106 Lor.ANTiiACE.t[^ (Sprague). [Loranthus. 



state with verticillate-branclied hairs which fall off leaving a dense 

 velvety covering of stellate hairs, nerves not ^•ifeible, or the midrib 

 sometimes slightly raised on the lower surface ; petiole 1-3 lin. long ; 

 umbels axillary, solitary, sessile, 2-flowei^ed, or flowers solitary; 

 pedicels H-lf lin. long, like the bract, receptacle and calyx, densely 

 tomentose with verticillate-branched hairs ; bract ascending, uni- 

 lateral, ovate-oblong or narrowly oblong, 1-1^ lin, long 3 flowers 

 tetramerous ; receptacle and calyx together campanulate, 1^-1 1 Ihi. 

 long ; calyx shallowly lo])ed, ^-| lin. long ; corolla slightly clavate 

 above in the bud, slightly enlarged at the base, about 1| in. long, 

 villous-toraentose outside with verticillatr^-branched hairs ; basal 

 swelling ellipsoid, 1^-lf lin. long; tube splitting unilaterally for a 

 short distance downwards, studded inside with conical papilUe, 

 especially on the adnata part of the filaments ; lobes more or less 

 reflexed, linear-spathulate, 4-4^ lin. long, upper part \-^ lin. broad; 

 stamens erect; filaments 1^—2 lin. long, lijiear, thickened towards 

 the apex ; anthers lanceolate-linear, 1-1 2 hn. long, |-^ liji. broad, 

 divided transversely into nvunerous small cells arranged in 4 vertical 

 rows, connective produced beyond the cells, cells 5 in ea.ch of the 

 inner rows, 6 in each of the outer ; disc quadrangular ; style 

 narroAved upwards; stigma ellipsoid, -^ lin. long, Harv. in IIari\ <f' 

 Sond. Fl. Cap, ii. 575 ; EngL in Emjt Jah-h. xx. 84 ; Engh in Engl, 

 d- Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr, 1 2wii.-iv. 131 ; Schinzin BiiIL Herb, 

 Boiss. iv. A]?}), iii. 54. SeptuUna oralis^ Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 

 Bot. France, xlii. 263, 



Westerx PvEOIOK : Great Namaqualand ; Aris Drift on the Orange River, on 

 TamaHx sp., Scheiick, 25S I Gais, on the lower Orange River, on Tamarix sp., 

 Schenck, 341 ! Little Namaqualand ; between the Holgat River and the Orange 

 River, Drege ! Kaus MountaiuB, J)yeue \ aamly ravine below Doornpoort, on 

 Lycium sp., Pearson, 6010 1 bed of the Kuboos Riverj on Tamarix sp,, Pearson, 

 6070 ! sandy plain 5 miles north of Aneuous, on Lycium sp., Pearson, 6185 1 



Loranthus ovaUs, E. Meyer, is closely related to Z. glancvs, Thunb., from which 

 it differs in the long verticillate-branched hairs which clothe the fully developed 

 corolla^ and in the calyx, which is as long a.s the receptacle. Very young flower- 

 buds of L. glaucus are rather thinly covered with short verticillate-branched hairs 

 %\'hich disappear by the time the corolla is fully developed. 



A fruiting specimen collected in Little Xamaqualand between Eitterfontein and 

 Stinkfontein, on Zygo'phyllmn sp. {Ptarson, 5534 !) may belong to //. oralis. The 

 berry is oblong-ovoid, crowned by the persistent calyx, which considerably overtops 

 the disc. It is difficult to distinguish Z. oralis from L. glaucas in the aUsence of 

 flow era. 



7, L. glaucus (Thunb. Prodr. 58) ; Li-aiiclies terete, pale brown, 

 with a glaucous appearance due to a covering of minute scale-like 

 stellate hairs, rather slender, 1 liu, or less in diam. 6 in. below the 

 apex; branchlets spreading or ascendii 



with 



leaves alternate, petioled, oblanceolate- oblong or obovate-oblong, 

 more rarely obovate or elliptic, ^-1^ in. long^ l|-6 lin. broad, 

 obtuse or rounded at the apex, gradu^illy narrowed into the base, 

 coriaceous, raidrib slightly raised on the lower surface ; petiole 



