354 cxix. LORANTHACE.E (sprague). [Loranthiis. 



rivers, near Parana, Scoft-Elliof, 5343 ! Liberia : basin of the Sinoe River, Whyte f 

 Grand Bassa, Ansell ! on Coffea liheHca, Hiern, Persea gratissima, Gaertn. f., &c., 

 J) ink I age, 1908 ! Gold Coast : Cape Coast Castle, Vogel, 45 ! Southern Nigeria : 

 Abo, Vogel, 40 ! Camcroons : Bangwe, Conrav, 253 ! Great Batanga, DinMage^ 998 ! 



145. L. kisantuensis, De Wild, d: Th. Dur. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me 

 8ei\ i. 43. Branchlets brownish, finely lenticellate, glabrous ; internodes 

 about 1| in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate-elliptic, obtuse 

 or rounded at the apex, cordate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 2-2 J in. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, arcuate- 

 ascending, anastomosing far from the margin, slightly raised on both 

 surfaces ; petiole about 3 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary or geminate, 

 4-flowered ; peduncle IJ lin, long, flattened at the apex between the 

 sockets ; pedicels about h lin. long ; bract obliquely cupular, dorsal margin 

 |-1 lin. long, ventral margin J lin. long Receptacle and calyx together 

 narrowly campanulate, l|-2 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long. Corolla 1 J-lf in. 

 long in bud, apical swelling oblong, rounded-subtruncate, obtusely pen- 

 tagonal, If lin: long, 1 J lin. in diam., basal swelling obovoid, 2 J lin. long ; 

 tube eventually split unilaterally about 8 lin. down; lobes reflexed, spathu- 

 late, acute, about 3 J lin. long. Filaments tapering slightly upwards, 2J 

 lin. long, tooth \ lin. long ; anthers oblong, slightly emarginate, | lin. long. 

 Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2 J lin. long, broadest below 

 the middle, neck about \ lin. long ; stigma oblong-obovoid, J lin. long. 



Xtower Guinea. Lower Congo : Kisantu, Gillei, 67 ! 



14G. L. brazzavillensis, De Wild. In Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Bely. 

 xxxix. 102. Branchlets rather stout, nearly 2 lin. in diam. 8 in. below 

 the apex, nodose, smooth, pale brown, glabrous ; internodes 1-2 in. long. 

 Leaves alternate, lanceolate, acute at the apex, rounded at the base, 

 4J-C in. long, li-2J in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull, penninerved, 

 margin slightly crispate ; midrib slightly impressed on the upper surface, 

 very prominent on the lower ; lateral nerves numerous, indistinct on both 

 surfaces, patulous, anastomosing far from the margin ; petiole about 4 lin. 

 long. Flowers known only in a detached state. Receptacle and calyx 

 together narrowly campanulate, 1 J lin. long. Calyx truncate, | lin. long. 

 Corolla about If in. long in bud, apical swelling oblong or ovoid-oblong, 

 pentagonal, 1 J lin. long, IJ lin. in diam., rounded at the apex, basal swell- 

 ing obovoid, 2J-3 lin. long ; tube split unilaterally about 8 lin. down ; lobes 

 reflexed, spathulate, acute, 3Hin. long. Filaments slightly tapering up- 

 wards, 2 lin. long, tooth J lin. long ; anthers linear-oblong, slightly emar- 

 ginate, 1 J lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part about 2h 

 lin. long, neck J lin. long ; stigma ellipsoid, y^ lin. long. — L. crassicaulis, 

 Engl, in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 30, as to Devieuse, 119. 



Iiower Guinea. French Congo : Brazzaville, 2>e?ne?^5e, 119 I 



147. Ij. lanceolatns, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 8, ^ 64. Young branch- 

 lets slender, subangular, dark brown, glabrous, soon becoming terete 

 and finely lenticellate, 1 J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, older ones 

 greyish or buflf-coloured, finely and densely lenticellate ; internodes 

 J-4 in. long. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate, ovate, ovate- 



