Loranthiis.^ cxix. loranthace^ (sprague). O.jT 



151. L. tschintschochensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. llC. 

 Branchlets slender, IJ-IJ Hn. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex ; intei- 

 nodes 2-4 in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate, acute, obtuse or rounded 

 at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 'I-'lh in. 

 broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, 

 patulous or oblique, anastomosing far from the margin, raised on both 

 surfaces; petiole 2-4 lin. long. Umbels 4-flowered ; peduncle l^-- 

 lin. long, minutely puberulous ; pedicels inserted in cupular sockets, 

 J-| lin. long ; bract shallowly ovate-cupular, minutely puberulous out- 

 side, ciliolate, dorsal margin f lin. long, ventral maigin f lin. long. 

 Receptacle and calyx together cupular-suburceolate, 1^-1 i ^in. long, 

 minutely puberulous. Calyx subtruncate, |-J lin. long. Corolla about 

 If in. long in bud, truncate, minutely pilose outside, basal swelling 

 obovoid, 2|^ lin. long; tube split unilaterally to the middle; lobes 

 refiexed, spathulate, nearly 4 lin. long, | lin. broad above, inflexed 

 at the apex, much thickened dorsally. Filaments inserted about J lin. 

 below the base of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, tapering upwards, 2J lin. 

 long, tooth f lin. long; anthers oblong, IJ lin. long. Style skittle- 

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

 pear-shaped, f lin. long. — Ao'ostephanus tschintschochensis, Van Tiegh. 

 in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 268. 



JaO-wer Guinea. French Congo : Loango ; Cbiiichoslio, Soi/mtx^ 48 ! 



152. L. Buvumse, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 207. 

 Adult branches greyish, slightly striate, glabrous, inconspicuously lenti- 

 cellate ; internodes 1-2J in. long. Leaves opposite, oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, acute at the apex, subcuneate at the base, 2J-4J in. long, 

 10-19 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, dull and finely wrinkled in a 

 dried state ; lateral nerves about 3 on each side, oblique, fairly promi- 

 nent ; petiole 6-10 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, 4-flowered; 

 peduncle If lin. long, minutely pubescent ; pedicels inserted in cupular 

 sockets, 1 lin. long ; bract shallowly and obliquely cupular, minutely 

 pubescent outside, dorsal margin f lin. long, ventral margin \-\ lin. 

 long. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate with a wide mouth, 

 constricted in the middle ; receptacle 1 lin. long, f lin. in diam. 

 Calyx ascending, truncate, minutely pubescent outside, f lin. long, 

 lf-l| lin. in diam. at the mouth. Corolla nearly 2 in. long in bud, 

 depressed-truncate, red, speckled with white, puberulous outside ; tube 

 split unilaterally not quite to the middle, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2 lin. 

 long; lobes reflexed, subspathulate, 4 lin. long, | lin. broad above, 

 apex inflexed with an obtusely triangular ascending dorsal appendage 

 about I lin. long. Filaments inserted about \ lin. below the base of 

 the corolla -lobes, inflexed, tapering upwards, 2| lin. long, tooth \ lin. 

 long ; anthers narrowly oblong, tapering slightly towards the apex, 

 l\ lin. long. Disc \ lin. high. Style skittle -shaped above, thickened 

 part about 2f lin. long. 



wile Iiand. Uganda; Lake Victoria; Buvuuia Island, -B^^^/iflfM-f, 628! 



A specimen collected on Ukerewe Island, at Nenwied, 4000 ft. {Courads 



