Loranthus.'] cxix. loraxthace.*: (sprague). 353 



Differs from the type in the proportionately much narrower leaves. 



Var. vernicusufi, Spx-ague. Leaves varying from ovate-oblong or elliptic to 

 lanceolate-oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the bast-, 

 more rarely subcordate, 15—12 "*• l*^^"o' h'^i "'• hroad, rather thicldy coriaceous. 

 Receptacle and calyx together l|-lf lin. long. Corolla 1^-1^ lin. long; lobes 

 2-^ lin. long, -4 lin. broad. Filaments 2\ lin, long, tooth | lin. long ; anthers narrowly 

 oblong, -^-1 lin. long. Thickened part of style 2-3 lin. long. — L. vermcosi's, Engl, 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 120. i. r/lol>iferi(s, Schweinf. in IJuU. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 

 149. Tapiiianthus verrucosus. Van Tiegli. in liuU. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 267. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Katagum District, Dalziel, 204 ! 



Nile Iiand. Eritrea : liogos ; Keren, iS/p^fZwer, 178 ! Sudan : between Koiosko 

 and Berber, Kotsclii/, 376! near Wad Medina, on Zizyphus mucrouata, Willd., 

 Broun, 832 ! Atem Kiver, on Cratcbva Roxhurghii, K. Br., Broun, 1128 ! Jur : Clreat 

 Seriba Ghattas, Sckweinfurt/i, 1485 ! 



Also in Arabia. Diflers from the type in the leaves, wliich are generally broadt-st 

 below the middle instead of above, and more or less rounded at the base. 



Scliweinfurth in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 149, has reduced L. arohui/.s, 

 Deflers, Voy. Yemen, 197, to L. fjlohiferus. From the mention in Detlers's descrip- 

 tion, however, of oblique folds on the corolla-lobes and scales inside the tube, it iS 

 evident that L.arcfhicus belongs to the section Tajjinosfemma, as stated by Detiers. 



144. L. bangwensis, Enyl. (L- Kranse in Enyl. Jahrh. xliii. 407. 

 Branches 4 lin. in diam. or less, glabrous, greyish or tawny, very densely 

 lenticellate, branchlets smooth and brownish in a young state, \\ lin. in 

 diam. 1 ft. below the apex ; internodes |-3-| in. long. Leaves oppo- 

 site, ovate, ovate-oblong or elliptic, acuminate or not, acute, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 2^7 in. long, 1-4|- 

 in. broad, more or less coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 3-5 on each 

 side, raised on both surfaces ; petiole '^-^ lin. long. Umbels axillary, 

 fascicled, 7-8-flowered ; flowers arranged in a circle below the slightly 

 concave apical portion of the peduncle ; peduncle 1 J-2 lin. long ; 

 pedicels f lin. long; bract obliquely cupular or ovate-saucer-shaped, 

 dorsal margin ^| lin. long, ventral margin J- J lin. long. Receptacle 

 and calyx together cupular or suburceolate, I5— If lin. long. Calyx 

 minutely ciliolate, |-f lin. long. Corolla about 1 J in. long in bud, 

 apical swelling ellipsoid, pentagonal, If lin. long, If-lJ lin. in diam., 

 basal swelling ellipsoid, 2J lin. long ; tube eventually split unilaterally 

 about 8 lin. down ; lobes reflexed, spathulate, 3-3J lin. long. Filaments 

 tapering upwards, over 2J lin. long, tooth f lin. long ; anthers oblong, 

 emarginate. 1 lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2J-;i 

 lin. long, neck \-\ lin. long ; stigma obovoid, |-f lin. long. — L. Belvis'u^ 

 Hook. f. in Hook. Niger Fl. 375 ; Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 108 ; 

 Stapf in Johnston, Liberia, ii. 646 ; not of DC. Z. lanceolatus, F. X. 

 Williams in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me ser. vii. 93, not of Beauv. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, on Adansonia digitata,lA\\vi., Roger! Gambia: 

 Upper Baddibu District ; Ballanghar, on Mcerua angolensis, DC, Lester, 4 ! 

 Bathurst Garden, on guava trees, Lester, 71 ! and without precise locality, Mungo 

 Baric ! Sierra Leone : Bagroo River, Mann, 803 ! near the town of Sierra Leone, 

 Scott-Elliot, 3916 ! on Sjiondias mangifera, Willd., Barter I on Bsidiumpyriferum, 

 Linn., Vogel, 88 ! Sugarloaf Mountain, Scott-Mliot, 5783 ! near Regent^ Scott- Elliot, 

 4016 ! Scarcies Valley ; on the way to Kukuna, Scott -JUlliot, 4:7 20 ! French Guinea : by 



