Viscum.] cxix. LoiiANTHACEiE (sprague). 401 



"broadened into the base, f-1 lin. long, produced |-J lin. beyond the 

 bracteal cup. Bracteal cup at first boat-shaped, 2| lin. long, each half 

 becoming much depressed when the outermost flowers develop bracts 

 IJ lin. long, lower part very concave, ovate, j-| lin. long, minutely 

 glandular-ciliolate, upper part flat, |-J lin. long; pedicels J lin. long. 

 Flower-bud compressed, obtuse. Receptaculartube | lin. long. Petals 

 unequal, deltoid-ovate, | lin. long, the two outer separated J lin. from 

 each other at the apex, subacute, f lin. broad, the two inner very obtuse, 

 5 lin. broad. Anthers broadly elliptic, of two sizes, the smaller about 

 I lin. long, the larger f-| lin. long. Female cymules solitary, 3- or 

 5-flowered. Peduncle 1^-2 lin. long, broadened at the base, produced 

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

 2-2J lin. long, each half becoming much depressed when the outermost 

 flowers develop ; bracts ovate, subacute, |- lin. long, densely glandular- 

 ciliolate ; pedicels | lin. long. Receptacle subcylindric, J lin. long, 

 Calyx present as a mere rim, inside which the petals are inserted. 

 Petals white {Kalbreyer), subequal, ovate-oblong, |-1 lin. long, J-| 

 lin. broad, the two outer separated J lin. at the apex. Style com- 

 pressed-tetragonal, J lin. long including the stigma. Berry white 

 {Kalhreyer), pedicelled, obovoid, broadly truncate at the apex, 2^-2-| 

 lin. long, smooth ; pedicel J lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Victorin, Winkler^ 23a! near Neu-Tegel, 

 Winkler, 159 ! 216a ! Mopanjii, 2600-3000 ft., Kalhreyer, 103 ! Bipinde, Zenker, 

 3196! 



The male inflorescence of V. grandifolium has been described from "Winkler, 159. 

 'The other specimens quoted are female. 



9. V. Gilletii, De Wild, in Bull, Herb. Boiss. 2"'^ ser. i. 44. 

 Branches subterete, 1^ lin. in diam. near the base, slightly ribbed in 

 a dried state ; branchlets and younger parts of the branches slender, 

 hexagonal, 1-1 J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex; internodes J-3 in. 

 long. Leaves oblong-elliptic or elliptic, narrowed or shortly acuminate 

 to an obtuse or subacute apex, cuneate into the base, 2-4 in. long, 1-1 J 

 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 3-nerved from the base ; nerves slightly 

 but distinctly raised on the upper surface, less distinct on the lower ; 

 petiole 3-5 in. long. Cymules axillary, peduncled ; flowers dioecious, 

 tetramerous. Male cymules solitary or ternate, 3-5-flowered. Peduncle 

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

 cup boat-shaped, depressed at both ends. If- 1 J lin. long; bracts broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, f lin. long, glandular-ciliolate; pedicels J lin. long. 

 Flower-bud obtuse. Receptacular tube f lin. long. Petals unequal, 

 deltoid-ovate, | lin. long, about | lin. broad, the two outer subacute, 

 separated \ lin. from each other at the apex, the two inner truncate. 

 Anthers of two sizes, the smaller elliptic, f-| lin. long, the larger 

 elliptic-oblong, | lin. long. Female flowers and berry unknown. 



lower Guinea. Lower Congo : Kisantu, Gillet, 485 ! 1256 ! 



10. V. Zenkeri, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh, xl. 540. Branches sub- 

 terete, about 2 lin. in diam., ribbed in a dritd state ; branchlets !?lender, 



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