Zoranthifs.] LOKANTiLVCEiE (Sprague). 103 



into 20 or fewer small cells arranged in 2 vertical rows, connecfive 

 produced into a subulate point above the np])Crniost colls; no 

 distinct disc present : style quadrangular, much thickened at the 

 base, about 2| lin. long; stigma truncate; berry ellipsoid, about 

 3 lin. long, scarlet. L. Sandersonl, Haw, ex Benfh, et lluok.f. Gtu, 

 PI iii. 208, name only, Wood, Ilandh, FL Natal, 115, name onhj. 



Eastern Regiox : Natal; Krauua Kloof, on a tree at the Tower Rock, veiy 

 rare, Saiuhrson, 6971 Zuluknd ; Ungoya Forest, 1000 ft., on Barchelliu capensw, 

 E. Br., Wood, 3874! Ngoya, Wylie in Herb. Wood, 7469! 



SaiKlerson, 697, has a slightly longer petal-linib and anthers than typical 

 Z. Woodii, but uudoubtedly belongs to that species. 



The description of Z. Woodii given by Schlechter and Krause, I.e., agrees on 

 the whole with Wood, 3874, but includes characters drawn from Rndatis^ 904, which 

 is here referred to L, subct/Undricns, 



2. L. subcylindricus (Sprague) ; very closely allied to the 

 preceding species^ from which it differs in the following characters ; 

 leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate, 1-2| in. long, ^-|- in. broad, 

 margui slightly crispate ; petiole 1-3 lie. long, winged; rhachis up 

 to 1 in. long; pedicels 1-2 lin. long, not oblique or only slightly 

 oblicjue at the apex ; bract inserted in the same line with the 

 pedicel, ovate, very concave, i lin. long, umbonate on the lower 

 half; receptacle subcylindric, 1 lin. long or more; petals 4:|-5^ lin. 

 long, claw 1-1 ;| lin. long, -^-f lin. broad, witli a thickened central 

 band on the inner surface; filaments l^ lin. long; anthers 1A-2'| 

 lin. long, cells 18-26; disc quadrangular, surrounding the base of 

 the style, free from or adnate to it; style 3|— 4 lin. long; berry 

 oblong-ellipsoid. L, Woodu\ ScJdeehter d' Krause in Engl, Jalrh, 



li. i^>4, j}^^'%' 



Eastern' Eegiox: Natal; Alexandra District, Umtwalumi, on Ochna arhonCj 

 Burch., Budatis, 9041 Zululand ; Nkandhla, 4000-5000 ft., Willie in Herb. 

 Wood, 9013! 



3. L, garcianus (Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xh 539); glabrous; stem 

 and branches very stout, gnarled, I in. in diam. at the base, bark 

 smooth, ash-grey, lenticels transversely oblong ; branchlets stout, 

 buff-coloured, nodose, 2| lin. in diam, at the base, wrinkled in a 

 dried state; internodes^J-f in. long; leaves opposite or subopposite, 

 petioled, obovate, l-lf in. long, ^-1| in. broad, rounded at the 

 apex, obtuse at the base, fleshy, thickly coriaceous in a dried state, 

 dullj midrib and lateral nerves slightly raised on the upper surface, 

 less distinct on the lower, lateral nerves very oblique, irregular, 

 about 3 on each side ; petiole 4-7 lin. long ; racemes longer than 

 the leaves, about 30-flowered, peduncle about 1 in. long {Engler), 

 i*hachis 2-3 in. long; pedicels 1-1 1 lin. lung, stout, much thickened 

 at the base; bract unilateral, ascending, very concave, truncate, 

 t-£- lin. long, slightly umbonate on the lower half; flowers 

 tetramerous (rarely pentamerous), polypetalous ; receptacle and 

 intramarginal ring together campanulate, l\ lin. long; calyx erect, 



