Loranthus] cxiii. loeanthace^. 935 



26. L. villosiflorus Engl., I.e., p. 125. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers brilliantly scarlet. Between Nene and LopoUo, 

 growing on Combretaoeous and other trees ; fl.-bud Dec. 1859. 

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

 orange-rusty in colour, very handsome. In the great Parinari forests 

 to the east of LopoUo, growing on P. Mohola Oliv. (ante, p. 320 ; 

 Welw. herb. no. 1282), plentiful ; fl. beginning of Jan. 1860. 

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

 on one Acacia-like tree called "Mubogo" (of. "Musoso," Gigalobium 

 abyssinicum ; Welw. herb. no. 17826, ante, p. 306), not seen on any 

 other tree in the neigbourhood ; fl. Jan. 1860. 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 Monino forests, very rare, a parasite on a species of Picas 

 (cf. Welw. herb. no. 6369) ; fl.-bud Jan. 1860 (afterwards searched 

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

 determination. No. 4889. 



27. L. Kirkii Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Sec. vii. p. 101 (1863) ; Engl., 

 Z.C., p. 129 ; Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PI. xiv. p. 6. t. 1309 (April 1880). 



Acrostoichys Kirkii Van Tieghem in Bull. Soc. Bet. Fr. xli. 

 p. 504 (Sept. 1894). 



MOSSAMEDES. — Flowers very yellow, turning to orange. By the 

 Maiombo, climbing on a species of Cordia (cf. ante, p. 713) ; fl. Oct. 

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

 Maiombo, growing on the branohlets of an arborescent Cordia ; fl. and 

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

 the sandy banks of the river Maiombo near Cazimba and Pomangala, 

 growing on the branches of a species of Cordia ; fl. Oct. 1859. No. 4874. 



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

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

 a different species or possibly the -vaxietj populifoUus Engl., I.e., p, 130, 

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



HuiLLA. — Flowers deep yellow. Near the Bruco rivulet at the 

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

 " Unteate " {Copaiba Mopane O. Kuntze ; ante, p. 303 ; Welw. herb, 

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



The following No. is without fl. or fr. ; it diflfers from this 

 species in having the branchlet and petioles more or less clothed 

 with short thick-set spreading hairs; it perhaps belongs to an 

 undescribed species: — 



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

 Oct. 1859. No. 4875. 



2. VISCUM Toumef., L.;Benth.&Hook.f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 213. 



1. V. tuberculatum A. Eich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 338 (1847). 



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

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

 branchlets of the foster plant ; flowers yellowish ; berries nearly 

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

 growing on the tree Tarchonanthus eamphoratus L. (ante, p. 554 ; 

 Welw. herb. nos. 3522 and 6745) ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 4868. In 

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

 Dec. 1859. No. 4869. 



