932 cxiii. LORANTHACE.E. [Lorcmthus 



17. L. constrictiflorus Engl., I.e., p. 119. t. 3, fig. B. 



GOLUXGt) Alto. — A shrublet, 3 ft. high and more ; leaves glaucous- 

 green, fleshy-coriacous ; flowers prettily red. Throughout the elevated 

 region of Sobato de Quilombo, 2200 feet altitude, plentiful, growing 

 on various wild and cultivated trees ; also on wild orange-trees ; fl. end 

 of Jan. 1855. No. 5282. 



I have not seen the types of this species, which belong to Central 

 Africa and Angola, but the description and figure agree fairly well 

 with Welwitsch's plant. 



18. L. sessilifolius Pal. Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. p. 8. t. 63 (1807). 

 L. Buchneri Engl., I.e., pp. 114-115, as to n. 4854, not as to 



n. 4842. 



Benguella. — Flowers blood-red. In sandy thickets near Benguella, 

 growing on the Acanthaceous shrublet PetaUdium glaiuluhmun S. 

 Moore, ante, p. 810 (which was a smaller and weaker plant than its 

 parasite) ; fl. June 1859. No. 4854. 



Bumbo. — Branches spreading. Near Bruco, growing on a species 

 of Eugenia (cf . E. henguellensh Welw. herb. no. 4394 ; ante, p. 360) ; 

 fl. Oct. 1859. No. 4862. A glaucous shrub ; flowers blood-red, sub- 

 sessile, bracteate at the base ; bracts cup-shaped forming a double 

 epicalyx. In Serra da Xella above Bruco, growing on various trees ; 

 fl. Oct. 1859. No. 4863. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers splendidly blood-red. In the more elevated parts 

 of Morro de Lopollo, growing on Parinari Mohola Oliv. (cf . ante, p. 320) ; 

 fl. Nov. 1859. No. 4866. A much-branched shrublet, 1 to U ft. high ; 

 leaves glaucous ; flowers blackish purple ; perianth-lobes green before 

 expansion ; anthers red ; stigma green-purplish. In the Lopollo 

 country, plentiful, growing on Combretaceje ; fl. 2 Dec. 1859. No. 4865. 

 Stems rigid, brittle, longitudinally rugulose, ashy ; leaves fleshy- 

 coriaceous, glaucous, very brittle ; flowers bloodred-purple, very hand- 

 some. In very elevated parts of Morro de Lopollo, growing on 

 ProteaceiB ; fl. Feb. 1860. No. 4867. 



19. L.Meyeri Presl, Bot. Bemerk. p. 76 (1844), in Abh. Bohm. 

 Gesellsch. Wissensch. ser. 5, iii. p. 506 (1845). 



L. namaquensis Harv. in Harv, & Send. Fl. Cap. ii. p. 577 (1862). 

 L. olecefolius E. Mey. ex Harv., I.e. ; non Cham. & Schlecht. (1828). 



Yar. ligustrifolius (Engl., I.e., p. 120). 



Benguella. — Flowers blood-red. Between Benguella and the river 

 Catumbella, sporadic, growing on a species of Acacia with yellow heads 

 of flowers (cf. A.etbaica Schweinf. ; ante, p. 314 ; Welw. herb. no. 1819) ; 

 fl. Jime 1859. No. 4882. 



MossAMEDES. — A shrublet, 1 to 2 ft. high, branched from the base, 

 growing on low shrubs ; branches dichotomous, as well as the branchlets 

 brittle ; leaves glaucous, somewhat fleshy ; flowers somewhat fieshy, 

 green at the base and at the apex, somewhat ventricose and purple in 

 the middle. In sandy places by the river Bero, on Gomypium or allied 

 genus ; fl. beginning of July 1859. No. 4858. A shrublet, 1 to 2| ft. 

 high, branched from the base ; leaves succulent, glaucous ; flowers 

 brilliantly bloodred-purple. Near Cavalheiros, growing on an arbor- 

 escent species of Cordia (cf. ante, p. 713) ; fl. beginning of July 1859. 

 No. 4859. Flowers blood-red. By the banks of the river Maiombo 

 growing on various Mimosas and other trees ; fl. Oct. 1859. No. 4860- 

 A shrublet, as brittle as glass. By the river Maiombo, growing on 

 " Umpeque " shrubs {Xlmenia americana L, ; ante, p. 140 ; Welw. herb. 



