358 cxix. LoiiANTHACEJE (sprague). [Loranthus. 



157 !), in;iy belong to L. BiicumfE. The leaves, however, arc rounded or obtuse at 

 the base with patulous lateral nerves, and the pedicels arc longer than in typical 

 L. BuviimcB. 



]53. Ii. Buchneri, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 114, t. '2, fig. E. 

 Branchlets slender, dark, minutely pilose in a young state, afterwards 

 becoming glabrous, hardly 1 lin. in diam. 9-12 in. below the apex; 

 branches dark grey, finely and rather densely lenticellate ; internodes 

 1-2| in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate, obtuse or rounded 

 at the apex, subcordate or cordate at the base, 1-4 in. long, \-^\ in. 

 broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dark brown in a dried state ; lateral 

 nerves aicuate-ascending, anastomosing far from the margin, raised on 

 the upper surface, less so on the lower, veins fairly prominent on the 

 upper surface ; petiole 2-4 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary, gemi- 

 nate or ternate, 3-4-flowered, minutely pilose ; peduncle 1-H lin. long; 

 pedicels f lin. long; bract obliquely cupular, minutely ciliate, dorsal 

 margin 1 lin. long, ventral margin J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx 

 together campa!nulate, 1|-1| lin. long. Calyx subtruncate or irregularly 

 lobed, sparingly ciliate, j-| lin. long. Corolla red, 1J-1| in. long in 

 bud, depressed-truncate, minutely and rather densely pilose outside; 

 basal swelling subgloboseor ellipsoid, l|-2 lin. long, 1 J-l| lin. in diam., 

 remainder of tube 12-14 lin. long, split unilaterally 7-8 lin. down; 

 lobes reflexed, spathulate, inflexed at the apex, much thickened at the 

 outer angle. Filaments inserted 3 J-4 lin. below the apex of the corolla- 

 lobes, inflexed or involute, nearly 3 lin. long, tooth | lin. long; anthers 

 narrowly oblong, 1 lin. long. Disc sunk, 5-lobed, \ lin. high. Style 

 skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2J-2J lin. long, neck \-\ lin. long, 

 broadened upwards and downwards; stigma narrowly obovoid, \-\ lin. 

 long. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 031. Acrostephanus Buchneri ^ 

 Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 2G8. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola: Ainbriz; on the roots of a malvaceous plant, 

 Weltvitsch, 4842! on Jasminum sp., Monteiro ! Loanda ; between Cacuaco and 

 Quipungondo, on Fluchea Dio.scoridis, DC, Gossweiler, 1500! 



Var. Gosstoeileri^ Sprague. Branchlets buflf-coloured, sometimes glabrous fjoni 

 an early stage. Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse, rounded or cordate at the base, 

 ^'-2 in. long, 5-16 lin. broad, coriaceous, ])ale brown or greenish-brown in a dried 

 state, veins hardly visible. Anthers 1^ lin. Ions. — L. ohtusilohus, Engl. & Kruuse 

 in Kngl. Jahrb. xliii. 410. L. gracilis, Engl. & Krause, I.e. 411. 



ZaO'wer Guinea. Angola: Loanda, Gussweiler^ 149! on Oreivia sj). ami on 

 Phi/llanthus sj)., Gossweiler, 473! 



l.")!. L. moUissimus, E7igl. in Engl. JaJirh. xx. 119. Whole plant 

 velvety-pubescent; branches rather stout, about 2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. 

 below the apex ; internodes J-4 in. long. Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate 

 or ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute at the apex, cordate at the base, 

 2J-4 in. long, lj-2J in. broad, coriaceous, lateral nerves inconspicuous. 

 Heads axillary, fascicled, 4-flowered ; peduncle l^-l^ lin. long; bract 

 obliquely cupular, slightly 2-lipped, pubescent outside, dorsal margin 

 1 lin. long, lateral |-^ lin. long, ventral J-| lin. long. Receptacle and 

 calyx together campanulate, lf-2 lin. long, pubescent outside. Calyx 

 |-f lin. long. Corolla scarlet, l|-lf in. long in bud, pubescent outside, 



