342 cxix. LORANTHACEiE (sprague). \^Loranthu8. 



triangular, J lin. long; anthers linear, 2J lin. long; connective not 

 produced. Disc deeply 5-lobed, over \ lin. high. Style skittle-shaped 

 above, thickened part 3-4 lin. long, broadest at or above the middle, 

 neck 2J-2J lin. long; stigma oblong-ovoid or ellipsoid, |-| lin. long. 

 Berry ellipsoid, 5-6 lin. long, apical cup lj-21in. long. — DC. Prodr. iv. 

 303; Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 108. L. Knohlecheri, Kotschy, PI. 

 Knoblech. 10. L. Chevalieri, Engl. & Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 403. 

 Dentimetula dodonecefolia, VanTiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 265. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, on Tamarindus sp., Perrottet Sf Leprieur ; Roger ! 

 Togo : Gbele, on Afzelia sp., Busse, 3624 ! Sokode, on Parkia, Terminalia, Adan- 

 sonia, &c., Kersting, ser. A, 57 ! 220 ! Lagos, JJawodu ! Northern Nigeria : Nupe, 

 on Parkia africana, R, Br., Barter, ]5o9! Jeba, Barter ! Katagum District, on 

 Bauhinia reticulata, DC, and Acacia spp., Dalziel, 203 ! 



XTortli Central. Upper Shari River, Chevalier, 6580 ! Upper Ubangi River ; 

 Fort Laniy, Chevalier, 10375 ! 



xrile Xiand. Uganda : Gondokoro, Knohlecher ! 



124. Ii. glaucoviridiS) Engl, m Engl. Jahrh. xl. 533. Branchlets 

 stout, 1^1| lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, younger ones more or 

 less compressed, smooth, tawny, older ones terete, longitudinally cracked, 

 darker; internodes |-2J in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 

 elliptic or obovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, obtuse or subcuneate 

 at the base, 2^-3^ in. long, IJ-lf in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral 

 nerves about 4 on each side, rather oblique, slightly raised on the upper 

 surface, indistinct on the lower ; petioles stout, channelled, 3—4 lin. long. 

 Heads axillary, 3-4-flowered; peduncle stout, 2|-3J lin. long; sockets 

 bowl-shaped, \ lin. deep, glabrous; bract cupular, truncate, 2-2 J lin. 

 long, glabrous, slightly umbonate, margin IJ-lf lin. long. Receptacle 

 and calyx together tubular, 3J-3| lin. long, glabrous. Calyx truncate, 

 2| lin. long. Corolla 2^-3 in. long; tube not obviously swollen at the 

 base, lower half cylindric, upper half cylindric-funnel-shaped ; lobes 

 erect, linear, slightly broadened at the insertion of the filaments, |-1 in. 

 long. Filaments inserted 6-7 lin. below the apex of the corolla-lobes, 

 tapering upwards from a broad base, 3J-3| lin. long, deflexed, tooth 

 obtuse, \ lin. long; anthers linear, 1|-1| lin. long, slightly retuse. 

 Disc not distinctly lobed, J lin. high. Style conspicuously skittle- 

 shaped above, neck 2J lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 2678 ! 



125. L. irangensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 111. Young 

 branchlets rusty-tomentellous, soon becoming pubescent, adult ones 

 rather stout, rather tawny, lJ-2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, 

 pubescent or puberulous, finely and inconspicuously lenticellate ; inter- 

 nodes 5-10 lin. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate or ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 

 thickly coriaceous, minutely puberulous, especially towards the base on 

 the lower surface, or glabrous ; lateral nerves 3-4 " on each side, the 

 lowest pair very oblique, nerves anastomosing far from the margin, 

 raised on the upper surface, hardly visible on the lower ; petiole 1-2 lin. 



