Zoranthus.] cxix. loranthace^ (sprague). 305 



58. If. Braunii, Ungl. in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 1)3. Yourg branchlets 

 dark brown, finely striate, glabrous, IJ lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 

 apex, older ones paler. Leaves opposite, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 

 rounded at base and apex, sometimes minutely apiculate, lj-3J in. long, 

 |-2| in. broad, penninerved, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; petiole 2J-4 

 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 4-8-flowered ; peduncle \-\ in. 

 long; pedicels Ij-S lin. long; bract obliquely ovate-saucer-shaped, 

 glandular-ciliate, dorsal margin \ lin. long, ventral margin patulous, 

 \ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together shortly urceolate, | lin. 

 long. Calyx minutely and sparingly glandular-ciliate, J-| lin. long. 

 Corolla Ij-lJ in. long, basal swelling subglobose, \\ lin. in diam., or 

 more rarely ellipsoid, 2J lin. long; tube bilobed to within 3^-5 lin. 

 from the base, glandular within; lobes 7J-8J lin. long, lower part 

 linear, 6-7 lin. long, upper part ovate, acute, \\ lin. long, J-1 lin. 

 broad. Filaments 5J-6J in. long ; anthers cuneate, | lin. long, 

 emarginate in a young state. Disc \-\ lin. high, fleshy. Style 

 minutely glandular-papillate; stigma peltate, | lin. in diam., 10-ribbed 

 beneath. Berry depressed-globose, nearly 3 lin. in diam., 2 J lin. long, 

 apical cup hardly \ lin. long. — L. nigrescens, De Wild. & Th. Dur. 111. 

 Fl. Congo, 177, t. 89; Etudes FI. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 29, 237. 

 Glohimetula Braunii, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 265. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos : Ilaro, Punch, 40 ! Igbajun, Moloney, 24 ! 



Kower Guinea. Spanish Gaboon : Muni (Danger) River, Mann, 1833 ! 

 Lower Congo : Banana District ; Moanda, Oillei, 3236. Banana Creek, on Citrus 

 Aurantium, L\nn., Monteiro ! Kisantii, Gillet, 1310! valley of the Djuma River, 

 Gillet, 2745, Gentil. 



Var. Zenkeri, Sprague. Leaves suborbicular or broadly ovate, elliptic, sub- 

 cordate or cordate at the base, 2-5 in. long, 1^-3 in. broad.— X. Zenkeri, Engl, in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xx. 95. Q-lohimetula Zenkeri, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 

 xlii. 265. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria : Old Calabar River, Mann, 2294 1 

 Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker, 595! 



Var. Laurentii, Sprague. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse at the base, 

 1^-3 1 in. long, 1-2 in. broad. Bract obliquely ovatensaucer-sl japed. — L. Laurentii, 

 Engl, in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 25 ; De Wild. & Th. Dur. Contrib. 

 Fl. Congo, i. 54; De Wild. ^num. PI. Laurent, 27; Miss. t,. Laurent, 77; Etudes 

 Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 237, ii. 124. 



irile Kand. Uganda : Mabira Forest, Vssher, 18 ! 



XiO-«irer Guinea. Lower Congo : Kisantu, Qillet ! Sanda, Oddon in Serb, 

 Gillet, 384. Angola : between the Longa River and Luassinga, Gossweiler, 2704 ! 



Soutb Central.. Belgian Congo: Equator District; Eala, Laurent, 1189! 

 Bombinha, Laurent, 1587. Bangala District ; Bumba, Laurent ! Aruwimi Dis- 

 trict ; Basoko, Laurent. Welle District ; Guago, Seret, 278. Bomokandi District ; 

 Amadis, Seret, 340. 



IJssher, 18 ! and Gossweiler, 2704 ! differ from the other specimens quoted in 

 their leaves, which are narrower in proportion and more coriaceous. 



Var. Descampsii, Sprague.' Leaves ovate-oblong or broadly elliptic, obtuse at 

 the base, 2-3 in. long, 1-2 in. broad. Bract obliquely cupular. — L. Descampsii, 

 Engl, in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 25. 



