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Brass 17940 has anthers large for var, sodenii, in this agreeing better with 

 L. dregei var. nyasicus Sprague in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 313 (1910); 

 but in other characters it fits better var. sodenii, 



Loranthus vittatus Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 30: 301. 1901; Sprague in Thiselton-Dyer, , 

 FL Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 324. 1910. 

 Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, common on Syzygium sp. in gulley rain- 

 forest, shrub about 1 m. high, leaves thick and fleshy, nerves obscure, flowers 

 pink, apex of tubes and of lobes red, 1400 m., July 25, 1946, 16941, Chia area, 

 common on Syzygium sp. in woodlands of the lake-plain, shrub 40-50 cm. high, 

 leaves 3-5-nerved, very thick and fleshy, brownish-green, flowers pale pink to 

 reddish-pink, 480 m., Sept. 1, 1946, 17468, Tanganyika Territory, and now new 

 to Nyasaland. 



Brass 17468 is very large-leaved and further collection may show it to be 

 separable. 



Loranthus remotus Bak. & Sprague in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 327. 1910. 



Kasungu District: Kasungu, on branches of Ficus sp., shrub 1 m. high, flowers 

 yellowish-green, tube streaked with red within, apex of style red, 1000 m., Aug. 

 26, 1946, 17422, Tanganyika Territory, Portuguese East Africa, and Nyasaland, 

 for which this is the first record. 



Loranthus annulatus Engl. & Krause, Bot. Jahrb. 51: 469. 1914. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, parasitic on marginal trees of juniper 

 forest, shrub 50 cm. high, freely branched, leaf-nerves prominent above, obscure 

 beneath, base of perianth red, middle portion greenish-yellow, apex of lobes red, 

 2250 m., Aug. 11, 1946, 17182, Tanganyika Territory and Nyasaland, for which 

 this is the first record. 



The range may be extended to S. Rhodesia if L. eylesii Sprague in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 343 (1910) is not specifically distinct; see Weimarck, 

 Bot. Not. 1936: 15 (1936). 



Loranthus erianthus Sprague in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 359. 1910. 



Kota-kota District: Nchisi Mountain, parasitic on various trees in rain-forest, 

 shrub about 40 cm. high, leaves more or less fleshy, nerves raised above, im- 

 pressed beneath, flowers red, neck, lobes, and filaments yellowish-green, style 

 dark green, 1450 m., July 30, 1946, 17034. Belgian Congo (Katanga), N. Rhodesia, 

 and no/v new to Nyasaland. 



Loranthus oleifolius (Wendl.) Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 3: 209. 1828. 



Lichtensteinia oleifolia ("oleaefolia") Wendl. Coll. PI. Ex. 2: 4. pi 39, 1810. 

 Loranthus namaquensis Harv. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 2: 577. 1861-1862. 



Kota-kota District: Chia area, on Bauhinia sp. in dry woodlands of lake plain, 

 shrub about 1 m. high, flowers red, lobes blackish when expanded, greenish-white 

 in bud, fruit red, 480 m., Sept. 6, 1946, 17559, Nyasaland, N. Rhodesia, and 

 Angola, southwards to South Africa. 



Brass 17559 is perplexing. It is L. oleifolius except for .the unusually large 

 leaves. In this it resembles the Angolan L. malacophyllus Engl. & Krause, Bot. 

 Jahrb. 43: 408 (1909), but that differs much in the indumentum. 



Loranthus tenuifolius Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 30: 302. 1901; Sprague in Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 1 : 389. 1911. 

 North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, on Philippia on edge of montane forest, 

 shrub 30 cm. high, perianth-tube dark red, lobes red, filaments and style black, 

 anthers and stigmas yellow, 2320 m., Aug. 16, 1946, 17263; ibid., on tree on edge 

 of montane f .rest, shrub 60 cm. high, flowers red, the tube darker than the lobes, 



