406 cxix. LOEANTUACE.E (sprague). [Viscum. 



branches of trees. Branches and branchlets conspicuously flattened, 

 ribbed in a dried state ; internodes varying from obdvate-oblong to 

 oblanceolate-linear, tape-like, broadest in the upper part, abruptly con- 

 tracted at the apex, tapering into the base, ^-3J in. long, 2-Gj lin. 

 broad, those of the main branches thickened along the middle. Flowers 

 dioecious, tetramerous. Male inflorescences consisting of 1 or 3 3-flowered 

 cymules, each of which is borne by a bracteal cup. Bracteal cup shortly 

 peduncled, broadly trough-shaped, IJ lin. long, f lin. broad; lobes 

 {Spreading, rounded, J-| lin. long ; solid base of flower J lin. long, 

 lieceptacular tube |-J lin. long. Petals deltoid-ovate, f-J lin. long. 

 Anthers broadly ovate or elliptic in outline, J-| lin. long, i-| lin. broad. 

 Female inflorescences composed of 1 or 2 flowers, each of which is borne 

 by a bracteal cup. Bracteal cup conspicuously 2-lobed, |-1 lin. high 

 including the peduncle ; lobes ascending, |-| lin. long, greatly exceeded 

 by the receptacle at the time of expansion of the flower. Receptacle and 

 pedicel together IJ-lJlin. long, tapering to the base. Petals yellow or 

 greenish, deltoid-ovate, obtuse or rounded, J-| lin. long, |-| lin. broad. 

 ♦Style about J lin. long ; stigma projecting J-| lin. above the insertion of 

 the petals. Berry pedicelled, oblong-ellipsoid or oblong-ovoid, 3-3J lin. 

 long, slightly warted ; pedicel | lin. long. — V. dichotoinani, var. eleyanSy 

 Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 133; Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 167, t. 11), tigs. A-G. 

 V. elegans, Engl, in Engl. S: Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. i. llU ; Engl, 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 385. 



Mozamb. DlBtr. German East Africa : Usambara; f^nkare, 4Z00 ft., Eutjler, 

 <)I7a: WiUiehnsthal, 5000 ft., on Alhizzia sp., Uhlig, 1503! Busse, 353! Silai, 

 Jlulst, 2300! Lutindi, Hoist, 3293 ! ^ino\\u, on Acacia s\).,Buchtva Id, 32! Usagara 

 Mountains, Kirk! Uhehe; Mutindi, 6000 ft., on Euphorbia sj)., Goetze, loll 



17. V. shirense, *S';?ra^Me. A much-branched shrub. Stem terete, 

 about 2\ lin. in diam. 1 J ft. below the apex of the branchlets. Branches 

 and branchlets conspicuously flattened, ribbed in a dried state ; inter- 

 nodes broadly linear or oblanceolate-linear, more rarely oblong, tape- 

 like, broadest in their upper part, little or not at all contracted at the 

 apex, more or less tapering into the base, \-\\ in. long, 1-2^ lin. broad, 

 those of the main branches much thickened along the middle. Flowers 

 dioucious, tetramerous. Male inflorescence : Flowers solitary, sessile. 

 Bud ellipsoid, \\ lin. long, solid base J lin. long. Keceptacular tube 

 |-| lin. long. Petals deltoid-ovate, J-| lin. long. Anthers obtusely 

 trigonous, elliptic in outline, ^-| lin, long, § lin. broad. Female in- 

 florescences consisting of 1 or 3 flowers, which are usually unprovided 

 Avith bracteal cups. Bracteal cup, when present, embracing only the 

 >)aise of the receptacle at the time of expansion of the flower, sessile, 

 bilobed, ^-| lin. high, | lin. long ; lobes ascending, very obtuse, f lin. 

 long. Receptacle and pedicel together obovoid-oblong, ^-1 lin. long, 

 f lin. broad. Petals yellowish-green, oblong-ovate, |-J lin. long, |- J 

 Hn. broad, deciduous. Style distinct, short, thick, compressed-quad- 

 rangular ; stigma projecting |-J lin. above the insertion of the petals. 

 Young berry pedicelled, orange-red, ovoid. — V. anceps^ Engl, in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxx. 305, not of E. Meyer. 



