ICONES PLANTARUM. 51 



in tlie abnormal position of the stamens relatively to tlio periantli- 

 scgments.— J. D. Hooker. 



Pig. 1. Diagram of flower. 2. Top of spike. 3. Flower bract and bracteoles. 

 4. Perianth laid open. 6. Ovary, 6. Fruit and perianth. 7. Fruit. 8. Seed. 

 9. Embryo. All enlarged. 



Plate 1464. 



LORANTHUS BUBROVIRIDIS, Oliv 



LOKANTHACEiE. 



L. rubroviridis, OUv. (sp. nov.) ; ramulis tomentellis, folils lanceola- 



tis ovato- V. obi on 



us ovaio- V. Obion go- lanceoiaus oulusb ituui^mn-uio m^^o. ^.... — 



petiole angustatis corlaceis ntrinque scabrido-hirtellis, flonbus umbel- 

 latis, umbellis pedunculatis axillaribus 15-18.floris bracteis ovahbus 

 terbaceis involucratis, corolla fere a basi fissa 5-loba lobis mvolutis ex- 

 tus hirtelHs, filamentis apicem versus leviter incrassatia apice gemcu- 

 latim et abrupte constrlctis, antberis oblongis apice connectivo obtuse 



et brevissime producto corouatis. _, , „ ..^rv ii i i. 



Hab. Zambesi, opposite Senna, Sir J. Kirk (1859, the plant 

 figured). A variety of tbe same witb mncb sborter bracts, Becbuana 

 country, between Nagatatollo and Henry's-pan,_Pr. Holub. 



Hamuli annotini terctes, lenticclUs tuberculatis rugulosi. ±oiia 6-4^ 

 poll, longa, 1-U poll, lata ; petiolns 3-5 lin. longus. Peduncuh axil- 

 lares, > poll, longi, tomentelli ; pedicelli 1-H l"^-]""^^ ; brae tea. ovaJes 

 V. oblongo-ovales, 4-7 lin. long® ; bracteolae 0. Calyx limbo angustis- 

 simo Bubintegro. Corolla rubra, | poll, longa.— D. Oltveb. 



Fig. 1. Bud and subtending bract. 2. Flower. 3-5. Stamens. 6. Ovary. Ml 

 enlarged. 



Plate 1465. 



ANTHOPTEBUS WARDII, Ball 



Vacciniacej;. 



A. Wardii 



alternisnvuf; 



foliis 



ra^'-gme intogerrimo subrcvolutis, subtus clevatim n«^7,?«^f' ^,'^''^;^ 

 S-10 iu raceuio brovi .subcorymbosis, p.-dunculis fere polhcaribu. basi 



"N* I 



, j-^ '"^ 



