Loranthus.'\ cxix. lorantiiace.e (sprague). 355 



oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate, 

 obtuse or rounded at the base, 2-4| in. long, f-2| in. broad, chartaceous 

 or thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, rather 

 oblique, anastomosing far from the margin, raised on both surfaces ; 

 petiole 2-5 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 4-8-flowered ; peduncle 

 1-1 i lin. long; pedicels |-| lin. long; bract ovate-cupular, dorsal 

 margin J-f lin. long, ventral margin i lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 

 together carapanulate, 1-1 f lin. long. Calyx subtruncate, ciliolate, 

 ^-| lin. long. Corolla l^-l-l ^^' lo^ig ii^» bud, apical swelling oblong or 

 ovoid-oblong, pentagonal, angles more or less ribbed, 1J-1| lin. long, 

 I lin. in diam., basal swelling suborbicular or ellipsoid, 1|-2| Hn. long ; 

 tube split unilaterally 6-7 lin. down ; lobes reflexed, narrowly spathulate 

 or linear-spathulate, 2J-3J lin. long. Filaments deflexed, tapering up- 

 wards, about 2 lin. long, tooth ;^-| lin. long ; anthers oblong-linear, |-l 

 lin. long, emarginate after dehiscence. Disc J- J lin. high. Style skittle- 

 shaped above, thickened part 2i-2| lin. long, neck |-J lin. long ; stigma 

 narrowly obovoid or pear-shaped, J-| lin. long. — L. JJelvisiiy DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 308. L. Kerstingii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 534. L. Winklet'if Engl. 

 I.e. 533. L. Riggenhachiiy Engl. & Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 409. 



Upper Guinea. Togo: various localities, 1000-2600 ft., Seefried ! Zech, 

 294! Kersting, 108! 175! A 87! A 506! A 624! on Blighia sapida, Kon., 

 Kersting, A 504 ! on Sarcocephalus esculenttis, Afzel., Baumann^ 287 ! Bismarckburg, 

 Biittner, 152 ! Dahomey, Newton ! Lagos : Lagos Island, on Napoleona imperialism 

 Beaav., Barter, 2229 ! Moloney, 20 ! Abeokuta, Irving, 67 ! Southern Nigeria : 

 on the Niger River, BaiJcie ! Northern Nigeria : Yda District, Dalziel, 216 ! 

 Cameroons : Victoria, Winkler ^ 45a ! 160 I Duala, on Acacia sp., Ledermann, A. 



XTortb Central. Bagirmi : Iro, Chevalier, 8754 ! Krebedje, Chevalier, 5461 ! 

 Eastern Chari : Snoussi Country, Chevalier, 7787 ! 



]bo^irer Guinea. French Congo : Tjecna, Chevalier, 9545 ! 



Var. coniiculatus, Sprague. Corolla truncate in bud, shortly 5-horned. 



Upper Guinea. Togo : Banyatera, 800 ft., Schroder, 224 ! 



Loranthus lanceolatns, Ruiz & Pav. (a native of Peru), belongs to Phrygi- 

 lanthus, which is now treated as generically distinct from Loranthus; hence 

 Beauvois's name for the above species need not be changed. 



L. lanceolatus, Beauv., seems to occupy a position intermediate between Z han- 

 gwensis and L. glohiferus : from the former it may be distinguished by the shape of 

 the apical swelling of the corolla, and from the latter by the larger leaves. 



148. L. sessilifolius, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 8, t. 63. Branchlets 

 slender, brown in a young state, about Ij lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the 

 apex ; internodes 1-1 1 in. long. Leaves opposite, sessile, broadly ovate, 

 obtuse or rounded at the apex, cordate at the base, 1-1 J in. long, |-1J in. 

 broad. In other respects apparently resembling the preceding species. — 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 303. Tapirmnihus sessilifoliuSj Yan Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. France, xlii. 2G7. 



Upper Guinea. Koto (Keta), Beativois. 



Hiern in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. i. 931 has identified with L. sessilifolius, Beauv., 

 a plant of Southern Angola subsequently described as a new species, L. glauco' 

 phyllus, Engl. This has a pilose corolla, whereas the corolla of L. sessilifoliits, 

 Beauv., appears from the figure to be glabrous, as in L. lanceolatus. 



