296 cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). [^Loranthu8. 



IJ lin. long; pedicels J-| lin. long; bract ovate-oblong or elliptic, 

 1^2 lin. long. Receptacle cupular, J-1 lin. long. Calyx J-J lin. long, 

 very slightly lobed or undulate, long villous-ciliate. Corolla l^-lf in. 

 long, pentagonal at the apex in bud, greenish-yellow or yellow, villous- 

 tomentose outside, basal swelling oblong-ellipsoid, 2-2^ lin. long; lobes 

 erect, narrowly spathulate, 7-7 J lin. long, upper enlarged part lanceolate, 

 2-2J lin. long, f lin. broad including the margins which are about \ lin. 

 broad. Filaments 5^0 lin. long, finally involute; anthers narrowly 

 oblong, |-1 lin. long, cells 5-G in each vertical row. Disc J-J lin. high, 

 fleshy. Style not broadened upwards ; stigma over J lin. in diam. 

 Berry ovoid, 4-5 lin. long, glaucous, at first stellate -pubescent, afterwards 

 glabrous. — Hiern in Cat. Afr, PI. Welw. i. *d2i<, partly. L. cistoides, 

 Welw, ex Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 108, partly. 



Ijower Guinea. Angola: Benguella; in open sandy maritime forests near 

 Beiiguella, on Cordia sp., Welwitsch, ^h^\ Mossamedes ; by the River Maioinbo^ 

 below Cazimba, on Tamarix orientalis, Forsk., Wehoitsch, 4857 ! Humpata, Pearson, 

 2627 ! without precise locality, Oosstoeiler ! 



4G. L. Sterculia, Hiern in Cat. Afr, PI. Welw. i. 028. A shrub, 

 5-7 ft. high. Branchlets nodose, younger pai-ts tawny or greyish- 

 tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs, older parts densely lenti- 

 cellate. Leaves ternate or subternate, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse 

 at the apex, unequally rounded or subcordate at the base, 2-3 in. long, 

 }-l^ in. broad, stellate-pubescent on both surfaces in a young state, 

 upper surface eventually glossy and glabrous ; lateral nerves about 4 on 

 each side ; petiole J-1 in. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 3-4-flowered ; 

 peduncle, pedicels and bract tawny-tomentose ; peduncle 1-1 J lin. long; 

 pedicels |-1 lin. long; bract ovate, concave, |-| lin. long. Receptacle 

 about 1 lin. long, constricted above, tomentose. Calyx ascending, \ lin. 

 long, hardly lobed, tomentellous outside, densely ciliate. Corolla nearly 

 S in. long, clavate at the apex in bud, woolly-pubescent outside; tube 

 nearly IJ iii. long, basal swelling slight, 3J lin. long; lobes spathulate, 

 nearly J in. long, upper enlarged part elliptic, 1 J lin. long, |-1 lin. broad. 

 Filaments inserted about 1 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, about 

 4 lin. long; anthers elliptic-oblong, f-| lin. long, transversely septate, 

 cells 3-4 in each vertical row. Disc \ lin. high, densely pilose. Style 

 very slightly skittle-shaped above. Young berry \ in. long. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; by the Delamboa River, on Ster- 

 culia and Acacia spp., Welwitsch, 5283 I 5284 ! right-hand side of the Ambaca 

 road, Welwitsch, 5285 ! 



47. L. cinereus, Engl, in Engl, Jahrb. xx. 103, t. 2, jig. C. A 

 densely branched shrublet, 1-1 J ft. high. Young branchlets whitish- or 

 greyish-tomentose, older ones glabrous. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong 

 or ovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, cuneate, obtuse or rounded at the 

 base, |-1} in. long, J-1 J in. broad, densely whitish- or greyish-pubescent 

 in a young state, inconspicuously puberulous in the adult state, fleshy, 

 brittle, pale green; petiole lJ-3 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary 

 or fascicled, 3-4-flowered, whitish-floccose-tomentose ; peduncle 1-2 lin. 



