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| 576 LORANTHACES (Harv.) [Loranthus. 
scattered, very shortly-petiolate, obovate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 
* obtuse, tapering at base, thick, pulverulent, without conspicuous 
nerves ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, 2 or 4 together, very short ; 
bract linear ; calyx pulverulent, minutely-crenate ; corolla clothed with 
pulverulent scales, subcylindrical clavate, slightly swollen at base, 4- (or 
sometimes 5-?) lobed, the tube splitting, the short spoon-shaped lobes 
reflexed. H.& Z./ 2280, also L. Burchellii, B. & Z.1 2281. Zey.! 7535 
754: 
ada Has, Saldanhabay, Thunb./ B. § Z./ Drege! and near Hexriver, Worcester, and 
Gaaup, and Winterveld, Beaufort, E. ¢ Z./ Heerelogement, Kraus in Bushmans- 
Soup | <j land and in Graafreynet, Zey./ Snowy Mts. Burke/ Ebenezer and other stations 
in N. W., Drege/ (Herb. Sd. D. Hk.) 
Parasitical on Rhus, and on Lycium, &c. All parts covered with very persistent, 
pale scurf, which gradually wears off. Leaves scarcely an inch long, often less, 
4-4 inch wide; petioles 1-2 lines long. Peduncles 2-3 lines long. Corolla 15 inch 
long, usually splitting down one side. Petals 4, 80 far as I have seen; Thunberg 
says 5. Limb of the petals 2 lines long. Z. canescens (Burch. Trav. 2, p. 90) seems, 
by description, to be a synonym of this species. 
4, L, Zeyheri (Harv.); the twigs, petioles and peduncles hispid, 
with short, spreading hairs; leaves opposite, minutely-petiolate, elliptic- 
oblong or ovate, obtuse or subacute, acute at base, 3-nerved at base 
and penninerved, glaucous, the younger ones scabrous and hispidulous, 
especially on the lower side, at length neatly glabrate ; peduncles 
axillary, 2-4 together, 1-flowered, hispid, short ; bract linear, hispid ; 
calyx ciliate, repand; corolla glabrous, subcylindrical, 5-lobed, the tube 
splitting, the linear-lanceolate clawed lobes erect, Zey.! No. 751. 
Var. 8, minor; leaves and flowers smaller, 
Has. Magallisberg, Zeyher / Gamkeriver, Burke/ (Herb. Hk. Sd. D.) 
Robust, with a rough, brown bark ; all the young parts clothed with short, 
whitish, rough pubescence. Leaves 1}-2 inches long, an inch or more wide ; 
petioles 1-2 lines long. Peduncles 2-3 lines long. Flowers 2-24 inches long, re- 
sembling those of Z. Natalitius. Bract fully as long as the calyx, or a little longer. 
5, L. Natalitius (Meisn.! in Lond. Journ. Bot. 2,P. 539); glabrous; 
leaves scattered or sub-opposite, shortly-petiolate, ovato- or oblongo- 
lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, acute or tapering at base, penninerved ; 
peduncles axillary, 4~5 together, 1-flowered, semi-uncial ; bract ob- 
liquely-cupulate ; calyx truncate, crenate ; corolla subcylindrical, 5-lobed 
(occasionally 6-lobed), the tube splitting, the linear-lanceolate, clawed 
lobes erect. Gueinzius! 47 & 545. Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 30. 
ro Array round D’Urban, Natal, Krauss/ Gueinzius! Sanderson! (Herb. 
Robust, with rugose, dark-coloured bark. The lower leaves and branches fre- 
quently opposite, those of the appee shoots mostly alternate. Leaves 14-24 inches 
long, $-14 wide, yellow-green, wers “ waxy-white, tipped with yellow, standing 
erect the pendulous branches, and called ‘ Lighted-candles’ by the children at 
Natal” (Sand. in Litt.) The bie 
and does not represent the tm Se he cyan teri ng unopened flowers 
6. L. olewfolius (Ch. & Schl. Linn 3 ; a 
: e : - 3s p> 20 glabrous ; leaves 
opposite or scattered, minutely ito dene shortly petioled, 
linear-lanceolate, obtuse, acute at base, faintly penninerved beneath ; 
peduncles axillary, umbellate, 3~5-flowered ; bract obliquely cupulate, 
