ADDENDA. 1033 



159«. Loranthus pubiflorus, Sprague in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 

 Iviii. Mhn. viii. 201. Branchlets finely grooved and minutely pilose^ 

 especially in a young state, f-| lin. in diam. near the apex, 1 lin. in 

 diam. 1 ft. below the apex, the older parts inconspicuously lenticellate ; 

 internodes 1-2J in, long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, elliptic or 

 ovate-elliptic, usually rounded at the base (the lowest on a branchlet 

 sometimes obtuse at the base, the uppermost sometimes emarginate), 

 rounded or very obtuse at the apex, 2J-8J in. long, lJ-2 in. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous, dull, slightly rough with raised points in a 

 dried state; lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, rather oblique, anasto- 

 mosing far from the margin, raised on both surfaces ; petiole 3^-5 lin. 

 long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 8-1 0-flowered, pubescent; peduncle 

 about If lin, long, with a deep apical depression, round which the 

 pedicels are arranged in a circle ; pedicels about | lin. long ; bract ovate 

 from a saucer-shaped base, truncate, dorsal margin | lin. long, ventral 

 margin i lin, long. Keceptacle and calyx together campanulate, nearly 



1 lin. long, minutely pilose outside. Calyx ascending, | lin. long, subtrun- 

 cate, shortly and irregularly split. Corolla red oryellow, about 1 \ in. long 

 in bud, minutely pilose outside, apical swelling oblong-ellipsoid, 1 J lin. 

 long, nearly 1 lin. in diam., pentagonal, angles not ribbed, faces faintly 

 3-nerved, basal swelling ellipsoid, If lin. long ; tube split unilaterally 

 7J-8J lin. down ; lobes reflexed, spathulate, 2 j-3 lin, long, upper 

 enlarged part about IJ lin, long, hardly | lin. broad. Filaments infiexed, 



2 lin. long, tapering upwards, grooved on the inner surface, tooth 

 stout, obtuse, J lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, 1 lin. long, J-J lin, 

 broad. Disc J lin, high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 

 l|-2 lin. long, neck J lin. long; stigma pear-shaped with a minute 

 apical depression, J lin. long, lower half gradually thickened upwards 

 into the base of the ellipsoid upper half. 



Upper Guinea. Ivory Coast: Bingerville, on Ficus sp.. Chevalier, 16047! 

 16059 ! 



X. piihijloriis liMS the fades of L. lanceolatiis, Beauv., from whicli it may be 

 distinguished by the pilose corolla and branchlets and the large central depression 

 at the apex of the peduncle. Described from specimens in Dr. Chevalier's herbarium. 



174a. Loranthus Stolzii, Engl, d- Krause in Engl. Jahrb. xlv. 

 291. Branches terete, rather stout, 2J-3 lin. in diam. 16 in. below the 

 apex, glabrous, slightly wrinkled, slightly striate longitudinally, clear 

 brown. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, more rarely ovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse at the apex, subacute at the base, 2-3 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, 

 thinly coriaceous, rigid, glabrous ; petiole fairly stout, channelled, 3-('» 

 lin. long. Umbels axillary, 5-9-flowered ; peduncle 3J-5J lin. long ; 

 sockets of the pedicels saucer-shaped ; pedicels slender, 3-5 lin. long ; 

 bract unilaterally developed from a saucer-shaped base, ventral margin 

 J lin. long, dorsal margin over J lin. long. Receptacle and calyx to- 

 gether urceolate-obovoid, over IJ lin. long, 1 lin. in diam. Calyx \ 

 lin. long. Corolla orange-red, 2 in, long, basal swelling ellipsoid, nearly 



3 lin, long; lobes lanceolate-linear, nearly 5 lin. long, sharply incurved 

 at the apex, upper half strongly keeled dorsally, f lin. deep, with 



