Tisciim.] LOliAXTiiACEiE (Spragne). 123 



branches and branchlets terete, 1-U Hn. iii dlain. 6 in. below the 

 apex; branchlets up to ih in. long -^ internodes 4-9 hn. long, the 

 youngest minutely papillate ; leaves distinctly petiuled, broadly 

 obovate, rounded at the apex, subcuneate into the base, l-l in. 

 long, 5-9 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, obscurely 3-nerved, dull ; 

 petiole |-1 lin. long ; bracteal cups axillary, sessile, usually three 

 together, the central one of M-hieh develops h'rst, bearing 2-3- 

 flowered cyniules, with the flowers all male or of both sexes, or 

 single female flowers; bracteal cups of the male cymules boat- 

 shaped, 1-1| lin. long, nearly ^ lin. high, coarsely glandular-ciliate 

 on the inner margin, those bearing solitary female flowers shorter, 

 di*=;tinctly bilabiate; male cymules 3-flowered ; flowers ([uadrangular, 

 very broadly fusiform ; petals deltoid-ovate, hardly i lin. long, not 

 distinctly demarcated from the receptacle ; anthers 2-4, elliptic or 

 ovate-oblong, ^^^ lin. long, -^ lin. broad ; male flowei^s of the mixed 

 cymules having the external appearance of female flowers, the petals 

 being distinct from the receptacle ; female flowers : receptacle 

 campanulate, |- lin. long, warted ; petals deltoid-ovate or ovate, ^-| 

 lin. long, or less; style and stigma together ^-J lin. long; berry 

 yellow, ellipsoid, 2 lin. long, strongly warted. 



Coast Region : Bathurst Div. ; near Earville Park, Burchell, 4113 ! 

 Eastern Rkgiox : Natal ; near Durban, Gerrard tfr McKcn, 659 : WootJ^ 1631 ! 

 and without precise locality, xSandcrson I 



Burcheiro specimen has somewhat smaller leaves than typical F. ohocatani 

 (4-7 Jin. longj 3-6 lin. broad), the receptacle of the female flower i^ istrongly 

 wartedj the petals ovate-oblongs and the style and stigma are a little longer 

 il-l lin, long). 



The inflorescence of T\ obovatmn should be studied in the Held. There are 

 often three bracteal cups in aa axil, the central one bearing three male flowers, the 

 lateral ones a single female flower each. Bracteal cups occur, however, in which 

 there are floivers of both sexes ; and the male flowers in these cups are hardly 

 distinguishable externally from the female, possessing a similar receptacle and 

 distinct petals. One female flower examined had an anther on one of the petals. 



2. V. pulchellum (Spra^^ue) ; branches subterete, slender, under 

 1 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex ; branchlets very slender, 

 ^-2| in. long, subangular, minutely papillate : internodes of the 

 branchlets 2J,-G lin. long; leaves distinctly petioled, broadly 

 obovate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, subcuneate into the base^ 

 3-6 lin. long-, 2-4 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, obscurely 

 3-nerved, slightly glossy ; petiole ^-1 lin. long ; female inflorescence : 

 bracteal cups axillary, sessile, solitary or geminate, bearing solitary 

 female flowers, distinctly bilabiate^ lips diverging at a right angle 

 or less, ^1 lin. long, -]-^' lin. high in the middle, coar^sely glandular- 

 ciliate on the inner margin ; receptacle narrowly campanulate, not 

 distinctly warted, f lin. long, |— /^ lin. in diam. ; petals lanceolate- 

 oblong, subacute, f lin. long ; style and stigma | lin. long ; berry 

 ellipsoid, 2 lin. long, finely warted. 



Eastkkn Regions ; Natal ; Tugela River, Gerrard, 1649 ! 



Gerrard, 1649, in Herb. Trin. ColL Dublin, includes one female and two male 

 specimens. The latter have not been described, as they are from different 

 localities, and are possibly not conspecific with the female specimen. 



