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LORANTHACEZ, VIII. DENDROPHTHOE. 
peduncles axillary, 3-5-flowered; bracteas lateral, cucullate, 
one to each flower; corolla cylindrical, truncate at the apex ; 
style clavate. h. P. S. Native of the East Indies, at Marta- 
ban, on the banks of the Irrawaddy. Loranthus cuneatus, Wall. 
mss. Heyne, ex Roth, nov. spec. p. 193. Anthers probably 
5, but in the younger flowers they are glued together, and with 
the stigma. Corolla 6 lines long, velvety on the outside. This, 
with the preceding species, may hereafter form a distinct genus, 
or at least a separate section. 
Cuneated-leaved Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 
Cult. Like the rest of the genera of this order, the species 
are not cultivable in gardens, They are showy plants, with the 
habit of honeysuckle. 
IX. PHTHIRU'SA (from g6epw, phtheiro, to destroy; the 
species destroy the trees on which they grow), Mart. in D. C. 
ag 4, p.672. Loranthus, sect. Clandestini, D. C. prod. 4. p. 
Lin. syst. Tetrdéndria, Monogynia. Flowers hermaphrodite, 
4-parted, furnished with 3 jagged bracteas each, some of them 
crowded in the axils of the leaves. Anthers fixed by the back, 
ovate. Styles short; stigma capitate. Berry ovate. Flowers 
small, axillary, sessile, or in axillary racemes. 
1 P. ctanpestrna; glabrous; branches compressedly tetra- 
gonal while young ; leaves opposite, obovate, coriaceous ; flowers 
axillary, solitary, sessile, small; petals 4, concave; anthers 
ovate; berries oblong. h.P.S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 
vince of Para, in woods. Loranthus clandestinus, Mart. in 
Schultes, syst. 7. p. 96. Flowers hardly half a line long. 
Bracteas suborbicular, jagged, one under each flower. Stamens 
Shorter than the petals, but equal in length to the style. The 
anthers are said to be almost sessile. 
Clandestine-flowered Phthirusa. Shrub par. 
2 P.? sazicirdtra; branches compressedly tetragonal above ; 
leaves opposite, lanceolate, acuminated, glaucous, coriaceous ; 
racemes solitary, axillary, 3 times shorter than the leaves; 
pedicels 3-flowered, short, bearing 3 bracteas at the apex ; 
petals 4, linear-lanceolate ; anthers roundish-ovate. h. P. S 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. Loranthus 
salicifdlius, Mart. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 102. Flowers small, 
probably dioecious. 
Willow-leaved Phthirusa. Shrub par. 
3 P.? Lucaraue’nsts; plant glabrous, much branched ; 
branches terete ; leaves petiolate, roundish-elliptic, acute, round- 
ed at the base, somewhat membranous, veiny, with the middle 
nerve rather prominent; racemes axillary and terminal, few- 
flowered ; flowers almost sessile, scattered, bractless; petals 4, 
oblong, rather concave; anthers unknown. h.P.S. Native 
of Peru, in temperate parts near Lucarque. Loranthus Lucar- 
quénsis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 440. Schultes, 
syst. 7, p. 102. Leaves an inch long, and 9-10 lines broad ; 
petioles 4-5 lines long. Racemes 3 lines long. Flowers minute, 
of a whitish yellow colour. 
Lucarque Phthirusa. Shrub par. 
Cult. The species of this genus do not possess any beauty, 
and are not cultivable in the gardens. 
X. SCU’RRULA (a diminutive of Scérra, a parasite ; plants 
parasitical on trees). Loranthus, sect. iii. Scúrrula, D. C. prod. 
4. p. 301. 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Pentdndria, Monogyjnia. Flowers herma- 
phrodite, Petals .4-5, joined together into a long tube, which 
is divided at the apex into 4 or 5 short unilateral lobes, usually 
gibbous at the base, opening by a longitudinal fissure as in Lobélia. 
Stamens 4-5 ; filaments adhering a long way to the corolla, but 
free at the apex; anthers fixed by the base, seldom by the 
back, to the top of the filaments, oblong, erect. Style filiform 
IX. Parutrvsa. X. Scurrvura. 421 
or clavate; stigma capitate. Peduncles axillary, few-flowered, 
or racemose, having a solitary bractea under each flower, which 
is usually pressed to the ovarium. 
Corolla 4-parted. 
1 S. Roxsu’reui; branches terete, glabrous ; leaves oppo- 
site, ovate, subcordate, white from soft down beneath ; peduncles 
crowded in the axils of the leaves, very short, simple or branched, 
1 or few-tlowered; bractea adpressed to the ovarium, which is 
turbinate; alabastra cylindrical, 4-lobed at the apex, and 
having the tube cleft longitudinally. kh. P. S. Native of 
Malabar, and probably of China, if the synonyme of Linnzeus 
does not appertain to S. Chinénsis. Loranthus Scúrrula, Lin. 
spec. 472. Roxb. cor. 2. t. 140. Corolla of a rusty grey colour 
and mealy on the outside, but dark purple inside. 
Roxburgh’s Scurrula, Shrub par. 
2 S. Curne'nsts ; branchlets and young leaves clothed with 
rusty villi: the rest glabrous ; leaves opposite, ovate, on short 
petioles, coriaceous, obtuse, cuneated at the base ; peduncles 
axillary, very short, bearing 2-5 umbellate pedicellate flowers ; 
bractea ovate, small, under the ovarium ; limb of calyx truncate ; 
corolla clavate, and curved in the bud, cleft longitudinally on 
one side ; lobes of corolla 4, linear, short, reflexed. h.P.G. 
Native of China, where it was collected by Sir George Staunton. 
Loranthus Chinénsis, D. C. coll. mem. vi. t. 7. 
Chinese Scurrula. Shrub par. 
3 S. PULVERULE'NTA ; the younger parts of the plant are clothed 
with mealy stellate tomentum; branches terete ; leaves opposite, 
petiolate, broad-ovate, acute, at length glabrous ; racemes lateral, 
tomentose, in fascicles; flowers pedicellate; tube of corolla long, 
terete, curved, cleft at the apex into 4 short unilateral reflexed 
lobes. h . P.G. Native of Nipaul, on trees at Hetounra, and along 
the banks of the river Rapti. Loranthus pulveruléntus, Wall. 
in Roxb. fl, ind. 2. p. 221. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 99. Petioles 
an inch long. Leaves 5-7 inches long. Corolla more than an 
inch long, mealy outside. Berry large, club-shaped, mealy. 
Powdered Scurrula. Shrub par. 
4 S. FASCICULA`TA ; glabrous ; branches terete; leaves oppo- 
site, or somewhat verticillate, obovate, veiny above, but veinless 
beneath, coriaceous; fascicles lateral, few-flowered; lobes of 
corolla 4, reflexed, secund ; style longer than the exserted sta- 
mens. h.P.S. Native of Java, near Linga Jattie, in the pro- 
vince of Cheribon, on trees. Loranthus fasciculatus, Blum. 
bijdr. p. 661. Loranthus odoratus, Blum. bijdr. p. 663. does 
not differ from this species according to the author. 
Fascicled-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 
5 S. ru’sca; glabrous; branches terete, rather angular in the 
young state; leaves opposite, on short petioles, obovate, and 
oval, acute at the base, coriaceous, beset with rusty dots be- 
neath while young; peduncles axillary, 1-2-flowered ; corolla 
cleft on one side, having 4 erect lobes. h.P.S. Native of 
Java, on Mounts Salak and Gede, on trees. Loranthus fúscus, 
Blum. bijdr. p. 660. Genitals dark purple. Stigma capitate. 
See Blum. bat. verhandl. 1823. p. 190. 
Fuscous Scurrula. Shrub par. 
G S. UMBE'LLIFER; glabrous; branches terete; leaves oppo- 
site, oblong-lanceolate, on short petioles, acute at the base; 
peduncles in fascicles, axillary, and lateral, pubescent, 3-flowered, 
subumbellate ; corolla very long, slender, cleft into 4 linear re- 
flexed segments at the apex; stigma clavate. h. P. S. Native 
of Nipaul, on Mount Sheopore. Loranthus umbéllifer, Schultes, 
syst. 7. p. 97. Loranthus umbellatus, Wall. in Roxb. fl, ind. 2. 
p- 222. but not of Roth. Corolla of a bright red colour, curved, 
pubescent; Peduncles clothed with ferruginous tomentum. 
Umbel-bearing Scurrula. Shrub par. 
7 S. corpiròLIa ; branches terete, villous, mealy while young ; 
§ 1. Flowers tetrandrous, 
