298 cxix. LORANTHACE.E (sprague). [Loranthv^. 



opposite, elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong, rounded at base and apex, 

 1-1 J in. long, J-1 in. broad, stellate-pubescent on both surfaces ; petiole 

 1-1 1 lin. long. Umbels axillary or terminating an extremely short 

 iixillary 2-leaved branchlet, subsessile, solitary or geminate, 2-flowered, 

 fulvous-tomentellous the bracts excepted; pedicels l|-lf Hn. long; 

 bract ovate-oblong, Ij lin. long, pubescent or puberulous outside. 

 Receptacle Ij-lf lin. long. Calyx truncate or very slightly lobed, 

 i-J lin. long. Corolla lJ-2 in. long, orange-coloured, tomentellous 

 outside below the middle, puberulous above, basal swelling not con- 

 spicuous, oblong, 3-3J lin. long, upper part 5-winged in bud ; lobes 

 erect, narrowly spathulate, 10 J lin. long, the upper enlarged part 

 lanceolate, 4 lin. long, Ij-lf lin. broad including the thin margins, 

 which are J-J lin. broad. Filaments inserted almost at the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, 6-7 lin. long, tapering upwards, finally involute ; anthers 

 linear, 2 J lin. long, cells about 11 in each of the two outer rows, 13-16 

 lin each of the inner. Disc crenately 5-lobed, J lin. high, fleshy. Style 

 <not appreciably -thickened upwards ; stigma broadly ellipsoid, | lin. long. 

 — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 928 ; Engl, in Engl, k Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 131. Phragmanthera fidva, Van Tiegh. in 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 'Z'o'I. 



ItO-wev Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in the Monino forests, on Dodoncea 

 joitcosa, Jacq., and on a Comhretacea, Welwitsch, 4886 ! Huilla, 5800-6000 ft., 

 Dekindt, 23 ! 441 ! By the Kubango River, near Princeza Amelia, on Domheya sp., 

 ■Oossweiler, 3647! 



50. Ij. mbroviridia, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PL t. 1464. Young 

 <branchlets velvety-pubescent, adult ones glabrous, wrinkled, lenticellate, 

 up to 2^^ lin. in diam. Leaves opposite or subopposite, lanceolate, 

 •obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, pubescent on both surfaces ; lateral nerves very 

 oblique, 2-3 on each side of the midrib ; petiole 4-7 lin. long. Umbels 

 13-18-flowered ; peduncle 7-8 lin. long, velvety-pubescent; pedicels 

 1 J lin. long, velvety-pubescent ; bract narrowly lanceolate from a saucer- 

 shaped base, acute or subacute at the apex, 4J-8 lin. long, 1-3 lin. broad, 

 velvety-pubescent on both surfaces, lateral and ventral margin saucer- 

 shaped, i-J lin. long. Receptacle hardly | lin. long, ciliate, shortly and 

 densely pilose outside. Calyx \ lin. long, intramarginal ring yV~TV ^^^* 

 long, ciliate. Corolla rather under 1 in. long, shortly and densely pilose 

 outside ; tube 1^1 J Hn. long; limb split unilaterally ; lobes 9J-10J lin. 

 Jong, remaining connate in a single piece, involute at the apex, the lower- 

 most 2 J lin. of the lobes darker than the upper part, with inflexed ciliate 

 •margins. Filaments inserted l|-2 lin. above the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 about 6 lin. long, nearly glabrous, lower part filiform, about 4 lin. long, 

 eventually contracted into a tendril-like spiral, upper part 2 lin. long, 

 gradually thickeneil upwards, inflexed, the uppermost \ lin. again nar- 

 rower, reflexed ; anthers oblong-linear, If lin. long ; connective rounded 

 at the apex. Disc 5-lobed, \-\ lin. high. — Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 83 ; 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 165. Oliverella ruhroviridis, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. France, xlii. 259. 



