Viscum.] cxix. LOBANTHACEiE (sprague). 407 



Itlozaznb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Uiiyika ; near Manyames Dorf, 5000 ft., 

 ■Goetze, 1441 ! liritish Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft,, 

 Whyte ! near Mambane, 4000 ft., KirJc ! Portuguese East Africa : Gazaland ; 

 Mossurizc District, Mafusi, 3500 ft., John^on^ 166 I Mount Maruma, 3500 ft., on 

 Alhizzia, &c., Swynnerton, 1085! 



V. anceps, E. Meyer, bears a strong resemblance to V. skirense, from which it 

 may be distinguished by the shorter internodes, distinctly contracted at the apex, and 

 the warted berries, each of which is borne by a bracteal cup. 



18. V. Schimperi, Engl, in Engl.Jahrh.xx. 132. A small much- 

 branched shrub, yellowish -green in a dried state. Stem subterete. 

 Branches and branchlets stout, more or less compressed, ribbed in a 

 dried state ; internodes oblong or oblong-linear, slightly tapering to the 

 base, 2-1) lin. long, |-1| lin. broad, the uppermost ones conspicuously 

 compressed. Flowers dioecious, tetramerous. Male plant unknown. 

 Female plant : Flowers solitary or 3 together, or 2, one of each side of 

 an axillary branch, either with or without a bracteal cup. Bracteal cup 

 two-lobed, much shorter than the receptacle at the time of expansion 

 of the flower, J lin. high ; lobes ascending, rounded, | lin. long, sparingly 

 ciliolate. Receptacle and pedicel together obovoid-oblong, hardly | lin. 

 long, f lin. in diam. at the apex, smooth. Petals broadly ovate, \ lin. 

 long, I lin. broad or more, deciduous. Stigma projecting \ lin. above 

 the insertion of the petals. Berry pedicelled, subglobose, smooth, '2\ 

 lin. long, 2 lin. in diam. ; pedicel about J lin. long. — Pax in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxxix. GKi. V. tvPMioides, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, i. 339, not 

 of Comm. V. Utnioides, Engl. Hochgebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 198 ; Schweinf. 

 in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 152. V. semiplamtm, Engl, in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. ii. 140. As2ndixia semiplana, Van Tiegh. 

 in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xliii. 193. 



XTile Xiand. Eritrea : Mensa ; below Gheleb, 5600 ft., on Loranthns Acacia^ 

 Zncc, Schweinf urth, 1288! 1620; Asraou Ferry, north of Aidereso, 4600 ft., 

 Schweinfurth Sf Riva, 671 ! Addi Conzi, near Acrur, 6300 ft., Schweinf urth (Sf 

 Jtiva, 1162 ! Abyssinia : Kolla Region ; near Harre Schoa, 6300 ft., on Acacia sp., 

 Schimper, 667 ! valley of the Tacazze River, at Addi-Maria, near Derakka, oa 

 Eugenia owariensis^ lieauv., Quartin Dillon. Amhara ; Mitraa, 6000 ft., on Acacia, 

 &c., Rosen. 



Viscum toenioides, Comm. (a native of the Mascarene Islands), has been trans- 

 ferred to the genus Korthalsella by Engler in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 

 i. 138. 



19. V. Goetzei, Engl, in Engl, Jahrh. xxx. 304. A much-branched 

 fihrub. Branches elongated, subterete, internodes 9-14 lin. long, IJ-lJ 

 lin. in diam. ; branchlets rather slender, internodes compressed, slightly 

 tapering into the base, 4-12 lin. long, J-1 lin. in diam. Flowers 

 dioecious, tetramerous or, more rarely, trimerous. Male inflorescence : 

 Flowers geminate, each subtended at the base by a pair of bracts. Bud 

 IJ lin. long, solid base about J lin. long. Receptacular tube nearly J 

 lin. long. Petals deltoid-ovate, f-J lin. long, |-| lin. broad. Anthers 

 alternately large and small, elliptic or elliptic-oblong in outline, |-J lin. 

 long, ^-J lin. broad. Female inflorescence : Flowers solitary, or gemi- 

 nate, each subtended by a pair of bracts. Receptacle and pedicel 



