1 0r>2 ADDENDA. 



thickened part 3|-4J lin. long, neck hardly 1 lin. long, constricted in 

 the lower third ; stigma cylindric, truncate, with a minute apical depres- 

 sion, about ^ lin. long, j^ lin. in diam. 



Upper Guinea. Gourma : between Fada and Koupela, Chevalier, 24532 ! 

 near Diapaga, C//evalier, 24438 ! 



Allied to L. lanceolatus, Beauv.,from which it differs in the sessile flowers and 

 the 1 on trer apical swelling of the corolla. The specific name refers to tlie snuke-like 

 appearance of the corolla when in bud. Described from specimens in Dr. Chevalier's 

 lierb irium. 



V)\a. Loranthus crispatiilus, Sprague in Kew Bulletin, \\)\\^ 

 ^^59. Adult branches greyish-brown, finely lenticellate, glabrous, 1J-I:» 

 lin. in diam. ; branchlets fairly stout, finely striate, minutely and densely 

 puberulous, about IJ lin. in diam. 9 in. below the apex; internodes 

 1-2^ in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 

 to an acute apex, rounded or (the older ones) subcordate at the base, 

 more rarely obtuse, 2^-4-^ in. long, 1J-2J in. broad, coriaceous (some- 

 times thinly), glabrous, margin crispate ; lateral nerves 2 on each side, 

 very oblique, the upper running subparallel to the midrib, slightly 

 raised on the upper surface, prominent on the lower, veins hardly 

 visible ; petiole 2-:5^ lin. long, minutely puberulous or glabrous. Um- 

 bels axillary, solitary, or fascicled on the old wood, 4-flowered ; peduncle 

 l|-2 lin. long, stout, thickened at the base, minutely and densely 

 puberulous especially at the apex, sockets of the pedicels saucer-shaped, 

 iibout I lin. in diam., separated by the small flat or concave top of the 

 peduncle ; pedicels and bract minutely and densely puberulous ; pedicels 

 1 lin. long ; bract shallowly ovate-cupular, obtuse, dorsal margin ^-| 

 lin. long, ventral margin \ lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together 

 campanulate with a wide mouth, 1| lin. long, minutely puberulous, 

 lower half much narrower than the upper; receptacle nearly 1 lin. long 

 over J lin. in diam. Calyx sharply ascending, nearly 1 lin. long, sub 

 truncate, margin shortly and irregularly split. Corolla over IJ in. long 

 in bud, depressed-truncate, minutely pilose outside : tube split uni- 

 laterally about 9 lin. down, basal swelling oblong-ellipsoid, 2|— 2^ lin. 

 long; lobes reflexed, spathulate, ?>l lin. long, under 1 lin. broad above, 

 inflexed at a right angle at the apex, produced at the outer angle 

 into an ascending dorsal rim. Filaments inserted about \ lin. below 

 the base of the corolla-lobes, involute, tapering upwards, 2^ lin. long; 

 tooth \-\ lin. long ; anthers narrowly oblong, 1^ lin. long. Disc ^ lin. 

 high, hardly lobed. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part about 

 3J lin. long, neck nearly | lin. long; stigma ellipsoid, about \ lin. 

 long, subtruncate. 



South Central. lielgian Congo: Xouvelle Anvers, on Coffea liherica, Hiern, 

 Be Giorgi, 5 ! 6 ! 



Described from specimens in the Brussels Herbarium. The species runs down in 

 the key (p. 270) beside L. tschintschochensis, Engl., and L. Buvutnoe, Reiidle. It 

 differs from the former in the ascending calyx, much broader than the receptacle, 

 from the latter in the base of the leaves, and from both speeies in having only two 

 lateral nerves on eacij side of the midrib. 



