350 CXIX. LORANTHACE.E (sPRAGUE). [LorauthuS. 



broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull ; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, rather 

 oblique, raised on both surfaces, especially the upper ; petiole stout, 

 21-4 lin. long. Only detached flowers known. Receptacle and calyx 

 together cupular or campanulate, 2 lin. long. Calyx truncate, irregularly 

 spfit, 1 J lin. long. Corolla IJ in. long in bud, glabrous outside, apical 

 swelling oblong-ellipsoid, rounded, 3-3J lin. long, basal swelling sub- 

 globose, 2 J lin. long, lf-2 lin. in diam. ; lobes oblanceolate, |-1 lin. 

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

 about 2f lin. long, tooth | lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, Ij lin. 

 long. Disc pentagonal, J lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened 

 part about oj lin. long, neck hardly 1 lin. long. 



TTpper Guinea. Senegal, Lecard, 83 ! 84 ! 



Very near L. Pentaqonia, DC, from which it seems to differ in the dai-k bi-owii 

 hranchlets, larger leaves and more elongated apical swelling of the corolla. De 

 Wildeman states that the corolla-lobes are erect, but in view of the close relationship 

 with L. Pentaqonia this seems doubtful. 



140. L. guttatus, Sprague. Branches stout, flexuous, 2J-5 lin. in 

 diam., brown, rather finely and densely lenticellate, lenticels elongated 

 horizontally; branchlets 1-1 J lin. in diam., pale brown; internodes 

 4-1^ in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, lanceolate, obtuse at the 

 apex, obtuse or cuneate at the base, 3J-5 in. long, 10-18 hn. broad, 

 thickly coriaceous, glabrous, penninerved ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each 

 side, very oblique, slightly raised on the upper surface, hardly visible on 

 the lower, anastomosing far from the margin ; petiole 3-0 lin. long. 

 Umbels axillary and on the old wood, solitary or fascicled, 4-flowered ; 

 peduncle IJ-lf lin. long, sockets cupular, | lin. deep ; pedicels J- J lin. 

 long ; bract ovate-cupular, dorsal margin j-| lin. long, truncate or 

 obtuse, ventral margin |-y'^ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 

 campanulate, wide-mouthed, If -If Hn. long, pale green. Calyx trun- 

 cate, I lin. long. Corolla over IJ in. long, glabrous outside, reddish, 

 densely spotted with white, apical swelling in bud oblong-ellipsoid, 

 5-ribbed, 2 lin. long, basal swelling obovoid-globose, 2 lin. long, about 

 H lin. in diam. ; tube split unilaterally 0-7 lin. down ; lobes deep red, 

 re'flexed, subspathulate, 3J-3J lin. long, about | lin. broad. Filaments 

 inserted J-J lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, deflexed, 2J lin. 

 long, tooth \ lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, If lin. long. Disc 

 pentagonal, \ lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 

 deep red, 3 lin. long, neck hardly Ij lin. long. 



Mozamb. Slstr. North-west Rhodesia: near Bwana Mkubwa, 4500 ft., 

 JEiofjers, 8320 ! Mashonaland : Mazoe District, Eyles, 369 ! 



The flowers are like those of L. alatus, De Wild., except that the apical swelling 

 of the bud is not winged and that there appears to be only one stage in the expansion 

 of the flower. 



141. L. S3rringifolius, Engl, in Engl.Jahrh. xx. 115. Branchlets 

 glabrous, internodes |-1J in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate, acute at 

 the apex, subcordate at the base, 1 J in. long, 1 in. broad or less, very 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves about 2 on each side, oblique. 



