Visewm | LORANTHACEZ (Harv.) 579 
Twigs hexagonal ; female flowers and smooth fruit pe- 
Gunctlated 26:5.” at po besc7 ere ewe cre sh on:: (4) SO 
Twigs terete ; flowers and twherculated fruit sessile ... (2) obovatum, 
Leaves orbicular, ovate or oblong, not tapering at base: 
Leaves coriaceous, obviously 3—5-nerved ; berries pedi- 
cellate. 
Lys. elliptical or ovate, somewhat cuneate at base 
(nearly uncial)... ewe ee uae nee ee (3) Paucifiorum. 
Lys. broadly-ovate or suborbicular ($-} inch long 
Gnd wide) i i aes 5c. ec ask © See oe er 
_ Lys. oblong or lanceolate-oblong, acute at each end, 
Leaves fleshy, without obvious veins ; berries sessile ... (6) Crassulee, 
2. Leafless species: (7—11) 
Stem much branched and bushy : branches and twigs terete. 
Berries smooth, mostly in pairs. Branches robust (3- 
4linesin diam.) ... (7) robustum, 
Berries smooth, mostly solitary. Branches slender 
(1-2 lines ih dha ye ee 
Berries tuberculated ©... 0... see vee nee ee ees (9) verrucosum. 
Stem much branched and bushy: branches and twigs two- 
edged, flattish ... (11) dichotomum. 
Stem minute, of one internode; ‘the single vagina bearing 
3 sessile flowers... Fett Ce alee TUS eae AO) ID 
1. V. obscurum (Thunb. Prod. 31); old branches terete, the younger 
ones and twigs hexagonal, articulated ; leaves elliptical-obovate, or ob- 
long, tapering at base, very obtuse, coriaceous, obscurely 3-nerved, gla- 
-brous ; flowers in threes, the males sessile, the females pedicellate ; 
peduncle of the fruit mostly longer than the white, or yellowish-white, 
smooth berry. Fl. Cap. p. 154. DC. Prod. 4, p. 285. 
Van. a, longifolium; leaves narrow-obovate, 14-2 inches long, much attenuated 
at base. V. obscurum, £. § Z./ 2273. 
Van. 8, brevifolium ; leaves broadly-obovate, $-13 inches long, acute at base. 
V. rotundifolium, E. § Z.! 22972. Zey.! 2700. V. paueciflorum, E. Mey. in Herb. 
Drege. V. obscurum, E. Mey. ! 
Has, Var. a, Grootvaders and Duyvelsbosch, Swell., and at the Chumiberg, 
Kaftr., E. § Z./ Van. B, chiefly on willows, in Uitenhage, Albany, and Kaftirland, 
E. § Z,! Kaymansgat, Drege! (Herb, Sd. D.) : 
Much branched, bushy, dichotomous or trichotomous ; the young twigs sharply 
hexagonal. Internodes 1-3 inches long, the nodes somewhat swollen. Leaves 
variable in length and breadth. Peduncles of the fruit 3-6 lines long. Style 4 
line long. This comes very near V. Orientale of the East Indies, but has a more 
evident style, and somewhat different berries. 
2. V. obovatum (Harv.); branches and digs terete, articulated ; 
leaves broadly-obovate, acute at base, very obtuse, coriaceous, obscurely 
3-nerved, glabrous; flowers in pairs or solitary, both sexes sessile ; 
fruits sessile, tuberculated. 
Has. Near D’Urban, Port Natal, Gerrard § McKen! 659. (Herb. T.C.D.) 
Robust, bushy, much branched. Very similar in foliage to Vz obscurum, var. B, 
but readily known by the terete twigs, and especially by the fruit. Leaves j inch 
long, more than 4 inch wide. 
8. V. paucifloram (Thunb. Prodr. 31); old branches terete, the 
younger ones and twigs sharply 6-12-angled ; leaves elliptical or ovate, 
sessile, somewhat cuneate at base, obtuse or subacute, carnoso-corraceous, 
VOL, Il. a 
(8) Capense, ~_ 
