous and dull above, rusty-tomentellous beneath ; 

 petiole 7-10 lin. long. Umbels several in an axil, 3-4-flowered, rusty- 

 tomentellous with verticillate-branched hairs ; peduncle l|-2 lin. 

 long ; pedicels If lin. long ; bract broadly ovate, | lin. long, suberect, 

 glabrous inside. Receptacle 1 lin. long. Calyx J lin. long, 5-lobed. 

 Corolla 2 in. long, split unilaterally, only slightly enlarged towards the 

 base, rusty-tomentellous outside with short much-branched hairs ; 

 tube densely glandular within ; lobes erect, spathulate, 6 J lin. long. 

 Filaments inserted J lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 5^ lin. 

 long ; anthers oblong, f lin. long ; cells 3-4 in each vertical row. Disc 

 small, 5-lobed, rusty-pilose. Style densely glandular, skittle-shaped 

 above, neck J lin. long ; stigma capitate, f lin. in diam. — Hiern in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. i. 930; Engl, in Engl, t Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 

 i. 132. Metula angolensis, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 

 xlii. 263. 



Ko'wer Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; in forests in Sobato Quilombo, 

 parasitic on Spondias microcarpa, A. Rich., Welwitseh, 4844 ! 



26. L. Cornetiiy A. Dewevre in Comptes-retidus Soc. Bot. Belg. 

 xxxiii. 106, name only ; xxxiv. 02 (1895), descr. Young branchlets 

 and leaves rusty-tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs, branchlets 

 1 J-2 lin. in diam. 2 in. below the apex ; uppermost internodes |-1 in. 

 long. Leaves opposite, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or rounded at 

 the apex, rounded or more or less cuneate at the base, 3|-5 in. long, 

 1|-2J in. broad, thickly coriaceous, very minutely and densely stellate- 

 pilose especially on the lower surface, the hairs just visible under a 

 powerful lens, dull, greyish in a dried state ; lateral nerves oblique, 

 6-7 on each side, conspicuously raised on the upper surface, less so on 

 the lower ; midrib broad, very prominent on both surfaces ; petiole 

 4-8 lin. long, finely rusty-pubescent especially on the lower surface. 

 Heads 2-3-flowered, rusty-tomentose ; peduncle H lin. long ; bract 

 ovate, 1| lin. long, solid base J lin. long. Receptacle IJ-IJ lin. long. 

 Calyx cupular, shortly lobed, J-| lin. long, ciliate. Corolla l§-2 in. long. 



