79 



utHnnf.!^ •? ' /e^^^ter . coriacea, glabra, penninervia, nervis 



cw7i^ 1 ' ^ o"q 1-2 mm longus, supra minute pilosus. Fasci- 

 W- i ?' 2-3-flori, vel flores solitarii; pedicelli 1-1-3 mm. 

 longi; bractea cupularis, subtruncata lobo dorsali late ovato, 



minute 



Hores pentameri. J<,ru. caljcecum a^guste cjlindricus, 6 mm. 

 iongus 1-3 mm. diametro; torus caljce paullulo latior, gibber. 

 Ca^^^ 4 mm. Iongus, quinquedentatus, ciliatus, ceterum glaber, 



Corolla circiter 5 Cflj. 



longa glabra, m alabastro linearis, superne clavata, acuta, parte 

 apicah mcrassata circiter 7 mm. longa ; tubus ampulla supra- 

 basali mconspicua, supra ampullam per 3 mm. angustissimu^, 

 <iemde,ad apicem sensim expansus; lobi circiter 3 cm. longi, medio 

 retiexi,parte mferiore a basi lata lineari; parte superiore oblanceq- 

 4ato-Imeari. Fzlamenta 9 mm. supra basin corollae loborum 

 mserta, parte mferiore erecta filiformi, 8 mm. longa, parte supe- 

 riore valde mcrassata, sub antbesi spiraliter involuta; antberae 

 imeares, fere 4 mm. longae, baud transverse septatae, connective 

 truncate. Discus acute lobatus. Stylus filiformis, stigmate 

 o\oideo 1-3 mm. longo. 



South Africa. Zululand: Ngoya, Wylie in Herb. Wood 

 74bo. 



1546. Loranthus (Tetrameri) Galpinii, Schmz\j; Sprague in 



%er, Fl. Cap. vol. y. sect. 2, p. 112, anglice [Lorantbaceae] ; 

 athnis L. panganensi, Engl., a quo floribus pentameris dis- 

 tmguitur. 



Planta glabra. Rami crassiuscuH, valde nodosi, griseo- 

 brunnei, densiuscule lenticellati, post lapsum foliorum inflores- 

 centias gerentes, 4-5 mm. diametro ; ramuli laeves, brunnei, cir- 

 <iiter 3 mm. diametro 15 cm. infra apicem; internodia 0-8-3 en*, 

 lon^a. Folia opposita, petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, recta vel 

 ieviter curyata, 7-5^11 cm. longa, 1-2 cm, lata, apice obtusa tqI 

 apiculata, in basin sensim angustata, rigide coriacea, penninervia, 

 nereis lateralibus obliquis, utrinque plus minusve elevatis vel 

 indistinctis, costa manifeste elevata; petiolus 8-10 mm. Iongus. 

 Unihellae axillares, 2-florae, singulae in ramulis, siugulae vel 

 geminatae in jjarte defoliata ramorum; pedunculus crassus, 3-6 

 mm.longus, parte receptaculari marginata, margine tenui 0-7 mm. 

 lato; pedicelli circiter 2 mm. longi, crassissimi; bractea sub- 



d 



ecto 2*5-3 mm 



Flores penta- 



meri. Torus calycecum campaniilatuSy supra medium valde 



mm. ..^^ 



yaiyx cupularis, truncatus, 2*5-3 mm. long-us, 4-5 mm. diametro. 

 Corolla lutea, circiter 7*5 cm. longa, in alabastro linearis, superne 



ta; tubus pentng^onuSj basi baud inflatus, infra 



um 



ensim 



iobi 4-5 cm. longi, 2*5 mm. lati, lineari-oblanceolati, acuti, 5-6 

 nim. supra basin reflexi. Sfamitia kermesina ; filamenta 3 mm. 

 snpra basin corollae loborum inserta, erecta, circiter 2 cm. longa, 



