402 cxix. LORANTHACE^ (sprague). [Viscum^ 



at first hexagonal, soon becoming 8-ribbed, 1-1 J lin. in diam. 1 ft. below 

 the apex ; internodes h-o in. long. Leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, more or less falcate, narrowed to an obtuse or subacute apex (more 

 rarely rounded at the apex), cuneate into the base, l|-4 in. long, f-H 

 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, 3-nerved from the base, margin crispate 

 in a dried state ; nerves slightly but distinctly raised on the upper 

 surface, less distinct on the lower; petiole 1-2 J lin. long. Cymules 

 axillary, solitary or ternate, peduncled, 3-5-flowered ; flowers dicecious, 

 tetramerous. Male cymule not known. Female cymule : Peduncle 

 l|-2 lin. long, broadened at the base, produced J-| lin. beyond the 

 bracteal cup. Bracteal cup at first boat-shaped, H lin. long, each half 

 becoming depressed when the outermost flowers develop ; bracts broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, |- lin. long, glandular-ciliolate ; pedicels about J lin. long. 

 Receptacle slightly broadened upwards, 1-1^ lin. long. Calyx present 

 as a mere rim, inside which the petals are inserted. Petals ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, j-| lin. long, f-,Vr lin. broad, thickened along the middle on the^ 

 outer surface, ►^tyle compressed-tetragonal, J lin. long including the 

 stigma. Berry pedicelled, ovoid, 3-8^ lin. long, smooth; pedicel | lin. 

 long. 



Upper Guinea. Canioroons : Bipiiuli, ZenJccr, 025 ! 



11. V. Macowani, J'Jnyl. in Kiuil. Jahrb. xix. 131. A small 

 globose much-branched shrub, rather scabrous in all its parts. Branches 

 terete, stout, .slightly wrinkled in a dried state, li-2 lin. in diam. 5-0 

 in. below the apex of the branchlets; branchlets subtetragonal, slightly 

 compressed ; internodes 3-7 lin. long. Leaves sessile, oblong, obtuse^ 

 slightly apiculate or subacute at the apex, slightly narrowed into the 

 base, 3j-5^, lin. long, l|-3 lin. broad, thick, fleshy, densely papillate 

 on both surfaces, margin rough with numerous minute hyaline papilla- 

 like teeth ; nerves hardly visible. Cymules axillary, fascicled, 3-floweredy 

 composed of a central male and two lateral female flowers ; transverse 

 pair of scale-leaves in each axil triangular, subacuminate, f lin. long, 

 I lin. broad at the base; peduncle |-J lin. long, not produced beyond 

 the bracteal cup. Bracteal cup deeply lobed, minutely })apillate out- 

 side ; lobes ascending, ovate- oblong, acute, J lin. long, gland ular-ciliate. 

 Flowers monoecious, tetramerous. Male flower : Receptacle obconical, 

 f lin. long, hardly | lin. in diam. at the apex ; tube J lin. long. Petals 

 deltoid, y,r lin. long, | lin. broad at the base, papillate, marked ofl" from 

 the receptacle by a distinct groove on the outer surface. Anthers of 

 two sizes, the smaller suborbicular, hardly \ lin. in diam., the larger 

 elliptic-oblong, i-| lin. long. Female flower : Receptacle g lin. long 

 including the pedicel. Petals ovate-oblong, J-| lin. long, papillate. 

 Stigma projecting \ lin. above the insertion of the petals. Berry 

 pedicelled, reddish, ellipsoid, 2 J lin. long; pedicel about | lin. long. — ' 

 Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 55. 



XiOwer Guinea. German Soutli-west Africa : Great Xamaqualaiul ; Ul)il), on 

 Acacia alhida, Del., Giirich, 18 ; Keliobotli, Fleck, 119! 316a. 



The above description lias been drawn up mainly from Fleck, 119. I have not 

 seen the type specimen. 



