Lorantkits.] cxix. loranthace.e (sprague). 321 



pouch opening on the upper surface. Umbels axillary, fascicled, sessile, 

 ;j-4-flo\vered ; pedicels 1 lin. long ; bract ovate cupular, subtruncate, 

 acutely umbonate, dorsal margin IJ lin. long, ventral margin J lin. 

 long. Receptacle and calyx together elongate-cupular, IJ lin. long, 

 slightly constricted about the middle ; receptacle minutely and densely 

 tuberculate. Calyx hardly toothed, ciliolate, 1 lin. long. Corolla nearly 

 2 in. long, at first whitish, then rose-coloured, glabrous and ribljed 

 outside, ribs green ; tube slightly swollen in the basal 4 lin., elongate- 

 funnel-shaped above, split unilaterally, glandular within ; lobes erect, 

 subspathulate-linear, o lin. long from the insertion of the filaments. 

 Filaments tapering upwards, If lin. long, deflexed ; anthers oblong- 

 linear, I lin. long. Disc pentagonal, J lin. high. Style very slightly 

 thickened above. Berry ellipsoid, 2J lin. long, 2 lin. in diam., minutely 

 and densely tuberculate. — 111. Fl. Congo, i. 171, t. 86. 



South Central. Belgian Congo : Kasai ; Bena-Dibele, Luja, 260A ! 



88. L. Dexneuseiy A'ngl. iii Coiuptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 

 2i). Branches fairly thick, about 1 J lin. in diam. 1) in. below the apex, 

 brown, very densely lenticellate, youngest part angular, greenish ; 

 iuternodes |-1J in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate to an acute apex, obtuse at the base, 4-G^ in. 

 long, 1-2|^ in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull, o-nerved from the base, 

 nerves prominent on the upper surface, less so on the lower, margin 

 slightly reflexed in a dried state; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Umbels 

 axillary, fascicled, 5-7-flowered ; peduncle about Ij lin. long; pedicels 

 J lin. long; bract ovate from a cupular base, thickly keeled dorsally, 

 dorsal margin |-| lin. long, ventral margin J- J lin. long. Receptacle 

 and calyx together shortly tubular, slightly constricted about the 

 middle, Ij lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, ciliolate, J lin. long. Corolla 

 skittle-shaped in bud, about IJ in. long, not known in an expanded 

 state ; lobes oj lin. long from the insertion of the filaments. Filaments 

 tapering upwards from a broad base, 2 lin. long in bud ; anthers oblong- 

 linear, truncate, J lin. long in bud. Disc shortly and obtusely lobed, 

 J lin. high. Style distinctly skittle-shaped above, neck 1\ lin. long in 

 bud, upper half gradually thickened upwards to the stigma. Berry 

 red, obovoid, oh lin. long, 2^ lin. in diam., apical cup.|-| lin. long. 



Soutb Central, lielgian Congo : Bangala, Demeuse^ 355 ! 



Engler described tlie lilaments of L. Demeusei as produced above into a short 

 triangular tooth, but this appears to be a mistake. The anthers are inserted in u 

 notch at the apex of the tilaiuent, and both the dorsal and ventral sides of tlie notch 

 are completely adnate to the base of tlie anther. 



80. L. zizyphifolius, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 1)2. Young 

 branchlets nodose, rusty-pubescent, soon glabrous, older ones up to 

 5 lin. in diam. Leaves alternate or irregularly ternate, obovate-oblong, 

 rounded at the apex, cuneate into the base, I5-2 in. long, J-1 in. broad, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, dull, distinctly 3-nerved from a short distance 

 above the base ; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Umbels resembling heads owing 

 to the reduction of the pedicels, axillary, sessile, few-flowered, solitary 



