580 LORANTHACEZ (Harv.) [Visewm. 
_ 3-nerved, glabrous “ pubescent”) ; flowers on minute, 2—3-flowered 
peduncles, the females minutely pedicellate; pedicel of the fruit shorter 
than the oblong, smooth, yellowish-white berry. Thunb. Cap. 154. 
DC. Prod. 4, p. 285. HE. & Z.! 2274. Drege, No. 7650. 
Var. B, Euclez; leaves subacute or obtuse; berries reddish. FE. § Z./ 2275. 
Has. Near Tulbagh and on mountains in the Onderbokkeveld, Clanw., E § Z./ 
Paarlberg and in Dutoitskloof, Drege! 8. Parasitical on Huclea near Driefontein 
in Groenekloofveld, EZ. ¢ Z.! On Rhus, at Heerelogement, Clanw., Zeyh.! 750. 
Herb, Sd. 
, Robust, aL wickeaibibuc brittle, with dark-coloured bark. Internodes 1-14 inches 
long, the nodes somewhat swollen. Leaves }-1 inch long, 4-7 lines wide, most 
commonly elliptical, erecto-patent. Pedicel of the fruit 2-3 lines long. Style 
scarcely any. This has much larger, and thicker, and more oblong leaves than V. 
_rotundifolium. Thunberg describes them as being “‘alternate and canescent” ; in 
our plant they are opposite, glabrous, but probably glaucous when fresh, blackish 
when dry. £. § Z.’s V. Euclee scarcely differs, but is said to have reddish berries. 
4. V. rotundifolium (Thunb. Prodr. 31); old branches terete, the 
younger ones and twigs sharply hexagonal ; leaves broadly-ovate or sub- 
rotund, sessile, broad-based, obtuse or subacute, coriaceous, glaucous, 
obscurely 3-nerved, glabrous; flowers on minute, 2—3-flowered pedun- 
cles, the females pedicellate; pedicel of the fruit shorter than the ovate, 
red berry. Thunb. Cap.154. DC. Prod. 4, p. 279. V.glaucum, E. § Z./ 
2276. Drege, 7651. Zeyh./ 2701. 
Has. In woods near the Zwartkops river, Uit., also in Albany and Kaffirland, 
£. § Z./ Klein Winterhoek and near Beaufort, Drege /! Gamke river, Burke! Ma- 
galisberg, J. Sanderson ! Albany, Hutton ! &c. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
Robust, frequently trichotomous, brittle, with pale bark. Internodes 1-1} inch 
long, the nodes swollen. Leaves 4-3} inch long, sometimes exactly orbicular, but 
more commonly roundish-ovate, obtuse and acute on the same branch. Pedicels of 
the fruit 1-2 lines long. Style scarcely any. 
5. V. tricostatum (E. Mey.!); old branches terete, the younger ones 
and twigs sharply hexagonal ; leaves oblong-ovate or lanceojate-oblong, 
subsessile, acute at both ends, horizontally-spreading, coriaceous, 3-nerved, . 
glabrous, glaucous; flowers on short, 2-3-flowered peduncles, the fe- - 
males pedicellate ; pedicel of the fruit about as long as the smooth, | 
reddish berry. Zeyh.! 747. Drege, 7652, 7651. ay 
Has. Between Verleptpram and the mouth of the Gariep, Drege/ Parasitical on 
willows by the Gariep, Zey./ Namaqualand and Hopetown district, A. ! 
(Hab st. HE, aS ie a a aa = dt 
This has the habit of V. rotundifolium, but differently-shaped leaves. It is more 
slender than V. paucijlorum, with pale bark, spreading branches, remarkably patent, 
more uniformly acute, and evidently glaucous leaves, not turning black in drying. 
Leaves 5-7 lines long, 2-4 lines wide. Pedicels of the fruit 2 lines long. Style 
scarcely any. ee 
6. V. Crassule (E. & Z.! 2277); branches and twigs terete, succu- 
lent (rugose when dry); leaves suborbicular, sessile, very thick and fleshy, 
without obvious nerves; flowers sessile, 3-4 together, axillary ; berries 
— ay truncate, red, smooth, tipped with a style. V. Huphor- 
ie, EL. Mey. : 
Has. Parasitical on shrubby Crassule on the Bothas Albany, £. & Zit 
Zondagsrivier on Euphorbia (1), Drege! (Herb, Sd. D.) di . 
