Lorant/ms] cxiii. mii;antiia<e.e. 935 



26. L. villosiflorus Kugl., i.e., p. 125. 



Huii.i.A. — Flowers brilliantly scarlet. Between Nene and LopoUo, 

 growing on Combretaceous and other trees; fi.-bud Dec. lH,'<',i. 

 No. 4892. Leaves nearly all mutilated by insects ; flowers brilliant, 

 orange-rusty in colour, very handsome. In the great I'urinnri forests 

 to the east of Lopollo, growing on P. Jfoho/a Oliv. {ante, p. 3"J0 ; 

 Wehv. herb. no. 1282), plentiful: fl. beginning of Jan. IHfJO. 

 No. 4891. Flowers orange-red. In the Monino forests, very plentiful 

 on one Acacia-like tree called "^lubo^-o" (cf. " Musoso,"WV/i/a/.»/y<((,/( 

 uhysxini<-uii> ; Welw. herb. no. 1782A, unic, p. 30t5), not seen on any 

 other tree in the neigbourhood : fl. Jan. 1 800. A form with narrower 

 leaves and flowers smaller and less shaggy than the previous nos., 

 perhaps a distinct species. No. 4890. Flower-buds yellowish-ashy. 

 In the Moniuo forests, very rare, a parasite on a species of Fiitm 

 (cf. Welw. herb. no. 0309) ; fl.-bud Jan. 1800 (afterwards searched 

 for in vain). Probably a form like the last no., but too young for 

 determination. No. 4889. 



27. L. Kii-kiiOliv. in Journ. Linn. 8oc. vii. p. 101 (1863) ; Engl., 

 I.e., p. 129 ; Oliv. in Hook. le. PI. xiv. p. 6. t. 1309 (April 1880). 



Acrostachys Kirkii Van Tieghem in Bull. See. Bot. Fr. xli. 

 p. 504 (Sept. 1894). 



Moss.vMKOKS. — Flowers very yellow, turning to orange. By the 

 Maiombo, climbing on a species of Cm-din (cf. antc,)i. 713) : fl. Oct. 

 1859. No. 4872. Flowers saffron-coloured ; berries yellow. By the 

 Maiombo, growing on the branchlets of an arborescent Cnrdia ; fl. and 

 fr. Oct. 1859. No. 4873. Flowers of a brilliant orange-colour. By 

 the sandy banks of the river ^laiombo near Cazimba and Pomangala, 

 growing on the branches of a species of Cord in : fl. Oct. 1s,"j9. No. 4874. 



BiMiiO. — Berries blackish purple. In the heart of the mountains 

 of Serra de Xella, growing on Combretaceai ; fr. Oct. 1859. Perhaps 

 a different species or possibly the variety popul if olins Engl., I.e., p. 130, 

 the type of which I have not seen. No, 4871- 



Huii.i-A. — Flowers deep yellow. Near the Bruco rivulet at the 

 base of the mountains of Serra de Xella, growing on the tree 

 " Unteate " (Copaiba Mopam O. Kuntze ; ante, p. 303 ; Welw. herb, 

 no. 605) ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 4878. 



The following No. i.s without fl. or fr. ; it difiers from this 

 .specie.s in having the branchlet and petioles more or less clothed 

 with short thick-set spreading hairs ; it perlia[)S belongs to an 

 undescribed species : — 



MiissAMEDES. — At the Maiombo, climbing on a species of Acacia ; 

 Oct. 1859. No. 4875. 



2. VISCUM Tournef., L.; Benth.&Hook.f. Gen. PL iii. p. 213. 



1. V. tuberculatum A. Pvich. Fl. Aby.ss. i. p. 338 (1847). 



Hrii.LA. — The whole plant green or turning from green to tawny, 

 brittle ; the larger shrublets 1 to 2 ft. long, pendulous from the 

 branchlets of the foster plant ; flowers yellowish ; berries nearly 

 oblong, reddish. In elevated parts of Serra de Xella. near Mumpulla, 

 growing on the tree Tarclioiianthus cim/ji/ioratus L. {<niti\ p. 554 ; 

 Welw. herb. nos. :;522 and 0745) ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 4868. In 

 the Catumba rockv forests, rather rare, growing on Tarchonanthus ; fr. 

 Dec. 1859. No. 4"869. 



