302 jcxix. LORANTHACEiE (spRAGU^). [^Lovanllms^ 



rounded or subcordate at the base, 2J-4 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, 

 coiiaceous, glabrous, slightly glossy; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, 

 patulous, arcuate-ascending, anastomosing well within the margin ; 

 petiole 4-7 Hn. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, about 20-flowered ; 

 peduncle J-| in. long ; pedicels 2-2J lin. long ; bract obliquely cupular, 

 1-1 J lin. long, ciliate, dorsal margin | lin. long, umbonate on the 

 lower half, ventral margin J lin. long, more or less toothed. Recep- 

 tacle and calyx together campanulate, 1-1 J lin. long. Calyx irregularly 

 lobed, ciliate, J lin. long. Corolla IJ in. long, split unilaterally to 

 within 6i lin. above the base, apical swelling of the bud not winged, 

 basal swelling obovoid, pentagonal, 2 lin. long ; tube glandular within ; 

 lobes elongate-spathulate, 8J lin. long from the point of insertion of the 

 filaments, remaining united nearly to the apex. Filaments 7 lin. long, 

 broadened towards the apex ; anthers oblong, emarginate, | Hn. long. 

 Disc J lin. high, fleshy. Style glabrous, neck 1 lin. long; stigma 

 cushion-shaped, J-f lin. in diam., grooved on the upper surface. — Engl. 

 in'Engl. Jahrb. xx. H3 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 197. Olohi- 

 metula oreophila, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 205. 



Upper Guinea. Camerooiis : Cameroon Mountain, 6000-8000 ft., Mann, 

 2163! 1210! Buea, 7000-8300 ft., on Hypericum angustifolium, J.ani., Prevss,. 

 811! 



57. L. mayombensis, De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 78. Young 

 branchlets compressed towards the apex, smooth, yellowish-green, 

 glabrous, slightly glossy, nodes very prominent. Branches fairly stout, 

 cylindric, 2J-:^ lin. in diam. about 1 ft., and 4 lin. in diam. \\ ft. below 

 the apex, yellowish-green or yellowish -brown, densely lenticellate ; 

 internodes 2-4^ in. long. Leaves opposite or suboppo.site, broadly 

 ovate-elliptic or elliptic, rounded at the apex, rounded or truncate at 

 the base, 3^-0^ in. long, 2^-5 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull ; 

 lateral nerves about 4 on each side, ascending or patulous-nscending, 

 slightly raised on both surfaces, the lowest or two lowest pairs pro- 

 duced beyond their junction with the nerves next above into a series of 

 loops round the margin ; midrib much raised on the lower surface ; 

 petiole 6-9 lin. long, stout, flattened on the upper surface. Umbels 

 axillary, fascicled, 4-6-flowered ; peduncle 3^-7 lin. long, much swollen 

 at the base; pedicels l|-2 lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, dorsal 

 margin \-\ lin. long, produced into a truncate lobe, ventral margin 

 \ lin. long, suberect. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, 

 Ij lin. long. Calyx truncate, |-| lin. long. Corolla about 1| in. long, 

 apical swelling of the bud not winged, basal swelling obovoid, l|-2 lin. 

 long ; tube split unilaterally to within 5-6 lin. from the base, glandular 

 inside ; lobes elongate-spathulate, 7 lin. long above the insertion of the 

 filaments, apical enlargement elliptic, very concave, \\ lin. long when 

 flattened out, J lin. broad. Anthers cuneate, emarginate, f lin. long. 

 Disc sunk, inconspicuous, -J^ lin. high. Style glandular-papillate on the 

 angles in the upper part, neck | lin. long; stigma " peltate, J lin. in 

 diam. Berry ellipsoid, about 4 lin. long, apical cup f lin. long. 



Aower Guinea. Lower Congo : Mayombe ; Benza-Masola, Laurent ! 



