Lonmt/w.s.] cxix. LORANTHACEiE (sprague). 323 



conspicuously nodose, greyish, finely and densely lenticellate, glabrous, 

 slightly ri])bed in a dried state, youngest parts angular, brownish ; 

 internodes J-1 in. long. Leaves alternate, obovate- oblong, elliptic- 

 oblong or more rarely elliptic, rounded at the apex, sometimes minutely 

 apiculate, more or less cuneate into the base, |-2| in. long, ^-1| in. 

 broad, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, 3-nerved from the base or from 

 shortly above the base, dark brown in a dried state ; nerves raised on 

 the upper surface, not visible on the lower; petiole J-IJ Hn. long. 

 Flowers axillary, several together; pedicels J lin. long, slightly con- 

 stricted below the base of the bract ; bract obliquely cupular, glandular- 

 ciliate, thickly keeled dorsally, dorsal margin |-1 lin. long, ventral 

 margin h lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together tubular-flask-shaped, 

 1^1 1 lin. long. Calyx slightly toothed, gland ular-ciliate, |-J lin. long. 

 Corolla nearly IJ in. long; tube about 13 lin. long, split unilaterally 

 about half-way down, suprabasal swellinoj commencing |-| lin. above the 

 base, ellipsoid, IJ-lJ lin. long, neck about Ij lin. long; lobes erect, 

 linear, acute, 3J lin. long. Filaments tapering upwards, 2-2J lin. long, 

 inflexed, the uppermost f lin. slightly thickened ; anthers linear, trun- 

 cate, I lin. long. Disc acutely lobed, -|-J lin. high. Style slightly 

 thickened above ; stigma ovoid-ellipsoid, | lin. long. 

 liower Guinea. Angola : Loanda, Gossiceiler, 350 ! 



02. L. Henriquesii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 88. Branches 

 greyish-l3uff-coloured, very inconspicuously lenticellate, 1 J lin. in diam. 



1 ft. below the apex, glabrous ; branchlets subangular, glaucous ; inter- 

 nodes J-1 in. long. Leaves opposite, ternate or alternate, very shortly 

 petioled, oblanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, straight or subfalcate, 

 obtuse at the apex, sometimes apiculate, long-cuneate into the base, 

 li-2J in. long, 4-8 lin. broad, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, greyish- 

 glaucous in a dried state, 3-5-nerved ; nerves prominent on the upper 

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

 axillary, several together ; pedicels |- J lin. long ; bract obliquely cupular, 

 glandular-ciliate, umbonate about 1 J lin. above the base of the pedicel, 

 dorsal margin 1 J lin. long, ventral margin f lin. long, dorsal lobe f lin. 

 long, emarginate-bicuspidate. Receptacle and calyx together tubular, 

 1|-1|- lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, glandular-ciliate, IJ lin. long. 

 Corolla not known in an expanded condition, Ijin. long in bud, whitish- 

 rosy {Wehvitsch), glandular inside; lobes about 3 J lin. long. Filaments 



2 lin. long, tapering upwards, thickened in the uppermost J lin. ; 

 anthers oblong-linear, | lin. long. Disc acutely lobed, J lin. high — 

 HierninCat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 931. Agelanthus Henrlqnem, Durand«fe 

 Jacks. Ind. Kew. Suppl. i. 14, by error. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; near Mumpulla, Weltoitsch, 4885 ! 



93. L. Gilgiiy Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 91. Branches brownish, 

 subterete, nodose, glabrous, about 1 J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, 

 younger part subangular, smooth, older part finely ribbed in a dried 

 state, minutely and very inconspicuously lenticellate ; internodes ^-1 in. 



