408 CXIX. LORANTHACEH (SPRAGUE)- [ Visewm- 
together 3-1 lin. long, 4-8 lin. broad, slightly narrowed into the base.. 
Petals ovate, §-3 lin. long, 4-§ lin. broad, deciduous. Style broadly 
conical, } lin. long ; stigma projecting }-3 lin. above the insertion of the 
petals. Berry pedicelled, ellipsoid, 2 lin. long, smooth; pedicel 4 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ussangu; on the northern slope of 
Lipanye Mountain, at 7500 ft., on Loranthus sp., Goetze, 1273! 
20. V. Hildebrandtii, Zngl. in Kngl. Jahrb. xx. 183. Branches 
terete, glabrous, 1-14 lin. in diam., much wrinkled in a dried state, 
internodes 2-3 in. long; branchlets slightly compressed, minutely 
papillate, internodes 4-11 in. long, $-} lin. broad, Flowers tetra~ 
merous. Male inflorescence not known. Female inflorescence : Flowers 
solitary or ternate, each borne in a shortly peduncled bracteal cup. 
Bracteal cup at the time of fruiting % lin. high, 1} lin. long, § lin. 
broad, very shallowly lobed; peduncle }-% lin. long. Berry con- 
spicuously pedicelled, red, ellipsoid, smooth, 2} lin. long ; stigma pro- 
jecting 3 lin. above the apex of the berry ; pedicel {-1 lin. long.—Engl. 
Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 167. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Taita; Ndi Mountain, on Acacia sp» 
Hildebrandt, 2568! 
21. V. Bagshawei, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc, xxxvii. 208. A 
much-branched shrub. Stem terete, about 3 lin. in diam. 1} ft. below 
the apex of the branchlets; branches subterete, longitudinally wrinkled 
in a dried state; branchlets slightly compressed, 4—§ lin. broad near 
the apex ; internodes }-1} in. long. Flowers dicecious, tetramerous OF 
trimerous. Male plant unknown. Female plant: Flowers solitary oF 
2-3 together, with or without bracteal cups. Bracteal cup, when present, 
rather more than half as long as the receptacle at the time of expan- 
sion of the flower, shortly lobed, { lin. high ; lobes slightly ascending, 
rounded, } lin. long, margin scarious. Receptacle obovoid-oblong, § lin. 
long, nearly 3 lin, broad at the apex. Petals deltoid-ovate, §-} lin. long, 
4-3 lin. broad, deciduous. Style shortly conical, 4-4 lin. long ; stigma pro 
jecting lin. above the insertion of the petals. Berry shortly pedicelled, 
yellow, subglobose, smooth, about 24 lin, in diam.; pedicel about $ lin. long: 
Wile Land. Uganda: near Mulema, on Acacia sp., Bagshawe, 333! near the: 
Kafu River, Bagshawe, 957 ! Toro District ; near the mouth of the Mpanga River, 
3000 ft., Bagshawe, 1156! Busoga District ; Jinja, 3900 ft., Brown, 82! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kenshambi, by the Kagera River, 
Mildbraed, 292! ' 
Brown’s specimen differs from the type in having more elongated branches and 
red berries. 
22. V. verrucosum, Harv. in Harv. ¢: Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 581. A 
much-branched shrub, Stem terete, about 23 lin. in diam. 1} ft. below 
the apex of the branchlets ; branches subterete, longitudinally wrinkled. 
in a dried state; branchlets slightly compressed, about $ lin. broad near 
the apex ; internodes }-1} in. long. Flowers diccious, tetramerous- 
Male inflorescence consisting of 1-3 sessile flowers, or of.a 3-flowe 
