ZorantJncs.] loranthace.^ (Sprague). 117 



19. L. olegefolius (Cham. & Schlecht. in Linna^a, iii, 209); 



branches terete, nodose, 2^-3^ lin. in diani. 1 ft. below the ajjcx, 

 pale brown, bufF-coloured or ashy-grey, glabrous ; branchlets 

 minutely and densely puberulous in a young state; soon becoming 

 glabrous, rather slender, 1-1 i lin. in diam. G in. below the apex; 

 internodes ^--2 in. long ; leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate^ 

 petioled, elliptic-oblong, ovate, lanceolate, obovate or oblanceolate, 

 f-3^ in, long, \—l^ in. broad, obtuse or rounded at the apex, obtuse 

 or cuneate at the base, rather thickly coriaceous, minutely puberulous 

 in a young state, quickly becoming glabrous, dull, ponninerved, 

 lateral nerves rather oblique, 4-5 on each side, anastomosing far 

 from the margin, more or less raised on both surfaces in a dried 

 state; petiole 1-3 lin. long; umbels axillary, solitary or fascicled^ 

 3-4:-flowered, minutely puberulous; peduncle stout, f-2 lin. long; 

 pedicels ^-1 lin, long; bract ovate-cupular, dorsal margin |-1^ lin. 

 long, ventral margin |-| lin. long; flowers pentamerous, expanding 

 in two stages : in the first the corolla-lobes separate from one 

 another and become reflexed, the filaments remaining closely 

 pressed together round the style, in the second the corolla-tube 

 splits unilaterally to about the middle, and the filaments become 

 deflexed ; receptacle and calyx together campanulate, wide-mouthed, 

 1^-2 lin. long; calyx subtruncate or repand, |— ^- lin. long; corolla 

 red, tipped w4th green {Pearson), 1^-1 f in. long in bud, minutely 

 puberulous outside, basal swelling ellipsoid, lf-2| lin. long, apical 

 swelling oblong-ellipsoid, obtusely pentagonal with flat or slightly 

 convex faces, subtruncate or apiculate from a rounded apex, 2-2| 

 lin. long, IJ— Ij lin. in diam. ; tube constricted above the basal 

 swelling, then broadened to the middle and again narrowed to the 

 base of the apical swelUng ; lobes reflexed below the middle, 

 spathulate, 3/,-4|- lin. long, upper part 2 lin. long, | lin. broad: 

 filaments inserted i-| lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 deflexed or inflciecl, 2|-2| lin. long, produced in front of the 

 anther into a tooth -|-§]in. long; anthers narrowly oblong, truncate 

 or very slightly emarginate, 1|-1^ lin. long; disc ^-^ lin. high, not 

 lobed ; style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 23-3| lin. long ; 

 stigma depressed-globose or obovoid, ^-^ lin. long, §-^ lin. in diam. ; 

 berry orange (Pearson), ellipsoid, 5 tin. long. PC. Prodr, iv. 304; 

 ScJtidtes, Si/sL Veg. vii. 1G34; E, Meyer la Drege, Zicel Pfl, Docu- 

 mented 93, 96 ; Sprague in Kciv Bdletin, 1914, 362. L. spedosus, F. G, 

 Dktr, Lexih Gaerin.Nachtr, iv. 473. i. Liclitensfemil, Herh. Willcl 

 ex Cham, (t ScJilecJit. in Linnsea, iii. 209, in sijnonpmy. L, Meyeri 

 Presl, Pot. Pemerh. 76, 7iame only; Engl d' GUg in Warl\ Knnene- 

 Samh. Expetl 228 ; var. Ugustrifolius, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PL WelwA. 

 932 ; var, inacTiahensis^Engl in Engl JaJirb. xl. 535. L. namaquensh, 

 Earv. in Harv. d Sand. FL Cap. ii. 577 ; Schinz in Bull Herh. Boiss. iv. 

 App. iii. 54 ; N. E. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 135 ; Be Wild. PL 

 JSfov. Herh. Hart. Then. t. 78; Sprague in Dyer, FL Trop. Afr, vi. i. 

 361; var. ligiistrifolius, Engl in Engl Jahrh, xx. 120. L. lumhensis, 

 Hiern in Cat Afr, PI Weha. i. 933. Lichtensfeinia olesefolia, WendL 



