Loranthus.] cxix. loranthace^ (sprague). 293 



ii. 124; name only. Z. angustiteimlus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 525. 

 Exostemma capitatum, Spreng. Neue Entdeck. ii. 143. Thelecarpus 

 Soyauxil, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 262. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea, Amim ! Gold Coast : by the Volta River, Thon- 

 iiing ! Togo: Tuaro, Kersting, A261 I near Lome, Warnecke, 332! Lnpos : 

 Abeokuta, on Melia Azedarach, Linn., Barter, 3324 ! Eppah, Barter, 3288 ! Southern 

 Nigeria: Attali (Idda), Vogel, 47! Old Calabar, Thomson, 129! Holland! Cross 

 River, Johnston ! Northern Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 1147 ! Mount Pattch, Dalziel, 

 215! Caineroons: Buea, Preuss, 772! Victoria, Winkler, 99! Bipiiide, Zenker, 

 827 I Ratanga, Bates, 35 ! Cameroon Mountains, up to 3000 ft., Kalhreyer, 95 ! 



]bower Guinea. Spanish Gaboon : Muni (Danger) River, Mann, 1741 ! 

 French Congo : Brazzaville, CAewa/ter, 11754 ! Lower Congo: Mayombe, ia^rfw/ ; 

 'l^eviwo, Laurent ; Luvituku, Laurent; Leopoldville, Dewevre, 479, Laurent, 693; 

 Kisantu, Gillet, 1238, Laurent, 404; Djuma Valley, Oillet. 



Soutli Central. Belgian Congo: Lake Leopold IL District; Malepie, Kutu, 

 Laurent. Equator District; Eala, Pynaert, 405. Kasai District; Mushenge, 

 Lescrauwet, 388. 



Var. sessilis, Sprague. Umbels sessile ; pedicels \ lin. long ; bract exceeding 

 the receptacle and calyx, even in bud, elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong, \\ lin. long. 

 Calyx irregularly lobed, |-|- lin. long, densely ciliate, the longer lobes being on the 

 posticous side. Coi'olla 2 in. long, lobes 9 lin. long. Anthers about 2 lin. long. Disc 

 densely rusty-pilose within. 



Kower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda ; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 386! 



Engler's description and figures of L. Soyauxii do not agree with the specimen 

 of Soyaux, 386, in the Kew herbarium, and were apparently taken from the 

 Cameroons specimens quoted above under typical L. incanus. 



Var. albus, Sj)raguo. Corolla less than 1^ in. long, white. Anthers If-lf lin. 

 long. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 275! 



Var. Oossweileri, Sprague. Branchlets and lower surface of the leaves retaining 

 tlie covering of rusty hairs, which is characteristic of the youngest parts, much 

 longer than in the type. — L. Gossweileri, p]ngl. & Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 402. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : District of Cazengo, Gossweiler, 695 ! 



Var. Oossweileri is not unlike L. Baumil, from which it may be distinguished 

 l)y the lateral nerves, which are rather conspicuous on the lower surface, as in 

 typical L. incanus. 



40. L. Batangse, Engl, in Eugl. Jahrh. xx. 98. Branchlets 

 slender, 1 J-lJ lin. in diam. about 1 ft. below the apex, young parts 

 very densely lepidote, internodes |-1J in. long. Leaves opposite or 

 subopposite, lanceolate or more rarely ovate-acuminate, apex acute or 

 subacute, base obtuse, 1 J-2j in. long, 7-14 lin. broad, chartaceous or 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrescent on the upper surface, minutely stellate- 

 lepidote on the lower, scales not forming a continuous covering; lateral 

 nerves about 3 on each side, rather oblique, slightly raised on both sur- 

 faces ; petiole 2J-3J lin. long. Umbels sessile, solitary or geminate, 

 2-flowered ; pedicels hardly | lin. long, rusty-lepidote ; bract ovate- 

 lanceolate, shorter than the receptacle and calyx, rusty-lepidote. 

 Receptacle and calyx together hardly } lin. long. Corolla yellow, 

 under IJ in. long, sparingly stellate-lepidote outside; tube 8J-9 lin. 



