36. OLACACEAE— J7. LORANTHACEAE. 83. 



12. impeditum A.W.H. Coast and Midlands. Common. 



13. orientale A.W.H. Near Kokstad. 



14. lobeliodes A. DC. Hoffenthal, 4,000 ft. 



15. nigrum A.W.H. Midlands and Drakensberg. Common. 



16. asterias AW.H. Midlands. 



17. polygaloides A.W.H. Coastbelt. Vleis. 



18. cornigerum A.W.H. Coast and Midlands. 



19. gypsophylloides A.W.H. Coastbelt. 



2. OSYRIDOCARPUS. ADC. 



natalensis A. DC. Coast to Drakensberg. Half-climbing 

 shrub. 



3. OSYRIS. L. "inTshakasa." "umBulunyati." 



abyssinica Hochst. (Colpoon compressum Berg.) Shrub. 

 Coast to Drakensberg. Occasional in Thorn veld. 



FAMILY 36— OLACACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers regular. Calyx 

 small. Petals 4 — S. Stamens 8-10. Ovary superior. Ovules 1 — S 

 pendulous. Style simple. Fruit indehiscent. Seed 1 endospermic. 

 1 genus 1 species. 



XIMENIA Plum. "umTunduluka.'' "Matimdolubu.' "Manum- 

 balo." 

 caffra Sond. Coastbelt. 



FAMILY 37— LORANTHACEAE. 



Parasitic shrubs. Leaves undivided, exstipulate. Perianth 



simple, but often surrounded by an apparent calyx, an outgrowth 



of the receptacle. Perianth segments 2 — 6. Stamens 2 — 6, inserted 



on P. segments. Ovary inferior, usually without distinct placentas. 



Ovules 1 — 4, indistinct. Style simple or 0. Fruit succulent. Seeds 



with or without endosperm. 2 genera 17 species. 



1. Flowers hermaphrodite. "Calyx" more or less developed. 



style long. 1 LORANTHUS. 



Flowers unisexual. "Calyx" obsolete. Style short or 0. 



2 VISCUM. 

 1. LORANTHUS L. 



l.woodii Schltr. and Krause. Krantzkloof. Ngoya on Bur- 

 chellia capensis. 



2. subcylindricus Sprague. Umtwalumi on Ochna arborea. 



Nkandhla. 



3. dregei E. Z. Coast and Midlands. Fairly common. 



4. wyliei Sprague. Ngoya, Zululand. 



5. quinquenervis Hochst. Coastbelt. 



6. natalitius Meisn. Coast and Midlands. "umHlalaben- 



yoni." 



