Loranthus.] cxix. loranthace.e (sprague). 379 



long, IJ lin. in diam. ; lobes erect, spathulate, acute, 2J-2| lin. long, 

 upper part shallowly boat-shaped. If lin. long, -^^ lin. broad, hard inner 

 layer sharply demarcated below. Filaments inserted about the base 

 of the corolla -lobes, deflexed^ li~l| ^^^- lo>^g» tapering upwards, the 

 uppermost J lin. slightly thickened, tooth -^jj lin. long; anthers 

 oblong-linear, |-| lin. long, connective slightly exceeding the cells. 

 Disc lobed, J-J lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 

 l|-2 lin. long, neck f-| lin, long, slightly swollen in the middle ; 

 stigma subglobose or ellipsoid, J-f lin. long. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. 935, partly. 



IiO\irer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in the Moniiio forests, on Ficus sp. and 

 other trees, Welwitsch, 4889 ! 4890 ! 



Welwitsch, 4891 and 4892, which were quoted by Engler under L. viUosiJloruSy 

 belong to L. TerviinalicE, Engl. & Gilg. The original description of L. villosijlorus 

 seems to have been drawn up mainly from Welwitsch, 4890. 



187. la. Terminalise, Engl, d- Gilg in Warh. Kunene-Samb. Exped^ 

 228. Branchlets rusty-tomentellous, finely striate, IJ-lJ lin. in diam. 

 5-G in. below the apex ; branches rather stout, up to 3 lin. in diam., 

 longitudinally wrinkled, puberulous or glabrous, lenticellate ; internodes 

 J-l| in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, ovate or elliptic (the 

 lower ones on each branchlet obovate-elliptic), obtuse or rounded at the 

 apex, broadly cuneate into the base, ll-o in. long, 1-1| in. broad, 

 coriaceous, softly pubescent or puberulous; midrib and lateral nerves 

 more or less rusty-tomentellous or pubescent ; lateral nerves 3-4 on each 

 side, obliquely arcuate, anastomosing far from the margin, prominent 

 on the upper surface, slightly raised on the lower ; petiole 3-8 lin. long, 

 rusty-pubescent or puberulous. Umbels axillary, solitary, 3-5-flowered ; 

 peduncle, pedicels and bract rusty-tomentellous or tomentose ; peduncle 

 1|-2J lin. long ; pedicels H lin. long ; bract ovate-oblong from a saucer- 

 shaped base, dorsal margin IJ lin. long, ventral margin f lin. long. 

 Receptacle and calyx together shortly campanulate, constricted above 

 the middle, IJ lin. long, rusty -tomentose. Calyx J-| lin. long, lobed. 

 Corolla orange-red or scarlet, 2 in. long or a little less, villous-tomentose 

 outside with rusty branched hairs; tube split unilaterally 7-8 lin. down, 

 basal swelling ellipsoid, 3-3 J lin. long ; lobes erect, spathulate-linear, 

 acute, 6 lin. long, upper part narrowly boat-shaped, 3 lin. long, | lin. 

 broad, oblong-lanceolate seen from within, hard inner layer sharply 

 demarcated below. Filaments inserted above the base of the corolla- 

 lobes, deflexed, 3J-3| lin. long, tapering upwards, tooth \-\ lin. long; 

 anthers linear, IJ lin. long, connective exceeding the cells. Disc acutely 

 5-lobed, J lin. high or more. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 

 2J-3 lin. long, neck 1 J lin. long ; stigma ellipsoid, \ lin. long or more. — 

 L villosiflorus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 125, as to Welwitsch, 4801, 

 4892 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 935, partly. 



Iioiver Guinea . Angola : Huilla ; between Nene and Lopollo, on Com- 

 hretactce, &c., Welwitsch, 4892 ! east of Lopollo, on Farinarium Mohola, Oliv., 

 WeUcitscJt, 4891 ! Amboella ; between Ungombekike and the Kuito Kiver, 

 4000 ft., t)n Teruiinalia sp., Baiim, 519 ! 



