Lomnthus^ lorantilvce.e (Sprague). 109 



Marlofk, Fl. S. Afr. I 167, /. 3S,Ji(j. A. L. sijcciosm, Emjl hi EvgJ. 

 <i- Prantl, Pflanzenfam. NacliU\ 1 zu ii.-iv, 131, not of Diclr, 

 Lichfensteinia ehgans^ and L, sjjeciosa, Van Ticglt. in Bull Sue. But, 

 France, xlii. 254. Moquhim rnhra, A, Sprcng. Tent. Supjpl S//sL 

 Veg. 9 (1828) ; OriesseJich in Linnwa^ v. 421. 



Goshei], Win dvogels berg, on Acacia horrida, "Willd., Baur^ 930 I King Williams- 

 town Div. ; Berlin^ on .4mm horrida, Willd., Durban, 45 ! Komgha Div. ; near 

 Komgha, Flanajan, 727 ! Div. ? Caledons Kluft, Mund I 



Central Hegion : Prince Albert Div. ; between Dwyka River and Zwart- 

 bulletje, Drege\ Beaufort West Div. ; by the Gamka Eiver, Burlcel ZcHhcr, 752 ! 

 Somerset Div.; Bov:lcr\ Atkerstonc, 131 106! Blyde River, BurcheU/2972[ 

 Little Fish River, Ilatton ! near Somerset East, 2100 ft., on Acacia sp., 

 SchUchtcr, 2702 ! Graaff Reinet Div. ; Graaff Reinet, Burchell^ 21151 Bolus, 72 ! 

 near Monkey Ford, Burchell, 2S87 I Murrayaburg Div. ; near Murra^-sbui^, 

 Ttjson> 347! 



Harvey, FL Cap, ii. 576, erroneously identified Lorantlius olescfolius, Cham, k 

 Schlecht., with Z. elegans, Cham. & Schlecht., and described the true 

 L, ole.vfolius as a new species, L. namaquenm^ Har\\ 



9, L. Dregei (Eckl, <fe Zeyh. Enum. 358); young parts rusty- 

 tomentulose with verticillate-branched hairs, soon becoming 

 glabrous j branches terete, greyish-brown, 1-1 ^ li'^- ^^ cliam, 6 in. 

 below the apex ; internoJes ^-2 in. long ; leaves opposite, oblong or 

 elliptic, rounded at the apex, cuneate, obtuse or rounded at the 

 base, l-2i in. long, i-H in. broad, coriaceous or thinly coriaceous, 

 usually glabrous on both surfaces when adult ; petiole H-4 lin. long, 

 rusty-pubescent in a young state, usually glabrous when adult ; 

 heads axillary, fascicled, 2-6-flowered, mainly produced on the 

 older parts of the branches after the leaves which subtend them 

 have fallen; peduncle 2-8 lin. long, pubescent or tomentulose ; 

 bract unilateral, broadly elliptic or suborbicular, veiy concave, 1^- 

 If lin. long ; flowers pentamerous, expanding in two stages, the 

 corolla-lobes in the first place separating below while remaining 

 united above ; in the second stage the upper parts of the corolla- 

 lobes separate from one another and become reflexed, while the 

 thickened upper parts of the filaments coil up sharply and break 

 off, bearing the anthers with them ; receptacle and calyx together 

 subcylindric, 2-2^ lin. long ; receptacle densely villous with simple 

 adpressed hairs; calyx truncate^ 1\ lin. long, sometimes minutely 

 toothed, sparingly adpressed-pilose, ciliate ; corolla about 2 in. long, 

 densely adpressed-villous outside j upper part oblong-ovoid in the 

 bud, acute, about 2^ lin. long; tube orange-red {Wood), about 

 10 lin. long, not split unilaterally, glabresceut near the base, 

 slightly swollen above the calyx, and broadened upwards above the 

 swellii-itr. wbiVh is n.boiit 21 lin. lone^ : lobes vellow-La'een (Wood), 



