292 cxix. LORANTHACEit: (sprague). [^Loranthus. 



base, 2J-4: in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, rusty- tomentellous on both sur- 

 faces in a young state, soon becoming glabrous on the upper surface ; 

 lateral nerves slightly raised on the upper surface, inconspicuous on 

 the lower ; petiole 3-4 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, sessile, 

 2-4-flowered ; pedicels 1 lin. long; bract broadly ovate or suborbi- 

 €ular, very concave, 1-1 J lin. in diam. Receptacle | lin. long. Calyx 

 |-| lin. long, rather irregularly lobed. Buds hardly broadened towards 

 the apex, not winged. Corolla If in. long, sparingly stellate-pilose out- 

 side, not distinctly swollen at the base ; lobes subspathulate -linear, 8 J lin. 

 long, I lin. broad above. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla- 

 lobes, 5 lin. long; anthers linear, 2| lin. long, transversely septate, cells 

 about 9 in each vertical row. Disc about J lin.high, hardly lobed, minutely 

 and sparingly rusty-pilose within. Style acutely pentagonal, not appre- 

 ciably thickened upwards ; stigma subglobose, nearly \ lin. in diam. 



]Lower Guinea. Angola : by the Chitanda River, between Kassinga and 

 Kolove, 4300 ft , on Parinarium sp., Baum, 217 ! by the Kubango River, at 

 Princeza Amelia,, on Securidaca longipedunculata, Fres., Oossioeiler, 1986! 



39. L. incanns, Schum. ti' Thonn. Beskr.Giiln. PL 180. Youngest 



parts rusty-tomentose, tomentum usually disappearing very quickly, 



disclosing a continuous covering of minute stellate scales ; branchlets 



terete, eventually becoming glabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate, elliptic 



or suborbicular, 2-6 in. long, 1-3J in. broad, cuneate, rounded or 



subcordate at the base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, coriaceous, 



upper surface glabrous, dull or glossy, lower surface minutely and 



densely lepidote ; lateral nerves oblique, 4-5 on each side, slightly 



raised on the lower surface ; petiole 4-9 lin. long, channelled. Umbels 



axillary, fascicled, rusty-lepidote, about 4-flowered ; peduncle l-li lin. 



long; pedicels IJ-lJ lin. long; bract shorter than or subequal to the 



receptacle and calyx, ovate or ovate-oblong, f-| lin. long, rarely longer. 



Receptacle |-1J lin. long. Calyx subtruncate or slightly lobed, densely 



ciliate, J-f lin. long. Corolla l|-2 in. long, yellow, tipped with red, 



sparingly lepidote outside, glandular within ; lobes spathulate-linear, 



7^-9 lin. long, broadened into the base. Filaments inserted J-| lin. 



above the base of the corolla- lobes, 3 J-4 lin. long ; anthers lineai*, 



about 2 lin. long, transversely septate, cells about 8 in each vertical 



row. Disc annular, 5-lobed, J lin. high, fleshy, minutely rusty-pilose 



within. Style acutely pentagonal ; stigma subcapitate or ellipsoid, 



J-| lin. long. Berry obovoid, verdigris-coloured. — L. celtidifolius, 



Willd. ex Schult. Syst. vii. 161. L. Thonningii, DC. Prodr. iv. 303, 



not of Schum. & Thonn. L. clavatics, Thonn. ex DC. I.e., not of 



Desr. Z. leptolohcs, Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. 375; Engl, in Engl. 



Jahrb. xx. S2. L. Soyauxii, Engl. I.e. 97, t. 2, fig. B. L. capitatvsj 



Engl, in Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 131 ; Th. Dur. 6c De 



Wild, in Bull.Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 126 ; De Wild. Enum. PI. Liiurent, 



27. L. capitatusj var. latifolius, Engl, ex Th. Dur. & De Wild, in Bull. 



Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 126; De Wild. &, Th. Dur. in Bull. Herb. 



Boiss. 2iiie ser. i. 836 ; Reliq. Dewevr. 200 ; De Wild. Enum. PI. Laurent, 



27 ; Miss. E. Laurent, 75 ; Etudes Fl. Bas-et Moyen-Congo, i. 29, 237 ; 



