Loi'ccnthus.] cxix. LORANTHACEiE (sprague). 289 



mineat on the lower ; petiole 6-8 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 

 4-5-flowered, rusty-tomentose ; peduncle IJ-lJ lin. long; pedicels 

 1-1 J lin. long; bract ovate or ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 1 lin. long. 

 Receptacle Ij lin. long. Calyx J-j lin. long, shortly lobed, ciliate. 

 Intramarginal ring densely rusty-pilose. Corolla with a subglobose 

 apical swelling in bud, lj-l| in. long, split unilaterally, rusty-tomen- 

 tose with verticillate-branched hairs outside, basal swelling ovoid, 2 lin. 

 long ; lobes erect, spathulato, broadened into the base, 4— 4 J lin. long, 

 j-| lin. broad. Stamens inserted f-J lin. above the base of the corolla- 

 lobes; filaments 2| lin. long, tapering upwards ; anthers elliptic-oblong, 

 nearly h lin. long, cells l^ in each vertical row. Disc small. Style 

 slightly skittle-shaped above, neck | lin. long ; stigma depressed-capitate, 

 ■J lin. in diam. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Aruwimi District ; Basoko, Laurent ! 



Var. Rogersii, Sprague. Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse or cuneate nt the base, 

 remaining oreen in a dried state, 3-4 in. long, 1-1| in. broad. Pedicels i— ^ lin. 

 long. Anthers ^ lin. long. 



XHozamb. X>istr. North-west Rhodesia : near Ndola, Rogers, 8318 I 



The Rhodesian plant may possibly represent a distinct species, but until further 

 material comes to hand it seems best to treat it as a variety of L. AlbizzicB. 



33. L. sigensiS) Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 101. Young parts rusty- 

 tomentellous ; branchlets soon glabrous, greenish, o-3J lin. in diam, 9 in. 

 below the apex, slightly compressed at the nodes ; older branches 5-6 lin. 

 in diam., coarsely and densely lenticellate, the bark forming short longi- 

 tudinal cracks with a lenticel as centre. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 rounded at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 3|-6J in. long. 

 lJ-4 in. broad, coriaceous, minutely stellate-puberulous or glabrous; 

 petiole 6-10 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, many together on 

 the older branches, 3-4-flowered, shortly fulvous-tomentellous with 

 adpressed branched hairs ; peduncle 1 lin. long or less ; pedicels ^-f lin. 

 long ; bract ovate, IJ-IJ lin. long, glabrous within. Receptacle |— 1 lin. 

 long, tomentellous. Calyx cupular, |— | lin. long, subtruncate or 

 obscurely lobed, puberulous outside, ciliate. Corolla l|-2 in. long, with 

 an ellipsoid pentagonal apical swelling in bud, fulvous-tomentellous 

 outside in a young state, when fully developed pubescent below and 

 puberulous above with stellate hairs, the rays directed mainly upwards 

 and downwards, basal swelling inconspicuous, 2-5 lin. long ; tube 

 glandular within ; lobes erect, spathulate, 4J-5 lin. long. Filaments 

 inserted about |-J lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 3J lin. 

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

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

 tate, J lin. in diam.^Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 166 ; Engl. &. Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 Nachtr. i. 132. 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa : Usambara ; Derema, in forest clearings, 

 Hoist, 2230 ! Matia Island, Kirk ! 



34. L, wentzelianus, Eiigl. in Etigl. Jahrb.xxviii.SSl. Young 

 parts densely stellate-pilose with rusty hairs. Branches stout, 2|-4 lin. 



