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Loranthm,] LOKANTiiACE^-E (Sprague). 107 



2-1 T> liii. long ; umbels axillaiy, sessile or more rarely three 

 together, the middle one peduncled, the lateral ones sessile, 2- or 4- 

 flowered, or flower solitary; peduncle 2 liu. lonc( or less; pedicels 

 1-1| Jin. long; bract suberect, unilateral, oblong-linear, l-lj hn. 



long ; flowers tetramerous ; receptacle and calyx together narrowly 

 campanulate, 1-1 j- lin. long; calyx distinctly 4-lobed, distinctly 

 shorter than the receptacle, ^-| lin. long; corolla more or less 

 clothed in a young state with short \-erticillate-branched hairs 

 which rub off quickly, disclosing a scurfy covering of stellate liairs, 

 quadrangular in bud with concave faces, slightly clavate and more 

 densely scurfy above, slightly enlarged at the Ijase, 1-U in. louff ; 



basal swelling ellipsoid, li lin. long; flower expandiiig in two 



stages, the lobes first separating from one another and becoming 

 reflexed, and the tube afterwards splitting unilaterally for a short 

 distance downwards; tube studded inside with conical papillae; 

 ^ lobes oblong-spathulate, 2^-~i lin. long, upper part hardly i- lin. 



broad ; stamens erect ; filaments inserted about h lin. above the 

 base of the corolla-lobes, 1-lf liu. long ; anthers linear, about 1 lin. 

 long, ^divided transversely into numerous small cells arranged in 

 4 vertical rows, connective produced beyond the cells, cells 5 in 

 each of the inner rows, 6-7 in each of the outer ; disc quadrangular, 

 papillate ; style narrowed upwards ; stigma ellipsoid, -^ lin. long ; 

 berry oblong-ellipsoid, 3-3^ lin. long, scaly, crowned by the 

 persistent calyx, which hardly overtops the disc. Thunb. FL Cap. 

 eel 2, ii. 251 ;" Fl. Cap. ed. Schilt. 295 ; Cham, d' SehhcJit. in Linn-ceay 

 iii. 208; EchL tt Zef/h, Enum. 358; Drrge, Zwei PJl. Documente, 



Harv, in Ht 



^ ..-.. ^1 ; Engl, in ^..^.. 



I zu ii.-iv. 131; ScJiinz in Bull, m 



Pjlanzenfam. Naclttr. 

 iv. Am), iii. 53. L. 





canesccns, Burcli. Trav. ii. 90; DC Prodr. iv. 304. L. BarchelJn, 

 EckL & Zeyli. Enum. 358, excl. syn. L. Jongitiibidosus, Engl. & Krause 

 in Engl Jahrh. Ii. 455,^<7. 1. Sejjtulina glauca, Van Tiegli. in Bull 

 Soe. Bol France, xlii. 263. 



Coast Eegiox: Van Khynsdorp Div. ; Ebeuezer, Dregel Heerenlogemeut, on 

 Hhus sp., Zeyherl Clanwilliam Div.; by the Olifants Jliverj Bachmann, 358 I 

 Malme;<bury Div.; neaj- Hopefield, between Matjesfontein and Hazenkraal, 

 Bachmann, 1854! between Phezanthoek and Tantjesfontein, Bachmaan, 1907! 

 Saldanha Bay, Thunherg, Grey\ Zeylier, 2280! Bolus, 12824 1 between Groene 

 Kloof and Saldanha Bay, JDreje ! Worcester Div. ; near the Hex River; 

 Zcyher, 2281 1 



Central Hegion : Ceres Div.; Yerkerde Tiey, Rehmann, 2847! between 

 Little Doom Kiver and Great Doom River, Burchdl 1210 I Prince Albert Div. ; 

 between Dsvyka River and Z wart bullet je, Brcge \ GraafF Reiuet Div. ; Bouth side 

 of the Snowy Mountains, BuvTce \ Murraysburg Div. ; near Murrayaburg, on 

 Ljfchnn sp., Tyson^ 117! Beaufort West Div. ; Gouph and Winterveld, Zajher, 

 2281 ! Richmond Div. ; Uitvlugt, Zcyher, 753 ! Britstuwn Div. ; Rlienoster 

 Poort, by the Brak River, Bin-chell, 2219/5! 



Western Region : Great Namaqualaud ; Keetmanshoop, Fled; 312a ! Inachab, 

 I>inter, 915 ! Little Karas Mountains, on the Us River, on Flmeaptilon sp., Fngler, 

 <^^S2; Geiab River, near Kanus,, Diyiter, 3071; mouth of the Orange River, 

 ^Schenel; 234 ! Little Namaqualand ; near the mouth of the Orange River, Dr^^e ; 

 Van Rhvnsdorp Div. ; near Leislap. Zei/her, 753?! Karee Berg, Schlechtcr, 8290! 



