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integra, pnberula vel hispidula, 2-4 mm. longa. Capitula multi- 
flora, nnmerosissima, in paniculam laxam plus minusve elongatam 
disposita. Bracteae oblongae, obtusae, puberulae vel hispidulae, 
1*5 mm. longae. Calyx bipartitus, 1 mm. longus ; sepala oblonga, 
obtusa, minute ciliata, membranacea, oblique aninervia. Corolla 
"alba," 2 mm. longa, tubo oblongo, lobis in;u«iualii>as orbicularibus. 
Fructus late orbiculari-ovoideus, 1 mm. longus. 
Rhodesia. Near Bulawayo, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil. 
This has the habit and general appearance of the S. African 
Withtfriflft /mm'-itl'ttu, II !!■• S»lay» jumi -alata, Thunb.), but is 
markedly different in the details of the minute flowers. 
855. Loranthus Cecilae, N. E. Brown [Loranthaceae-Euloran- 
theae] : atnnis L. Molleri, Engl., sed foliis minoribus cordatis 
obtusis glaucis differt. 
Rami pubescentes. / lata; petiolus 3-6 mm. 
longus, pubescens ; lamina 1\5-)V5 cm. longa, 15-2 5 cm. lata, 
cordato-ovata, obtusa, utrinque glabra, glaum. < 'ymae subsessiles, 
axillares, 4-7 -florae. Pe-lirelli 2 mm. longi, puberuli. Bractea 
oblique cupuliformis, acuta, puberula. Galycis puberuh limbus 
brevissimus, cupuliformis, truncatus. Corolla 3-3*5 cm. longa, 
viridi-lutea, apice coccinea, pubescens, recta, supra basin pentagono- 
globosam constricta, ultra medium lateraliter fissa, apice 5-loba ; 
lobi anguste lineari-lanceolati, acuti. Slam 'nut 5 ; tilamenta 6 mm. 
longa, linearia, apice in dentem brevem producta, glabra ; antherae 
2 mm. longae. Stylus gracilis, prope apicem leviter fusiformi- 
incrassatus, pentagonus; stigma subglobosum. 
RHODESIA. Matabeleland : near Bulawayo Waterworks, Hon. 
Mrs. Evelyn Cecil 96. 
856. Loranthus virescens, N. E. Brown [Loranthaceae-Euloran- 
theae]; affinis L. Dregei, Eckl. et Zeyh., Bed foliifl bracteis at 
indumento differt. 
Rami novelli dense stellato-tomentosi. Folia opposita. stellato- 
tomentosa ; petiolus 4-6 mm. longus ; lamina 2"5-4-5 cm. longa, 
1-5-2-5 cm. lata, elliptica vel elliptico-ovata, obtusissima, basi 
rotundata. Cyrwa axillares, longe pedunculatae, 4-florae. Pedun- 
atlus 1-5-2-5 cm. longus, stellato-tomentosus. Pedicelli 1-2 mm. 
longi, stellato-tomentosi. Braclea 5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, 
I im-ari-hmeeolata, obtusa, supra glabra, subtus -:!■■[ lato-tomentosa. 
Calyx 2-5 mm. longus, appresse tomentosus ; limbus subnullus. 
Corolla 5 em. longa, ad i in lohos 5 lineares acutos divisa, virescens, 
« -xtra pi lis minuiis stellatis cum pilis longis intermixtis dense 
obtecta ; tubus L-7 cm. longus, basi ovoideo-inflatus ; lobi 3"5 cm. 
longi, prope apicem 1-5 mm. iati. Stamina 5, glabra; filamenta 
2 cm. longa. tiliformia, apice edentata ; antherae 8 mm. longae, 
lineares, acutae, cum filamento continuae. Sh/lux gracilis : si iguia 
leviter clavatum. 
Rhodesta. Mashonaland : Six-mile Spruit near Salisbury, 
Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 147. 
