400 cxix. LORANTHACE.E (sprague). [Viscum. 



7. V. congolense, De Wild, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2"** ser. i. 44. 

 Branches subterete, 1 J-'2J lin. in diara., slightly ribbed in a dried state ; 

 branchlets slender, hexagonal, l-lj lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex; 

 internodes \-?> in. long. Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, rounded or 

 very obtuse at the apex, abruptly and shortly cuneate into the base, 

 1-3 in. long, f-2 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 3-nerved from the 

 base ; nerves slightly but distinctly raised on the upper surface, less 

 distinct on the lower ; petiole 1-2^ lin. long. Cymules axillary, 

 solitary or fascicled, peduncled, 8-5-flowered ; flowers dioecious {Bates) ^ 

 tetramerous. Male cymule : Peduncle rather stout, broadened into the 

 base, |-1 J lin. long, produced J-| lin. beyond the bracteal cup. Bracteal 

 cup crescent-shaped in outline, 1^-2 lin. long ; bracts ovate or broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, |-| lin. long, gland ular-ciliolate ; pedicels J lin. long. 

 Flower-bud ellipsoid, subacute, 1 J lin. long. Receptacular tube j-J lin. 

 long. Petals subequal, deltoid-ovate, acute or subacute, | lin. long, 

 £-| lin. broad at the base, the two outer separated J-i lin. from each 

 other at the apex. Anthers of two sizes, the smaller broadly elliptic, 

 ^-| lin. long, the larger elliptic-oblong, |-l|lin. long. Female cymule : 

 Peduncle 1-H lin. long, slightly broadened at the base, produced J-| 

 lin. beyond the bracteal cup. Bracteal cup at first boat-shaped, after- 

 wards crescent-shaped in outline, 1|-1| lin. long; bracts ovate, obtuse, 

 or, more rarely, acute, | lin. long, glandular-ciliolate ; pedicels about 

 ^ lin. long. Receptacle subcylindric or more or less broadened upwards, 

 1-1 J lin. long. Caiyx present as a mere rim, inside which the petals 

 are inserted. Petals ovate, obtuse or subacute, |-| lin. long, \-\ lin. 

 broad. Style compressed- tetragonal, nearly J lin. long including the 

 stigma. Berry shortly pedicelled, ellipsoid, 3-3 J lin. long, 2-2 J lin. in 

 diam., smooth, translucent ; pedicel about \ lin. long. — Miss. E. Laurent, 

 70. V. Staudtiiy Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 541. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Great IJatanga, Bates^ 320 ! Ledermann, 238 ! 



Lolodorf, Staudt, 352 ! 425 ! 



Iiow^er Guinea. Lower Congo: Kisantu, Oillet, Z9>2\ 573. 



South Central. I^elgian Congo : Aruwiini District; Barumbu, Laurent; 

 Kasai District; Mange, Laurent, 



St:iU(lt, 352, (|Uotcd by Englcr (I.e.) under V. grandifoUtim evidently belongs to 

 V. congolense. 



8. V. grandifolium, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xl. 540. Branches 

 terete or subterete, 1^2 J lin. in diam., slightly ribbed in a dried state ; 

 branchlets slender, at first hexagonal, soon becoming subterete, finely 

 ribbed, about 1^ lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex ; internodes i-2^ in. 

 long. Leaves elliptic or ovate, oblique or not, narrowed or shortly 

 acuminate to an obtuse or acute apex, cuneate into the base, 2-3 J in. 

 long, 1-1 1 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 3-nerved from the base, 

 margin crispate in a dried state ; nerves slightly but distinctly raised 

 on the upper surface, usually less distinct on the lower except towards 

 the base, where they are prominent; petiole lJ-3 lin. long. Cymules 

 axillary, peduncled ; flowers dioecious, tetramerous. Male cymules 

 solitary or geminate, 5-G- flowered. Peduncle rather stout, slightly 



