408 cxix. LouANTiiAC'E/i': (spuaciue). [ Visc2vm.. 



together |-1 lin. long, |-| lin. broad, slightly narrowed into the base. 

 Petals ovate, |-| lin. long, J-| lin. broad, deciduous. Style broadly 

 conical, J lin. long ; stigma projecting ^-| lin. above the insertion of the 

 petals. Berry pedicelled, ellipsoid, 2 lin. long, smooth ; pedicel J lin. long, 

 XVIozatnb. Blstr. German Kiist Africa: Ussangu ; on the nortlieru slope of 

 Lipau} e Mountain, at 7500 ft., on Loraiit/itts sj)., Goefze, 1273 ! 



20. V. Hildebrandtii, Emjl. in Engl. Jahrh. xx. loo. Branches 

 terete, glabrous, 1-1 i lin. in diam., much wrinkled in a dried state, 

 internodes 2-3 in. long ; branchlets slightly compressed, minutely 

 papillate, internodes \-\\ in. long, J-J lin. broad. Flowers tetra- 

 merous. Male inflorescence not known. Female inflorescence : Flowers 

 solitary or ternate, each borne in a shortly peduncled bracteal cup. 

 Bracteal cup at the time of fruiting | lin. high, IJ lin. long, f lin. 

 broad, very shallowly lobed ; peduncle |-| lin. long. Berry con- 

 spicuously pedicelled, red, ellipsoid, smooth, 2J lin. long; stigma pro- 

 jecting I lin. above the apex of the berry ; pedicel |-1 lin. long. — Engl. 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 1G7. 



STile Iiand. British East Africa : Taita ; Ndi Mountain, on Acacia sp., 

 Hildehrandt, 2o68 ! 



21. V, Bagshawei, liendle in Journ. Linn. >S'c>c. xxxvii. 208. A 

 much-branched shrub. Stem terete, about 3 lin. in diam. \h ft. below 

 the apex of the branchlets ; branches subterete, longitudinally wrinkled 

 in a dried state ; branchlets slightly compressed, J-§ lin. broad near 

 the apex ; internodes J-lJ in. long. Flowers dicocious, tetramerous or 

 trimerous. Male plant unknown. Female plant : Flowers solitary or 

 2-3 together, with or without bracteal cups. Bracteal cup, when present, 

 rather more than half as long as the receptacle at the time of expan- 

 sion of the flower, shortly lobed, | lin. high ; lobes slightly ascending, 

 rounded, \ lin. long, margin scarious. Receptacle obovoid-oblong, J lin, 

 long, nearly J lin. broad at the apex. Petals deltoid-ovate, g-J lin. long, 

 ^-g lin. broad, deciduous. Style shortly conical, j- J lin. long ; stigma pro- 

 jecting § lin. above the insertion of the petals. Berry shortly pedicelled, 

 yellow, subglobose, smooth, about 2^ lin. in diam.; pedicel about J lin. long. 



Wile Iiand. Uganda : near Mulenia, on Acacia sp., Bafjshatce, 333 ! near the 

 Kafu liivcT, Bng>ihatce,Qii1 ! Toro District; near the mouth of the Mpanga Kiver, 

 3000 ft., Baf/shawe, 1156 ! Busoga District; Jinja, 3900 ft.. Brown, 82! 



Mozamb. Dlstr. (Jcrnian East Africa: Kenahamhi, by the Kagera Kiver, 

 Mildbraed, 292 ! 



Brown's specimen differs from the tyi)e in liaving more elongated branches and 

 red berries. 



'2'2. V. verrucosum, Ilarv. In liar v. ti- Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 581. A 

 much -branched shrub. Stem terete, about 2 J lin. in diam. U ft. below 

 the apex of the branchlets ; branches subterete, longitudinally wrinkled 

 in a dried state ; branchlets slightly compressed, about | lin. broad near 

 the apex; internodes J-l } in. long. Flowers dia^cious, tetramerous. 

 Male inflorescence consisting of 1-3 sessile flowers, or of a o-flowered 



