Lorcmfhas.] cxix. loranthace^ (sprague). 359 



apical swelling ellipsoid, terete, 2 lin. long, 1 J lin. in diam. ; tube split 

 unilaterally 6J-7 lin. down, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2-3 lin. long; lobes 

 retlexed, linear-spathulate or narrowly spathulate, oJ-4 lin. long. Fila- 

 ments inserted just below the base of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, 1 J-2J 

 lin. long, tooth J lin. long ; anthers narrowly oblong, slightly emarginate, 

 IJ lin. long, hityle skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2J-3 lin. long, 

 neck 1 J-IJ lin. long; stigma ellipsoid, J-| lin. long, papillae not decur- 

 rent.— Hiern in Gat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 934 ; Schinz in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. iv. App. iii. 54. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola: Bumbo; between Bruco and Cbao da Cliella, 

 Weh(H(>ich, 4877! Huilla; near tbe Monino, on Eiirjenia sp. and SHpotucea;, 

 Wehoitsch, 4888 ! Mossamedes ; Onkunibi, Svhinz, 292 ! 



155. Ifl. inalacophylluSy Engl, ti- Krame in Engl. Jahrh. xliii. 408. 

 Branchlets minutely pilose, 2-2^ Hn. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex; 

 internodes 1-4 in. long. Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse at the apex, cordate, rounded or obtuse at the base, 3j-5^* in. 

 long, 1^-3 ^> in. broad, thinly coriaceous, minutely pilose on both sur- 

 faces ; lateral nerves arcuate-ascending, 3-4 on each side, raised on both 

 surfaces ; veins of the older leaves raised on both surfaces. Umbels 

 axillary, fascicled, 4-flowered ; peduncle l?7-l4 lin. long; pedicels | lin. 

 long ; bract cupular with a small broadly ovate dorsal lobe, minutely 

 pubesceiit outside, dorsal margin ^-| lin. long, ventral margin § lin. 

 long. Keceptacle and calyx together campanulate, IJ-lf lin. long, 

 minutely pubescent outside. Calyx subtruncate or slightly lobed. ^-| 

 lin. long, finally spreading and irregularly split. Corolla IJ-IJ in. lung 

 or more, minutely pubescent outside; tube split unilaterally 7-l> lin. 

 down, basal swelling suborbicular or ovoid, 2-3 lin. lorg ; lobes reflexed, 

 linear-spathulate or narrowly spathulate, 3i-4 lin. long. Filaments 

 inflexed. 2\ lin. long, tooth J lin. long; anthers linear-oblong, 1|- lin. 

 long. Disc J lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2J-3 

 lin. long, neck 1 lin. long ; stigma ovoid or ellipsoid, J-| lin. long. — 

 L. Mechowu, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 118, as to Welwitsch^ 4843; 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 934. 



Zio-wer Guinea. Angola: Loanda ; near lioa Msta, on Adansonia di<jilata, 

 Linn., Welwitsch, 4843 ! Gossweiler, 1501 ! Mnceqnes, near Loanda, on Adaiisonia 

 digitata, Linn., Gossweiler, 18! and witbout precise locality, Gossweiler, 2021 



150. L. erianthus, Sprague. Branchlets velvety-pubescent in a 

 young state, IJ-IJ lin. in diam. 8-10 in. below the apex; branches 

 dark, inconspicuously lenticellate, glabrous; internodes |-lj in. long. 

 Leaves opposite or subopposite, subsessile, broadly ovate, rounded at the 

 apex, slightly cordate at the base, 1 1-1| in. long, 1)-13 lin. broad, coria- 

 <:eous, glabrous, subglaucous, margin slightly crispate ; lateral nerves 

 3-4 on each side, arcuate-ascending, anastomosing far from the margin, 

 raised on both surfaces ; petiole up to | lin. long, pilose. Heads axillary, 

 solitary or fascicled, 4-flowered ; peduncle villous, |-1 lin. long includ- 

 ing the central column which separates the saucer-shaped sockets of the 

 flowers ; bract obliquely cupular, densely villous outside, solid base \ lin. 



