304 cxix. LORANTHACE^ (spraque). [Lo7'anthti8, 



may be Identical with L. ha7tffwensis,Er)g\. & Krausc. Z. Thonningii, DC. Prodr. iv. 

 303, is a synonym of L. incanus, Schum. & Thonn. It was omitted from the Index 

 Kewensis under the impression tliat it was identical with Schumacher and Thonning's 

 species of the same name. 



162. L. MoUeri, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 120. BraDches fairly 

 stout, about 2 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex, tawny, shortly pilose 

 with minute simple hairs and larger rusty branched hairs, finely and 

 inconspicuously lenticellate ; internodes 1^-2 J in. long. Leaves opposite 

 or subopposite, ovate-oblong, oblong or lanceolate, subacute, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex, subcuneate or obtuse at the base, 2J-3J in. long, 

 J-IJ in. broad, thinly coriaceous, puberulous on the nerves, otherwise 

 nearly glabrous ; lateral nerves 4-5 on each side, arcuate-ascending, 

 anastomosing far from the margin, conspicuously raised on the upper 

 surface, less so on the lower ; petiole 4-5 lin. long, shortly rusty-pilose 

 in a young state, finally more or less glabrescent. Umbels axillary, 

 solitary, about ^<-flowered ; peduncle and pedicels rusty-pubescent ; 

 peduncle very stout, 1-1 J lin. long; pedicels fairly slender, about 2 lin. 

 long ; bract ovate or elliptic from a saucer-shaped base, rusty-pilose 

 outside, subcucullate, umlDonate, umbo rather flattened, dorsal margin 

 I lin. long, bent forwards, ventral margin J lin. long. Flowers very 

 obliquely inserted. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, very 

 wide-mouthed, IJ-lJ lin. long, rusty-pilose outside. Calyx patulous or 

 spreading, J-f lin. long ; intramarginal ring J lin. high, glabrous. Corolla 

 orange-yellow, IJ in. long or less, rusty-pilose outside with long slightly 

 branched hairs and very short simple hairs, slightly constricted in bud 

 about 3 lin. below the apex ; tube split unilaterally C-8 lin. down, basal 

 swelling ellipsoid; 2 J lin. long ; lobes erect, subspathulate-linear, 4 lin. 

 long. Filaments inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes, inflexed, 

 tapering from the base to the middle, 2i-2| lin. long, tooth rounded, 

 \ lin. long, J lin. broad ; anthers oblong-linear, | lin. long. Disc 

 pentagonal, 5-lobed, \-\ lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened 

 part 3 lin. long, broadest above the middle, neck Ij-lf lin. long; 

 stigma subglobose, \ lin. in diam. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 934. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; Calemba Island, in the Cuixnza 

 Hirer, 7J>/«'jY*rZ!, -4845 ! 



Ifi3. L. bulawayensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xl. 536. Young 

 branchlets puberulous, older ones stout, wrinkled, glabrous ; internodes 

 6-10 lin. long. Leaves subopposite, ovate, ovate-elliptic or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse or subacute at the apex, obtuse or subcuneate at the base, 

 ]l-2| in. long, 6-13 lin. long, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral 

 nerves oblique, 2-3 on each side of the midrib ; petiole 3-5 lin. long, 

 channelled and pubescent above, puberulous below. Umbels axillary, 

 solitary or fascicled, 3-4-flowered ; peduncle, pedicels and bract puberu- 

 lous ; peduncle J-lJ lin. long; pedicels |-1 lin. long, stout; bract 

 ovate-saucer-shaped, umbonate above the middle, minutely ciliate, 

 dorsal margin |-f lin. long, ventral margin \ lin. long. Receptacle 

 and calyx together cupular or suburceolate, H-lf li^- long. Calyx 



