346 cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). [Lovantkus, 



long. Filaments inserted 4J lin. below the apex of the corolla-lobes, 

 involute, tapering upwards, 2^3 lin. long, tooth | lin. long; anthers 

 narrowly oblong, 1|— If lin. long. Disc shghtly lobed, about ^ iin. high. 

 JStyle conspicuously skittle-shaped above, thickened part '2h-'^i lin. 

 long, neck |-lj lin. long; stigma ^~| Hn. long. — Engl. A: Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 133; De Wild, t^c Durand in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 2"'« ser. i. 44 ; Reliq. Dewevr. 201 ; De Wild. Miss. E. Laurent, 79 ; 

 Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, i. 237, ii. 124. Acrostephanus 

 ogowensis, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 268. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker, 7-19 ! 141-i ! 



Ziower Guinea. French Congo: Gaboon lliver, Mann! Ogowe River; 

 Lambarene, Buchholz ! Lower Congo: Banana District; Moanda, Gillet, 3235. 

 Stanley Pool District; Kisantu, Gillet, 545! Lukolela, Laurent! 



South Central, lielgian Congo : Equator District ; Equatorville, Deivevre, 

 646a; Mouzamln, Laurent, 1381! Ubangi District, Imese, Laurent ! Bangala Dis- 

 trict; Nouvelle-Anvers, De Oiorgi,b. 



132. L. dependens, Engl.inEnyl. Jahrh. xx. 117. A pendulous 

 shrub, 4-iU ft. long. Internodes ^-IJ in. long. Leaves opposite, 

 arcuate or nearly straight, linear-lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, nar- 

 rowed to the base, 5-7^ in. long, ()-» lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 glossy, deep green, penninerved ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, 

 very oblique, raised on the upper surface, less so on the lower ; 

 petiole 5-7 lin. long. Umbels axillary, ternate, 3-4-flowered ; peduncle 

 2-2J lin. long; pedicels J-lJ lin. long; bract cupular, J-f lin. long, 

 lleceptacle and calyx together narrowly campanulate, 2 lin. long. Calyx 

 1-1| lin. long, irregularly split by the basal expansion of the corolla. 

 Corolla deep blood-red [Welwitsch), If in. long, depressed-truncate in 

 bud, glabrous outside, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2| lin. long ; tube split 

 unilaterally about 7 lin. down; lobes reflexed, spathulate-linear. Fila- 

 ments inserted 4J lin. below the apex of the corolla-lobes, involute, 

 tapering upwards, 2| lin. long, tooth ^-J lin. long; anthers narrowly' 

 oblong, 1| lin. long. Disc lobed, J lin. high. Style skittle-shaped 

 above, thickened part about 3 lin. long, broadest below the middle. — 

 Hiern in Cat. Afi. PI. Welw. i. 1)33. L.pendulus, W^elw. ex Engl. I.e., 

 not of Sieb. Acrontephanvs dependens, Van Tiegh. in Bull. 8oc. Bot. 

 France, xlii. 268. 



XiOwer Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; near Mutollo and at Ciindmnba, 

 on Citrus sp. and Leguminusiu, Jl eltcitscli, 4JS51 ! Aniboella; near I'rinci'/a Amelia, 

 on Berlinia sp., Gussicci/ei-, 3321 I near (Jonscilieiro IJarja, Gossweiler, 3544! 



Mozamb. Sistr. North-west Rhodesia, on Ochna sp., Kassner, 2164 ! 



133. L. Kimuenzse, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moijen-Comjo, i. 

 21), 237, t. 54, Branches stout, 2-3 lin. in diam., nodose, dark brown, 

 glabrous, finely and densely lenticellate ; internodes 1-3 in. long. 

 Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate, subacute at the apex, subcordate 

 at the base, 3^-4^- in. long, 1|-2| in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, 

 slightly glossy on the upper surface ; lateral nerves about 3 on each 

 side, oblique, slightly raised on both surfaces; petiole 3-4-i lin. long. 

 Umbels axillary, fascicled, about 4-flowered ; peduncle 1J-1| lin. long; 



