

■Loranthus.] lorantiiace.e (Sprague). 105 



577 ; Engl hi Engl JahrK xx. 130 ; ScJthiz in Bull JTrrh. Eoisff, iv. 

 Ajy}^. iii. 54; Sp^agne In Dj/er, FL Trop. Afr. vi. i. 278. rUcosejmhiif 

 nndulatus, Van Tiegh, in Bull Soc. Bot. France^ xli. 504, 5-iO. 



Vab. Pj angustior (Sprague) ; leaves shortly petioled or sessile, oblong or linonr- 

 oblong, rounded or obtuse at the base ; receptacle about 3 lin. long. 



WESTER^^ Kegiox : Little Namaqualand ; between Holgat River and the Orange 

 River, 1000-1500 ft., Drejel between Verleptpram and the mouth of the Orange 

 liiver, Dregel Yar. )3 ; Great Namaqualand ; Sandverhaar. 3100 ft., on Aracia 

 Giraffac^ Burch., and A. homda, Willd., Pearson, 469^ ! 



Also in Tropical Africa. It has not been possible to determine from dried 

 material whether the odd petal is anticous or posticous. This is a point which 

 should be investigated in the field. 



5, L. kalachariensis (Scliinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss, iv. App. iii. 53) ; 

 glabrous ; branchlets ascending, elongated, brown, slightly lenticel- 

 late, nearly 1^ lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex; leaves opposite 

 or alternate, oblong, oblong-linear or linear, H-3^ in. long, 5-10 

 lin. broad, rounded at the apex, cuneate, obtuse or rounded at the 

 base, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, 3-5-nerved ; petiole i-2J lin. 

 long ; umbels axillary, solitary or fascicled, sessile or peduncled, 

 2-6-flow^ei'ed ; peduncle up to 5 lin. long; pedicels 5-6 lin. long ; 

 bract saucer-shaped with an ovate or oblong limb, dorsal margin 

 §-l^> lin. long, strongly umbonate or keeled, ventral margin -J- lin. 

 long ; flowers pentamerous, polypetalous ; receptacle obconical, 

 2-3 lin. long ; calyx ascending, i-f lin. long, truncate ; corolla red 

 or deep pink, strongly arcuate and clavate above in the bud ; petals 

 2^- in. long or less, claws inserted obliquely on the receptacle, 

 3^-11 lin. long, with straight margins, interlocking by uieans of 

 4-S (usually 5) pairs of very oblique folds which descend from the 

 adnate part of the filament ; limb reflexed sboi'tly above the base 

 and coiling into loose spirals, subspathulate-linear ; filaments in- 

 serted at the apex of the claws, erect, curved in their upper part, 

 about 1 in. long, tapering slightly upwards; anthers linear, 3^7 lin. 

 long, not divided transversely ; style without a double bend at the 

 base ; stigma capitate, | lin. in diam. Sprague in Dyer, FL Trop. 

 Afr, vi. i, 280. i. Fleclcii, ScUnz, I.e. X. Penfleri, SchhcJifer in 

 Joimu Bot. 1898, 376. X. Blnteri, Scliinz in Bull Herh. Boiss. 2'"^ 

 ^er. i. 869 (1901). X. splendens, N. E. Br, in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 



136. X. cuTvifiorus, Schinz, PI MenyhariJf, 42 ; Bendle in Journ. 



Bot, 1905, 52; not of Bentli. 



Kalahari Regiox : Transvaal : Waterberg Division ; Pietpotgieters Eu.-^t, 

 Transvaal Colonial Herh., 4557 I 



Also in Tropical Africa. 



6. L. ovalis (E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 92, 200, 

 i^ame only) ; branches terete, pale greyish-brown, 1-H lin. in diam. 

 6 in. below the apex ; branchlets spreading, the youngest parts densely 

 clothed A^ith verticillate-branched hairs ; leaves alternate, petioled, 

 obovate or obovate-oblong, 5-13 lin. long, 2J-7 lin. broad, rounded 

 at the apex, narrowed into the base, coriaceous, clotlied in a young 



