102(5 ADDENDA. 



young state, minutely lenticellate when adult. Leaves opposite, oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes slightly oblique, narrowed to an obtuse 

 apex, obtuse or subacute at the base, 2J-4 in. long, 10-14 lin. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, lateral nerves slightly raised on the 

 upper surface, hardly visible on the lower ; petioles 3-5 lin. long. 

 Kacemes axillary, shortly peduncled, many-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves, up to 3 in. long ; pedicels 1 lin. long ; bract ovate, minutely 

 ciliolate, J-| lin. long, much thickened dorsally in the lower two- 

 thirds. Receptacle and calyx together narrowly campanulate, 1|- 

 IJ lin. long. Calyx reduced to a mere rim. Corolla in bud rather stout, 

 quadrangular in its lower part, the angles ribbed ; petals pinkish, about 

 4J lin. long, lower part oblong, 1|- lin. long, nearly 1 lin. broad, faintly 

 ribbed outside, minutely papillate inside, upper part reflexed when the 

 flower is expanded, linear-subulate, ^ lin. long, papillate on the inner 

 •edges, otherwise glabrous, J lin. broad at the base. Stamens 3-3J lin. 

 long; filaments |-1 lin. long, glabrous; anthers elongate-subulate, 

 2^2J lin. long, cells 22-23 in each row. Style 2J lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroous : on the Tchape Pass, 4700 ft., Ledermann, 2699 ! 



Allied to L. comhretoidea, Engl., from which it differs in the shape of the 

 leaves, the longer receptacle and the much reduced calyx. 



3a. Loranthus ikelexnbenBis, De Wild, in Bvll. Jard. Bot. Brux, 

 iii. 250. Branches glabrous ; bark brown, obscurely lenticellate. Leaves 

 opposite, "ovate-lanceolate, oblong," 2-4 in. long, f-1 J in. broad, obtusely 

 acuminate, broarlly cuneate or rounded at the base, more or less decurrent 

 into the petiole, coriaceous, glabrous, margin revolute, lateral nerves 

 slightly raised on both surfaces ; petiole channelled, 4-0 lin. long. 

 Racemes axillary, nearly equalling the leaves, up to 2| in. long, rhachis 

 glabrous; pedicels about IJ lin. long; bract triangular, about J lin. 

 long. Petals 3-4 lin. long, upper part linear-subulate, subpapillose on 

 the margin. Anthers elongate, subulate. Style glabrous, about 3 lin. 

 long. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo: Bombimba, on the Jkelembe River, 

 Laurent, \\5%. 



Said to be near L. Mannii, Oil v. I have not seen a specimen. 



21a. Loranthus Talbotiorum, Sjyrague. Leaf-buds densely 

 rusty-tomentose with much-branched hairs. Branches terete, stout, 

 up to 4 lin. in diam., rusty-tomentose above the insertion of the petioles, 

 otherwise glabrous in the adult state, smooth, slightly glossy, sparingly 

 lenticellate, lenticels narrowly elliptic-oblong to linear, up to 3 lin. long; 

 internodes 3-4J in. long, the upper ones strongly compressed. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, ovate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, recurved a short dis- 

 tance below the acute apex, very narrowly cordate at the base, 6-7 in. long, 

 2^-3J in. broad, thickly coriaceous, upper surface glabrous and glossy, 

 lower surface dull, nearly glabrous except the midrib, which is scurfy with 

 rusty much-branched hairs ; petioles 3-3 J lin. long, rusty-tomentellous or 

 glabrescent. Umbels fascicled in the axils, 3-4-flowered, rusty-pubes- 

 cent ; peduncle Ij lin. long; pedicels J lin. long; bract erect, ovate or 



