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i&ericea, supra glabra vel sparse pilosa, 1-2 cm. longa, 2-3 mm. 

 Jj^ta. Sjpica terminalis, elongatus; bracteae calyce breviores. 

 Calyx 6-8 mm, lonfjus, carnosus, carneus vel lutescens, basi 

 ovoideus; tubus qylindricus, extus appresse tomentosus; iobi 4, 

 obtusi, 1-5 mm. longi, exteriores ovati, 1 mm. lati, interiores 

 pblongi, 0-75 mm. lati. Stamina 8. Ovarium ovatum, coin- 

 pressum, coma pilorum alborum rectorum 0*75 mm. longorum ter- 

 mmatum; stylus exceutricus. ,Fructus ovoideus/ acuminatus, 

 3 mm. longus. 



South Afmca. Kalaliari Region; Orange River, Colony, 

 Besters Vlei near Witzies Hoek, Bolus 8243. Transvaal; near 

 Ermelo, Burtt-Davy 960, Lydenburg, Wilms 1287, 1288. , Eastern 

 Eegion : Griqualand East ; by streams near Kokstadt, Tyson 1214. 

 Natal; Weenen County, Wood 4550, grassy bill near Newcastle, 

 Wood 7200, near Charlestown, Wood 4802, and without precise 

 locality, Gerrard 284. 



This species, wbich grows at altitudes between 1299. and 1834 

 ?netres, -varies in tlie length and colour of its calyx and also in the 

 length and amount of the indumentum upon it. No satisfactory 

 line can be drawn between the forms included here, which merit 

 further study in the field. A. fraternus, N.E. Br., differs in 



havinrr ODDOST+P l^nvAs nnri ^r\ +Ti£i olkcziv./^i^ rv# U^^^lc 



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^1544. Loranthus (Sycophila) subcylindricus, Sprague in 



Dyer, Fl. Cap. vol. v. sect. 2, p. 103, anglice [Loranthaceae] ; 

 affims L. Woodii, Schlecliter et Krause, a quo toro subcylindrico 

 discoque distincto recedit. ,;, 



Folia lanceolata vel oblanceolata, 2-5^7 cm. lono-a, 0-8-2 cm. 

 lata, margiae crispatulo ; petiolus 2-« mm. longus, alatus. 

 Hacemus i-haclii usque ad 2-5 cm. longa; pedicelli 2-4 mm. longi, 

 apice haud vel paullulum obliqui; bractea erecta, ovata, percon- 

 c^ya, 1 mm. longa, dimidio inferiore umbonato. Torus subcylin- 

 dricus, 2 mm, longus vel ultra. Petala 0-9-1-2 cm. longa ; unguis 

 ^-2-5 mm. longus, 1-1-5 mm. latus, ^itta ventrali longitudinali 

 WpllJrA* .^^^^^ef.^'^ 3-5 mm. longa; antberae 3-4-5 mm. longae, 

 P^ l!^Ltn 1 T.^^^^^q^adrangularis, styli basin amplcctens, 

 eHins^l n ^ f ^"l7' . :?*^i\^'^•5-^ mm. longus. Bacca oblongo- 



South Africa. 



Umtwal 



nrm" PiV«^ r\ 7 T" -^^'^^'^^'^'^ia- i^istrict : by tlie umtwai' 



Wylie in Herh. Wood 



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Fl 



Cap' W. v'^e"''"! (""Yfn'""'!^^'??'' ^f^'O-e in Dyer, 



Folia altorna petiolahTw; ""'V*! ;"'te™t«1iaO-6-l-2cm.IonRa. 



S . o 1 1 cm. lata, apice obtusa vol rohm.lata, i* 



