Viseum. | CXIX. LORANTHACE# (SPRAGUE). 397 
In East Africa V. tuberculatum has been found on a great variety of hosts, 
including Gymnosporia senegalensis, Loes., Rhus glaucescens, A. Rich., and Termi- 
nalia Browne, Fres. 
3. V. longiarticulatum, Hngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 540. Inter- 
nodes of the ultimate branchlets 4-2 in, long,much flattened, finely ribbed 
on the faces, broadened from below upwards, 14-13 lin. broad shortly 
below the apex, then slightly narrowed again ; lower branches terete, 
internodes 2}-3 in. long. Leaves very shortly petioled, elongate- 
oblong or lanceolate-oblong, usually subfalcate, acutely apiculate or more 
or less rounded at the apex, cuneate into the base, 2-34 in. long, }-1 
in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, 3- or 5-nerved from the base ; 
nerves distinctly raised on the upper surface, less evident on the lower, 
the three middle ones running to the apex of the leaf, the two outer 
much less distinct ; petiole 3-14 lin. long. Inflorescences axillary, 
sessile or subsessile, solitary or fascicled. Flowers tetramerous, 1, 3, 
or 5 in each axil, the female solitary in each bracteal cup. Female 
flower: Bracteal cup subsessile, 3 lin. high including the lobes; lobes 
erect, ovate, obtuse, 4 lin. high, margins ascending, diverging at right 
angles or less. Receptacle cupular, 3 lin. long, very finely tubercled in 
the upper part. Calyx present as a mere rim inside which the petals 
are inserted. Petals deltoid, obtuse or subacute, over $ lin. long, ;',-3 
lin. broad at the base. Style shortly pyramidal, { lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Eastern Usambara; Amani, 3100 ft., 
Warnecke, 374! 
The above description has been adapted in large part from Engler’s, owing to the 
scanty material available for examination at the time of writing. 
4. V. nervosum, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 338. 
Usually greenish-yellow ina dried state. Main stem terete; branchlets 
angular, ribbed, the ultimate ones compressed, about ? lin. broad 
towards the apex, slightly tapering downwards, Leaves subsessile or 
shortly petioled, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the apex, 
more rarely subacute or acute, especially in a young state, rather abruptly 
contracted into the base, 4-1? in. long, 4-15 lin. broad, coriaceous, 
glabrous, distinctly 3-5-nerved, finely reticulate, dull; nerves more or 
less raised, especially on the upper surface; petiole 3-1 lin. long. 
Cymules axillary, solitary or one on each side of an axillary branch, 
peduncled, 3-flowered ; flowers monecious, tetramerous, either all of the 
same sex or male and female together in the same cymule. Peduncles 3-14 
lin. long, those of the male or mixed cymules rather shorter than those 
of the female. Bracteal cup boat-shaped, $-1 lin. long, $-4 lin. broad, 
minutely ciliate. Male flower ellipsoid or obovoid in bud, 3-1 lin. long, 
solid base ,4,-1 lin. long. Receptacular tube }-} lin. long. Petals 
deltoid-ovate or ovate, 4 lin. long, ;%,—} lin. broad at the base. Anthers 
inserted about the base of the petals, obtusely trigonous, elliptic or 
‘suborbicular in outline, 4 lin. long, 3-,, lin. broad. Female flower : 
Receptacle subclavate, % lin. long, 3 lin. in diam., slightly verruculose 
or smooth, rapidly becoming ellipsoid-oblong and then ellipsoid after 
