826 CXIX. LORANTHACE.E (SPRAGUE). [LoVdidhtlS. 



Var. Durandii, Sprague. Branches and leaves as in the type. Flou'ers shortly 

 but distinctly pedicelled; pedicels -^-f lin. long, much less in diani. than the l)r.ict ; 

 bract obliquely cupiilar, dorsally keeled, dorsal margin f-^ Hn. long, ventral margin 

 f-f lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together about If lin. long. Csilyx suberect 

 or patulous. Corolla 1^ in. long or less, suprabasal swelling subglobose or oblong- 

 ellipsoid; lobes 3^4| lin. long. Anthers f-1^ lin. long.— Z. Durandii, Engl, in 

 Comptes-rendus Soe. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 27; De Wild. & Duraud.Reliq. Dewevr. 201 ; 

 De Wild. Miss. t. Laurent, 75. L. Buchholzii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 91, t. 1, 

 fij. I), excluding the Angola specimens. 



Ziower Guinea. French Congo: Ogowe River; Lambarene, ^/^rA/io/c .' 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Equator District; Eala, Laurent, 203! 

 Basankusu, Dewevre, 775a ! between Lulanga and Bangala, Dewerre, 858. 



Differs from typical L. hru7ineus in having well-marked ])edicels. and also in the 

 smaller receptacle and calyx. In Laurent's specimen the suprabasal swelling of the 

 corolla is oblong-ellipsoid, the corolla about i\ lin. long, the anthers ^- lin. long. 

 Buchholz's specimen and Dewevre' t« specimen from Basankusu have a subglobose 

 sni)rabasal swelling of the corolla, and longer lobes and anthers. Buchholz's and 

 Laurent's specimens have a suberect calyx, whilst Dewevre's specimen has a patulous 

 calyx irregularly dplit by the sui)rabasal expansion of the corolla. 



Var. Butayei, Sprague. Leaves narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2 V-O^ in. 

 long, -4-2^ in. broad. Pedicels |— ^ lin. long, stout, not well-marked ; dorsal margin of 

 the bract 1 lin. long, ventral margin f lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together about 

 2 lin. long, narrowly campanulate, much exjmnded in the upper half. Calyx patulous, 

 split by the suprabasal expansion of the corolla, lf-1^ lin. long. Corolla I5 in. long 

 or leather more, suprabasal swelling obovoid-globose, over 2 lin. long; lobe;; about 

 6 lin. long. Anthers Ij lin. long. — L. Butayei, De Wild, fitudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen- 

 Congo, i. 28. 



Xiower Guinea. Lower Congo, Butayein Herb. Gillet, 2248 ! Dyunia Valley, 

 Gillet, 2899 ! 



Differs from typical L. hriinnens in the rather longer and narrower leaves. 



Var. Thonneri, Sprague. Branches very densely lenticellate. Leaves narrowly 

 lanceolate, obtuse or acute at the apex, often mucronulate, subcuneate at the base, 

 2-3|- in. long, 5-10 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, 3-nerved. Pedicels '^\ lin. long, 

 well-marked, much h'ss in diam. than the bract ; bract dorsally bicuspidate, cusi)S 

 subulate, |— ^ lin. long, dorsal margin ^ lin. long without the cusps, ventral margin 

 J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 1A-1| lin. long, narrowly campanulate. 

 Calyx f-l| lin. long, patulous, irregularly split by the suprabasal expansion of the 

 corolla. Coiolla over 1^ in. long, suprabasal swelling ellipsoid, 1^-1|- lin. long ; 

 lobes 41 lin. long. Anthers about 1 lin. long. — L. Thonneri, Engl, in De Wild, k, 

 Durand, PI. Thonn. Congol. 12, t. 23; De Wild. & Duraud, Reliq. Dewevr. 202; De 

 Wild. ^]tudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 124. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Equator District ; Coquilhatville, Detckrc, 

 678! Bangala District; Bokapo, Ngali, Thonner, 61! Aruwimi District; Yara- 

 bnya, Laurent, 1847 ! 



97. L. Kransei, Engl. In Enyl. Jahrh. xliii. 311. Branchlets 

 glabrous, IJ lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, young part angular, 

 smooth, older parts terete, very densely lenticellate ; internodes ^-'2 in. 

 long. Leaves ternate or alternate, subsessile, oblanceolate-oblong or 

 lanceolate-oblong, apiculate from an obtuse or rounded apex, gradually 

 narrowed into the base, 2J-3J in. long, 7-11 lin. broad, stiffly coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, triplinerved ; lateral nerves arising about \ above the 

 base, prominent on the upper surface, rather inconspicuous on the 



