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In 1837 Ecklon and Zejlier enumerated as Loranthus oleaefolius 

 a plant collected by them in the Clanwilliam Division.* 



E. Meyer recorded L. oleaefolius from Little Namaqnaland in 

 1843t ; and proposed (without describing) a new species,!^, croceusy 

 based on specimens collected by Drege in the Clanwilliam, Prince 

 Albert and Albany Divisions^ 



In the following year Presl reduced both L. elegans^ Cham. & 

 Schlecht., and L, croceus to L, oleaefolius^ apparently relying on 

 Ecklon and Zeyher's identification of the latter; he stated that 

 the specimens Avhich Drege had issued as L. oleaefolius probably 

 represented a new species, which might be called L, Meyeri. 



In 1847 Dregell reduced L. croceus to L. ehgans, Cham. & 

 Schlecht., and also referred to the latter the Clanwilliam specimens 

 which Ecklon and Zeyher* had enumerated as L. oleaefoliua. 

 According to Drege, therefore, the synonymy and distribution of 

 L. oleaefolius and L. elegans were as follows : — 



1. Loranthus oleaefolius, Cham, Sf Schlecht. — Lichtensteinin 



oleae folia, Wcndl. Loranthus s'peciosus, Dietr. L. Lichtcn- 

 steinii, Herb. Willd. 



DiSTRiB. Prieska Division, Lichtefistein; Little Namaqualand, 

 Drhge, 



2. Loranthus elegans, Cham, 4' Schlecht. — Z. croceus, E. 



Meyer. L. oleaefolius^ Eckl- & Zeyh., non Cham. & Schlecht. 



DiSTRiB. CaledoiiS-kluft, Muna; Clanwilliam Div., EcJdon 

 ^' Zeyhevy Drege; Prince Albert Div., Drege; Albany Div., Drege. 



In 1862, however, Harvey accepted Ecklon and Zeyher's identi- 

 fication of their Clanwilliam plant as L. oleaefolius, and founded a 

 new species, L, namaqiiensis, on the Little Namaqualand specimens 

 referred by E. Meyer and Drege to L. oleaefolius.% According to 

 Harvey, the synonymy of the two species was as follows : 



1. Loranthus namaquensis, Ilarv. — L. oleaefolius, 'E. Meyer, 



non Cham. & Schlecht. 



2. Loranthus oleaefolius^ Cham. ^ Schlecht. — Lichten- 



steinia oleae folia, Wendl. Loranthus Lichtensteinii, Herb. 

 Willd. L. elegans, Cham. & Schlecht. Z. croceus, E. Meyer, 



r 



Harvey's delimitation of the two species is the same as Dren;e'£ : 

 the only point at. issue is the incidence of the name Licliten- 

 steiniaoleae folia, WendL, and its synonyms. Harvey divided 

 the South African species of Loranthus into two groups, the first 

 including those with the unopened corolla cylindric or cluvate, not 

 swollen at the base nor constricted, the second comprising those 

 with the unopened corolla strongly constricted above the urceolate 

 or swollen base. He placed L. oleaefolius in the former group, 



* Enum., p. 358 (1837). 



t Drege, Zwei Pfl. Docum., pp. 92 (III. B. 8), 96 (Til. C. 6). 



jDrfege, I.e. 63 (II. D. 8), 139 (V. A. 39), 109 (III, E., a. 9). 



§ Bet. Beraerk., pp. 75, 76 (1844). 



II Liunaea, vol. xix., p. 668 (1847). 



^[Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap., vol. ii., pp. 575, 576 (1862). 



