820 cxix. LORANTHACE.E (sprague). [LorautJius. 



state oblong-ellipsoid, 3 lin. long, finely tubercled, apical cup I lin. 

 long. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Lolodorf; Mbanga Mountain, Sfaiult, ]27 ! 

 368! 



85. L. verruculosus, Sprague. Branches brown, densely lenti- 

 •cellate, about IJ lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, youngest part sub- 

 angular; internodes J-lJ in. long. Leaves opposite or more rarely 

 alternate, shortly petioled, ovate or lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 

 abruptly contracted to the obtuse base, 2|-4J in. long, 1-2J in. broad, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, dull, 3-nerved from the base, sometimes with two 

 additional less distinct lateral nerves ; nerves prominent on the upper 

 surface, much less so on the lower ; petiole J-1 lin. long. Umbels 

 axillary, solitary, 3-4-flowered ; peduncle about IJ lin. long; pedicels 

 •about J lin. long; bract shortly ovate from a saucer-shaped base, dorsal 

 margin f lin. long, ventral margin J lin. long. Flowers not known. 

 Berry oblong-obovoid, SJ lin. long, 2 lin. in diam., finely tubercled, 

 apical cup ^ lin. long. — Viscuvi lenticeUatum, De Wild, in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. 2™^ ser. i. 45 ; 111. Fl. Congo, i. 187, t. 94. 



Ziower Guinea. Lower Congo : Kisantu, Gillef, 686 ! 



86. L. djurensis, Engl hi EngL Jahrh. xx. 90, i. I, fig. C. 

 Branchlets slender, glabrous, brownish, younger part angular, adult 

 part rather densely lenticellate, hardly 1 J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 

 apex. Leaves opposite or alternate, ovate or lanceolate, gradually 

 narrowed to the rounded or acute apex, rather abruptly narrowed to 

 the acute base, 2-4 in. long, |-1J in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, 

 dull, very distinctly 3-nerved from the base ; nerves prominent, 

 especially on the upper surface ; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Umbels 3-5- 

 flowered; peduncle J-lJ lin. long; pedicels J-J lin. long; bract 

 •obliquely ovate-cupular, | lin. long, ventral margin J lin. long. Re- 

 ceptacle and calyx together campanulate, 1§ lin. long. Calyx truncate, 

 ciliolate, f lin. long. Corolla 1 J in. long or a little less, glabrous outside ; 

 tube elongate-funnel-shaped, very slightly enlarged towards the base, 

 split unilaterally, ribbed outside, glandular in.side ; lobes erect, separat- 

 ing from below upwards, linear-subspathulate, 4 lin. long. Filaments 

 tapering upwards, 2^ lin. long, inflexed ; anthers oblong-linear, | lin. 

 long. Disc very slightly lobed, hardly ^ lin. high, fleshy. Style not 

 thickened above, glabrous ; stigma ellipsoid, rather over \ lin. long. 



ITile Xiand. Jur: on the Great "Wau River, Schiceinfurth, 1632 ! 



87. L. Ijujaei, De Wild, d- Durand, Contrih. Fl. Congo, i. ii. 55. 

 Branches greyish, glabrous, very finely lenticellate ; internodes 1-3^ in. 

 long. Leaves opposite, ovate, shortly acuminate to an acute apex, 

 rounded at the base, 4-5^ in. long, 2J-3 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 blackish in a dried state, 5-nerved from the base, soiHetimes with 2 

 additional less distinct lateral nerves ; nerves prominent on both sur- 

 faces ; petiole winged, about 2J lin. long, wingo pouched, mouth of the 



