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conferta, erecta vel patula, basi in petiolos breves attenuata, ellip- 
tica, obtusa vel acuta, penne subter in medio parum sulcata, 
6-8 mm. longa a 2-2'5 mm. lata, exstipulata; setulae paucae, 
minutae utrinque in foliorum bractearum bracteolarumque axillis. 
Flores laterales ; gene os foliis similes, persistentes ; bracteolae 2, 
in pedicelli apice sitae, ante anthesin deciduae, ellipticae vel lanceo- 
latae, medio coriaceae, margine membranaceae, bracteis breviores. 
Perianthium 5 nee cylindrico- -ovatum, ha mm. longum ; tubus 
Soutn Arrica. Without locality, old collector in Herb. 
De Candolle. Coast Region: Stellenbosch, “ procumbent on the 
rocks,” Niven in Herb. Mus. Brit. 
1297. Loranthus Cippatristtiot) crispatulus, Sprague { Lorantha- 
ceae-EKulorantheae]; affinis L. tschintschochensi, Engl., et L. Buvumae, 
ene ab illo calyce sabendunte ab hoc foliis basi rotundatis, ab 
mbobus nervis lateralibus foliorum utrinque 2 recedit. 
Rami adulti griseo-brunnei, subtiliter lenticellati, glabri, 4-6 mm. 
diametro ; ramuli crassiusculi, subtiliter striati, minute dense puberuli, 
circiter 4 mm. diametro 23 cm. infra apicem ; internodia 2°5-6°3 cm. 
longa. Folia opposita, | ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, acute SOnmINER Rs 
basi rotundata vel seniora subcordata, rarius obtusa, 6°5-11°5 ¢ 
longa, 3°2-7 cm. lata, coriacea, interdum _tenuiter, glabra, Big 
crispatula ; nervi laterales utrinque 2, obliquissimi, superiores costae 
subparalleli, supra leviter elevati, subtus prominentes, venulis 
vix visis; petioli 4-7 mm. longi, minute puberuli vel glabri. 
Umbellae axillares, solitariae, vel in ramis senioribus fasciculatae ; 
pedunculus 3°7-4 mm, longus, crassus, basi incrassatus, minute dense 
ego! praesertim apice, cavis pedicellorum patelliformibus 
1°3-1°5 mm. diametro apicem parvum planum vel concayum pedun- 
culi circumdantibus ; pedicelli 2mm. longi, ut bractea minute dense 
puberuli; bractea breviter ovato-cupularis, obtusa, margine dorsali 
1-13 mm. longo, margine ventrali 05 mm. longo. Torus 
calycecum campanulatus ore lato, 3°7 mm. longus, minute puberulus, 
dimidio inferiore quam superiore multo angustiore ; torus 1:8 mm, 
longus, 1°3 mm. diametro. Calyx suberecto-asc endens, 1°8 mm. 
longus, subtruncatus margine breviter cidencramininn fisso. Corolla 
im — circiter 4°5 cm. longa, depresso-truncata, extra minute 
; tubus circiter 2 cm. deorsum unilateraliter fissus, ampulia 
pasali oblongo-elipsoidea, 4 4°5-5 mm. longa ; lobi reflexi, spathulati, 
8 mm. longi, superne 1°8 mm. lati, apice sub angulo recto inflexi, 
angulo exteriore in ees nina dorsale producti. Filamenta 
nace 0°25 mm. infra basin corollae loborum inserta, involuta, 
rsum sensim angustata, 5 mm. longa, dente ventrali 0°5-0°7 mm. 
loins antherae anguste oblongae, 2°3mm.longae. Discus 0°5 mm. 
altus, vix lobatus. Stylus superne metuliformis, parte incrassata 
circiter 7 mm. longa, collo 1°8 mm. longo; stigma ellipsoideum, 
0°9 mm. longum, subtruncatum. 
TropicaL Arrica. Congo State: Nouvelle Anvers, parasitic 
on Coffea liberica, Hiern, De Giorgi, 5 
Described from specimens in the viene Herbarium. 
