294 cxix. LORANTHACE.« (spRAGUE). \^Loranthu8, 



long. Filaments inserted f lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 8 times as long as the anthers ; anthers linear. — I'helecarpus Batanga;^ 

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



upper Guinea. Cameroons ; Great Batanga, Dinklage, 676 ! 



41, Ij. irebuensiSy De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 76, t. 35. 

 Youngest parts stellate-lepidote, soon glabrous. Branchlets slender, 

 subterete, dark brown, finely and densely lenticellate. Leaves opposite 

 or subopposite, oblong-elliptic or lanceolate, acutely acuminate, cuneate 

 at the base, straight or subarcuate, 2-3J in. long, f-lj in. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous or with a few stellate scales on the lower 

 surface, slightly glossy and rather finely reticulate on the upper sur- 

 face, dull on the lower; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, oblique, 

 slightly raised on the upper surface, less so on the lower; petiole 2|— 4 

 lin. long. Fascicles axillary, several-tlowered, rusty or fulvous-pubes- 

 cent with small stellate hairs; pedicels 1 lin. long; bract broadly 

 ovate or elliptic, rounded, f-J lin. long, very concave, ventral margin 

 hardly surrounding the receptacle. Receptacle J lin. long. Calyx 

 J-| lin. long, 5-lobed, ciliate ; lobes triangular, |— ^ lin. long. Corolla 

 about \\ in. long, narrowly cylindric in bud, sparingly stellate-lepidote 

 outside in the upper part ; tube glandular within, split unilaterally 

 and slightly funnel-shaped above; lobes subspathulate-linear, ()J-7 lin. 

 long, eventually slightly deflexed. Filaments inserted J lin. above the 

 base of the corolla-lobes, about 4 lin. long, tapering upwards ; anthers 

 linear, 1 J lin. long, transversely septate ; cells about 8 in each vertical 

 row. Disc annular, \ lin. high, fleshy. Style filiform, pentagonal; 

 stigma ellipsoid, J lin. long, \ lin. in diam. 



IsO'weT Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann, 989 ! 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Equator District; Irehu, Laurent I 



42. L. Zygiamm, Eiern in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. i. 929. Branchlets 

 nodose, youngest parts densely rusty-pilose, soon becoming glabrous ; 

 internodes 1^-5 lin. long. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong or elliptic, 

 rounded or obtuse at both ends, lJ-3 in. long, J-l§ in, broad, coria- 

 ceous, sparingly stellate-pilose in a young state, when adult glabrous 

 or nearly so on the upper surface, stellate-puberulous on the lower ; 

 petiole 3-4J lin. long. Flowers fascicled on the old wood ; pedicels 

 about If lin. long, almost glabrous; bract broadly ovate, 1 lin. long 

 and broad, pilose at the apex, otherwise glabrous. Receptacle |— f lin. 

 long, glabrous. Calyx glabrous, J-| lin. long, margin undulate. 

 Corolla scarlet, about 1§ in. long, glabrous; tube narrowly cylindric, 

 about 13 lin. long ; lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, 7 lin. long. Fila- 

 ments inserted | lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 3 J lin. long ; 

 anthers linear, IJ— If lin. long, transversely septate, cells about 5 in 

 each vertical row. Stigma ovoid, f lin. long. Young berries globose, 

 green. 



JtO'wer Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; by the Delamboa River, and in the 



Capopa Forests, on Albizzia sp., Weltciisch^ 5281 ! 



