124 LORANTHA.CE^ (Sprague). [ VisGum. 



3. V.subserratum(SchlechterIn Journ.Bot. 1896,504) ; glabrous; 

 branches subterete, fairly stout, about If liu. in diam. 6 in. below 

 the apex ; branchlets up to 4 in. long ; internodes of the branchlets 





1 iu. long, compressed, tapering downwards, strongly 6-ribbed, 

 the two ribs below the leaves wiug-like ; leaves distinctly petioled, 

 obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded or very obtuse at the apex, 

 subcuneate into the base, §~1^ in. long, 3i-9| lin. broad, minutely 

 serrulate in a dialed state, thickly coriaceous, dull, 3- nerved, nerves 

 prominent on the upper surface, less evident on the lower ; petiole 

 ^-| lin. long ; flowers apparently dirccious ; male cymules axillary, 

 solitary or ternate, peduncled, 3-flowered ; peduncle nearly | Ini. 



long; 



li 



quadrangular, fusiform, 1^ lin. long; petals deltoid, ^ 1^^^- ^^^^S' ^^^ 

 distinctly demarcated from the receptacle ; anthers oblong, f hn. 

 long, |-| lin. broad ; female inflorescence : bracteal cups axillary, 

 solitary or geminate, peduncled, l-flowered, strongly bilabiate, lips 

 diverging at nearly a right angle, \ lin. high, minutely glandular- 

 ciliate ; peduncle -Jy-|- lin. long ; flowers pedicelled ; receptacle and 

 pedicel together subcylindric, slightly tapering downwards, ^ Im. 

 long; receptacle warted ; petals lanceolate-oblong, f lin. Ion 



S^ 



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1 



style and stigma together f lin. long ; stigma capitate ; berry 

 ovoid, truncate, coarsely and densely warted, 2 lin. long excluding 

 the pedicel ; pedicel stout, broadened into the base of the berry, 

 I lin. long. y. galpinianunij Schinz in Vierteljahrsschr. Nat. Ges. 

 Zurich, xlix. 179, 



Kalahari Reoiox: Transvaal; Barberfconj on Cussonia sp., Galpin, 452 1 

 Shilovaae, Junod, 2246 1 



Eastern Reuion: Xatal; Tugek River, Gerrard & McKen, lG5i ! and without 

 precise losality, Gerrard^ 1650 \ 



F. mUtTTatum h probably dicecious : Galplu, 452, and Junod, 224f>, bear berries 

 only ; and Gerrard, 1650, isVepresented in the Kew Herbarium by twos[>eciuiens, 

 one bearin*^ male inflorescences exclusively, the other female flowers and berries. 



IV. nervosum (Hochst. ex A. Rich, Tent. Fl. Abyss, i. 338); 



main stem terete ; branches an^i^ular' ; branchlets compressed, 

 6-ribbed ; internodes about |- lin, broad towards the apex, slightly 

 tapering downwards ; leaves shortly petioled, elliptic or ov^ate- 

 ellipticj obtuse or rounded at the apex, more rarely subacute or 

 acute, especially in a young state, cuncate into the base, |-1| i»- 

 I*^^gj J— H i^- t»i'oad, coriaceous, ;;hxbrous, distinctly 3-5-nerved, 

 finely reticulate, dull ; nerves more or less raised, especially on the 

 upper surface ; petiole |-1 lin. long ; cymules axillary, solitary or 

 one on each side of an axillary branch, peduncled, S-ilowered ; 

 flowers monoecious, tetramerous, either all of the same sex or male 

 and female together in tbe same cymule; peduncles |-1A lin. long, 

 those of the male or mixed cymules rather shorter than those of the 

 female; bracteal cup boat-shaped, |-1 lin. long, ^-^ lin. broad, 

 minutely ciliate; male ilower ellipsoid or obovoid in bud, |-1 Hn- 

 long, solid base ^^^-Jlin. long; receptacular tube \'^ lin. long; 

 petals deltoid-ovate or ovate, \ lin. long, /^-I lin. broad at the base ; 



