Loranthits.] LOKANthackj-: (Spragne). 110 



t 



or • 



cave, J-g lin. longj strongly umbonate ; flowers pentamerou6 or 

 Iiexamerous (Wood), expanding in two stages: the lower parts of 

 the corolla-lobes first separating from one another and becoming 

 bowed outwards, the whole corolla afterwards splitting unilaterally 

 downwards to the middle of the tube, the lobes remaining more or 

 less connate by their upper parts, and the filaments becoming 

 deflexed ; receptacle and calyx together urceolate, 1-1^^ lin. lon^ 

 calyx subtruncate, ^-l lin. long including the intramarginal ring 

 which is tV"tV ^^^^ ^'^S^^ i corolla bright red externally, a little 

 lighter within, dull greenish yellow at the apex {Wood)y 1^,-2 in. 

 long in bnd, basal swelling subglobose, ellipsoid or oblong-ovoid 

 ■^2~^f li^- ^ongy apical swelling oblong, 2h lin. long, rounded or 

 truncate, pentagonal, strongly 5-ribbed, tube constricted for about 

 1 lin. above the basal swelling, then broadened upu-ai'ds to the 

 middle and again narrowed to the base of the apical swelling ; 

 lubes erect, spathulate-liiiear, 3i-4 lin. long, lower part soft, 

 narrowed upwards, -J— f Jin. broad at the base, f lin. broad at the 



apex, flat, slightly ribbed outside, upper paii; with a hard inner 

 layei', 2-2;| lin, long, |-4 Iin. broad, narrowly boat-shaped as seen 

 from the side, strongly keeled ; filaments inserted at the base of the 

 corolla-lobes, deflexed or inflexed, produced in front of the anther 

 into an obtuse or rounded tooth ^-^ lin. long, 2-2^ lin. long 

 excluding the tooth; anthers oblong-linear, Ij lin. long ; disc j- lin. 

 high, distinctly lobed : style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 

 2-2^ lin. long ; stigma depressed-globose, ^ lin. long, } lin. in 

 diam. ; berry obovoid, 3-3^ lin. long. Engl, in Entfl. Jalirh. xx. 

 109; M, S: Evans in Nature, li. 235; Wood, Natal PI. I t 76. 



TaphianfJius kraussianus, Van T'legh. in BtilL Soc, But, France 



xlii. 267. 



Var. )3, transvaalensis (Sprague) ; braucLlets pale brown in a dried state ; 

 leaves rigidly coriaceous ; pedicels l^-I J iin- ^*^t^g J receptacle and calyx 

 together ^ lin. long ; corolla-loues oj liu.'long, upper part 1| lin. loDg. 



Var. y, puberulua (Sprague) ; like the type, but iuflorescence and corolla 

 puberulous ; receptacle and calyx together | lin. long; corolla-lobes 3-3^ lin. 

 long, upper part IJ iin. long. 



Coast Rkgiox : Var. 7: Komglia Div. ; near Keimouth, Flanagan^ 251 

 Kalaharf Region : Var. $ : Transvaal ; near Barberton, on Combrctam Kraumi, 

 Hochst., and other trees, GaJphi, 879 ! 



Eastern Region : Transkei ; Keutani, Mi^$ Peylev, 292 ! Natal ; near Durban, 

 Kniiiss, 1251 Gueinziasl Gcrrard ik McKen, U0\ Wood, 195! 1724! Cooper, 

 24611 C&nrath , 1 bj \ on Ch;\!tachme arhUtta, Planch., /.Vrt/?s ; Mount ^loreland, 

 Wood, 13S3! Alexandra District, Dumisa, Radatls, V2\^\ and without precise 

 locality, Gn-rard, 94 ! on Sapmdus sp., Coopa-, 2459 ! Mrs, Saunders I 



21. L- prunifolius (E. Mejer in Dr.^ge, Zwei Pfl. DocuDaente, 140, 

 142, name only) j vegetative parts glabrous; branches U-2 lin. in 

 diam. 1 ft. below the apex, the younger ones brown, much wrinkled 

 in a dried state, the older greyish-brown, conspicuously lenticellate ; 

 branchlets rather slender, smooth, pale green, often turning black 

 on drying : internodes h-2k hn. Jong ; leaves opposite or subopposite, 



