372 cxix. LORANTUACE.*: (sprague). [Loranthus. 



intramarginal ring | lin. liigli. Corolla yellow, about 2 J in. long^ 

 glabrous outside, apical swelling strongly 5-winged in bud ; tul)e split 

 unilaterally 6 lin. down, basal swelling oblong-ovoid, ;-)-3i lin. long ; lobes 

 erect, subspathulate-linear seen from within, 4J lin. long, upper part 

 ship-shaped, 2| lin. long, J lin. broad, | lin. deep, with a hard inner 

 layer sharply demarcated below. Filaments red, inserted at the base 

 of the corolla-lobes, defiexed, tapering upwards from a broad base, 2 J lin. 

 long, nearly |- lin. broad at the base, tooth J lin. long; anthers brownish, 

 linear, 1 J lin. long. Disc shortly 5-lobed, ^ lin. high. Style skittle-shaped 

 above, thickened part 2h lin. long, broadest below the middle, neck 1| lin. 

 long, the lowest |-i lin. narrower than the remainder ; stigma sub- 

 globose, not distinctly lobed. — De Wild. & Th. Dur. Reliq. Dewevr. 201. 

 Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Bangala District, Vetcevre, 875 ! 



17G. L. celtidifolius, Engl, in Engl. JaJirh. xx. 123, t. o,Jig. Dy 

 not of Willd. Young branchlets and leaves very minutely and sparingly 

 rusty-pilose, soon becoming glabrous. Branchlets lenticellate from a 

 young state, soon becoming very densely lenticellate, at first blackish, 

 afterwards greyish, 1^-1$ lin. in diam. about in. below the apex; 

 internodes ^-14 in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate-oblong 

 or (more rarely) ovate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, obtuse at the 

 base, H-2j in. long, 1)-17 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral 

 nerves 2-3 on each side, obliquely ascending, not distinctly anasto- 

 mosing, raised on the upper surface, less so on tne lower ; petiole 3-7 

 lin. long. Umbels axillary, solitary or ternate, 0-13-flowered ; peduncle, 

 pedicels and bract minutely rusty-pilose; peduncle stout, IJ— 2J lin. 

 long; pedicels lJ-2 lin. long; bract ovate-saucer-shaped, obtuse, 

 strongly umbonate, ciliate, dorsal margin \ lin. long, ventral margin 

 \ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together suburceolate-cupular, 1 lin. 

 long, minutely puberulous. Calyx -^l.-J lin. long; intramarginal ring 

 -jV lin. high. Corolla li-13- in. long, minutely puberulous outside, 

 especially towards the base, apical swelling of the bud strongly 5-keeled, 

 H lin. long; tube split unilaterally 5-5 J lin. down, basal swelling 

 depressed-globose, IJ-lJ lin. long, ]| lin. in diam. ; lobes erect, spathu- 

 late-linear, ?)\ lin. long, upper part boat-shaped, If lin. long, -^-^ lin. 

 broad, \ lin. deep, linear-lanceolate seen from within, with a hard inner 

 layer sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted slightly above the 

 base of the corolla-lobes, defiexed, tapering upwards, about 2 lin, long, 

 tooth rounded, ^^ lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, f lin. long. Disc 

 J lin. high, conspicuously exceeding the calyx. Style skittle- shaped 

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

 J lin. long.— Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 167. 



Mozaxnb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Dar-es-Salaam, Hildebrandt, 1225 ! 

 JCirk ! Kuntze ! 



L. ctUidifolius, Willd., is a synonym of L. iucanus, Sclium, &i Thonn. 



177, L. aurantiacus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 124, not of A. 

 Cunn. Branchlets dark and puberulous in a young state, greyish 

 when adult, about 1 J lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex, rather densely 



