Loranthus.] cxix. loranthace^ (sprague). ;*,8;> 



L. Lecomtei^ Engl, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. 132 (^Y^-- 

 phaniscus Lecomtei, Van Tiegli. in Bull. Soc. Eot. France, xlii. 261 ; Bull. Mu8. 

 Hist. Nat. Par. i. 165), from Cape Lopez, is allied to L. gahonensis, accordinj; to 

 Van Tiegliem. It is said to differ from L. gahonensis in having longer peduncles 

 and rtowers one-third shorter. I have not seen a specimen. 



lO;]. L. micrantherus, Engl, in Comptes-rendits Soc. Bot. Bely, 

 xxxix. 28. Branchlets slender, glabrous, finely striate, drying brown, 

 internodes lJ-3 in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate to the acute or obtuse apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, 

 3i-5 in. long, lJ-2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, not 

 wrinkled ; lateral nerves distinct on both surfaces ; petiole 1 J-5 lin. 

 long. Umbels axillary, ternate, 5-8-flowered ; peduncle lJ-2 lin. long; 

 pedicels 2J-4 lin. long ; bract elliptic from a saucer-shaped base, strongly 

 umbonate, dorsal margin -| lin. long, ventral margin patulous, J lin. 

 long. Receptacle J lin. long. Calyx suberect, |-J lin. long. Corolla 

 yellow and red, hardly 1| in. long, truncate in bud ; tube about llj lin. 

 long, the lowermost 2-2^ lin. slightly swollen ; lobes 9 lin. long,"'sub- 

 spathulate above, thickened and shoulder-shaped at the apex. Filaments 

 inserted about 1 lin. above the insertion of the corolla-lobes, 6|-GJ lin. 

 long, tooth |- J lin. long ; anthers narrowly oblong, |-J lin. long. Disc 

 J lin. high or less, slightly lobed. — L. Tessmannii^ Engl, tt Krause in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 405. 



I^ower Guinea. Spanish Guinea : Fang District ; near Bianemajong, 

 1500 ft., Tessmann, B 98! Lower Congo: Cataracts District; near Ngo-Muila 

 and on the banks of the Mangola lliver, Diipuis ! 



Mann, 889, from the Bagru River, Sierra Leone, probably belongs to L. micrau. 

 iheriis, but further material is required for confirmation. 



194. L. parviflorus, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 127. Branchlets 

 slender, finely striate, glabrous, internodes J-2 in. long. Leaves opposite, 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, subacute at the apex, cuneate into the 

 base, 2J-4J in. long, §-lJ in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, drying 

 brown, dull ; lateral nerves 5-6 on each side, arcuate, anastomosing 

 far from the margin ; petiole 3-5 lin. long. "Umbels ternate, about 

 12-flowered; peduncle 7-10 lin. long; pedicels 2J-3 lin. long; bract 

 shortly ovate-cupular, ciliate, dorsal margin J lin. long, slightly umbo- 

 nate below, ventral margin J- J lin. long. Receptacle J-| lin. long. 

 Calyx slightly and irregularly lobed, ciliate, J lin. long. Corolla 9-9.1 lin. 

 long, tetragonal in bud ; tube 3J lin. long, split unilaterally, with a 

 narrow line of papillae running down from each sinus ; lobes spathulate- 

 linear, 5J-6 lin. long, upper enlarged part boat-shaped, 1 J lin. long, | lin. 

 broad, oblong-oblanceolate seen from within. Filaments inserted at 

 the base of the corolla-lobes, 4 J lin. long, slightly tapering upwards, 

 tooth J lin. long; anthers narrowly oblong, J lin. long, J—J lin. broad. 

 Disc annular, not lobed, ^ lin. high. — Ischnaiithus parvifiorus, Van Tiegh. 

 in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 2()0. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : between Timbo and Taroenna, Chevalier, 

 12322 ! Sierra Leone : Bagru River, Mann, 823 ! 



