Zoranthus.] cxix. lokanthace^ (sprague). 3i5 



Known to me only from Van Tieghem's brief description traiislateil above. Van 

 Tieghem does not state whether the corolla is glabrous or pilose, and the position uf. 

 the species is therefore a little doubtful. 



130. L. Farmariy Sprayue. Branches slender, about 1 J lin. in diam. 

 1 ft. below the apex, terete, smooth, ash-coloured; internodes l£-l in. 

 long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate or lanceolate, obtuse at 

 the apex, sometimes minutely apiculate, obtuse or rounded at the base, 

 ^i~^"2 ^^- ^^^gj 1-1 1 ill- broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, nerves and 

 veins raised on both surfaces; lateral nerves 4-6 on each side, oblique, 

 anastomosing far from the margin ; petiole ^^--IJ lin. long. Umbels 

 axillary, solitary, about D-flowered ; peduncle 1-2 lin. long, terminated by 

 a convex discoid expansion, about 1| lin. in diam., with a deep apical 

 depression, outside which the flowers are arianged in a circle ; pedicels 

 J-| lin. long; bract obliquely ovate-saucer-shaped, sparingly ciliolate, 

 dorsal margin | lin. long, ventral margin ^—\ lin. long. Receptacle and 

 calyx together campanulate or cupular, IJ-lJlin. long. Calyx subtrun- 

 cate, ciliolate, | lin. long. Corolla scarlet {Farmar)^ If in. long, with an 

 ellipsoid depressed-truncate apical swelling in bud, crowned by 5 diverging 

 triangular teeth, basal swelling ellipnoid, 2 J lin. long ; tube funnel-shaped 

 above, split unilaterally ; lobes retiexed, spathulate-linear, enlarged part 

 IJ lin. long, f lin. broad, much thickened at the apex, produced dorsally 

 into a triangular appendage, J lin. long. Filaments inserted 3 J lin. below 

 the apex of the corolla-lobes, involute through one circle, tapering up- 

 wards, IJ lin. long, tooth \ lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, | lin. 

 long. Dischardl}' lobed, J lin. high. Style conspicuously skittle-shaped 

 above, thickened part ^J-2J lin. long, neck J-| lin. long, gradually 

 thickened upwards into the base of the ellipsoid stigma. 



Upper Guinea, (iold Coast, Farmar, 503 ! 



131. Ij. ogowensisy Enyl. hi FjujI. Jahrb. xx. 117, t. -, Jig. F. 

 Young branches fairly slender, Ij lin. in diam. i) in. below the apex, 

 yellowish-grey, striate, glabrous, minutely and inconspicuously lenticel- 

 late, older branches 1^-3 lin. in diam., brown, densely and conspicuously 

 lenticellate; internodes 1-4 in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 

 broadly ovate, acute or obtuj^e at the apex, rounded or abruptly subcuneate 

 at the base, 'l\-h in. long, l^--i in. broad, coriaceous, sometimes thinly, 

 glabrous; lateral nerves '2-1 on each side, obliquely ascending, slightly 

 raised especially on the upper surface, anastomosing far from the margin ; 

 petiole 2 J-7 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 4-G-flowered ; peduncle 

 about 2J lin. long; pedicels f-lj lin. long; bract ovate-saucer-shaped, 

 dorsal margin | lin. long, ventral margin \ lin. long. Receptacle nnd 

 oalyx together campanulate, 1 |-2J lin. long. Calyx truncate or slightly 

 lobed, sparingly ciliolate, l-lj lin. long, split irregularly by the expansion 

 of the b.'ise of the corolla. Corolla l|--i in. long, white with greenish 

 lobes and base {Emjler), truncate at tlie apex and r)-horned in l)ud, 

 minutely papillate outsidf;, ap{)earing glabrous except under a high }>ower, 

 basal swelling ellipsoid, '2\-o lin. long ; tube funnel-shaped abo\e ; lobes 

 reflexed, linear, much thickened in the upper -i-:^| lin., horns -J-J lin. 



