LORANTHACEER. X. Scurruta. 
many in the axils, fascicled, sessile, deflexed ; corolla tumid at 
the base, narrowed above, cleft longitudinally, hence it is ex- 
panded into a 5-lobed ligula on one side. h.P.S. Native of 
Africa, at Koto or Keta. Loranthus sessilifélius, Beauv. fl. 
Wow. 2. p. 8. t. 23. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 108. The anthers are 
delineated in the figure versatile. 
Sessile-leaved Scurrula. Shrub par. 
21 S. Bexvisi; glabrous; branches simple, terete; leaves 
on short petioles, nearly opposite and alternate, broad ovate- 
lanceolate, acute; peduncles very short, axillary, numerous, 
fascicled, 1-flowered, deflexed; corolla tumid at the base, nar- 
towed above, cleft laterally, expanded into a 5-lobed ligula at 
the apex ; anthers somewhat versatile. h.P.S. Native of 
Africa, in the kingdom of Waree, at Chama or Sama. Loranthus 
Belvisii, D. C. prod. 4. p. 303. Loránthus lanceolatus, Beauv. 
“ oom 2. p. 8. t. 64. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 108. but not of Ruiz 
et Pav. 
Belvis’s Scurrula. Shrub par. 
22 S. PENTAGONIA; glabrous; branches terete; leaves on 
short petioles, ovate or lanceolate, coriaceous, almost veinless, 
glaucous ; flowers 4-5, in the axils of the leaves, sessile, crowded ; 
bractea calyciform under the ovarium; corolla tumid at the base, 
and contracted under the middle, clavate, and pentagonal at the 
apex before expansion, but at length expanded into a 5-lobed 
ligula; filaments inflexed; style tumid and pentagonal under 
the apex; stigma capitate. .P.S. Native of Senegal, on 
trees, Loranthus pentagonia, D. C. coll. mem. vi. t. 8. This 
Species is easily distinguished from the rest in the form of the 
style and flower-bud. It is very like S. Belvisiz. 
Pentagonal-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 
23 S. DODONEZFOLIA ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves on 
short petioles, elongated, oblong-linear, obtuse, attenuated at the 
base, thick and coriaceous, glaucous, almost nerveless ; flowers 
2-3 together, sessile, crowded ; bracteas cup-shaped, one under 
each ovarium; alabastra cylindrical; corolla tumid at the base, 
but somewhat constricted above, expanded into a 5-lobed ligula 
at the apex ; filaments inflexed ; style tumid at the apex and 
pentagonal ; stigma capitate. h. P. S. Native of Senegal, on 
the trunks of tamarind trees. Loranthus dodoneeefolius, D. C. 
coll. mem. vi. t. 9. Allied to S. pentagònia. 
Dodonæa-leaved Scurrula. Shrub par. 
24 S. cLav'ca ; glabrous; branches terete; leaves alternate, 
Opposite, and 8 in a whorl, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
covered with a glaucous bloom; peduncles axillary, erect, bear- 
ing each 3 flowers at the apex, on short pedicels ; corolla rather 
tumid at the base, constricted in the middle, and divided at the 
apex into 5 linear revolute lobes ; anthers linear, erect, h. P. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Loranthus glaúcus, 
hunb. fl. cap. p. 295. but not Ruiz et Pav. Schultes, syst. 7. 
p. 104. Mogquinia ribra, Spreng. ex Zeyh. in herb. Moricand. 
Habit almost of S. oleefolia, but differs in the anthers being 
ane and linear, not oval, and in the stamens being free, not con- 
ete. 
Var. B, Burchéllii (D. C. prod. 4. p. 303.) leaves more re- 
mote and narrower, and less glaucous in the dried state. h. P. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. pl. afr. 
austr. no. 2887. 
Glaucous Scurrula. Shrub par. 
25 S. oLEÆFÒLIA; branches terete; leaves opposite, oblong, 
silky, bluntish, feather-nerved ; peduncles axillary, very short, 
earing each 3 almost sessile flowers at the apex ; corolla tumid 
at the base, and narrowed above, tubular, 5-lobed : lobes short, 
deflexed; stamens monadelphous ; anthers oblong, fixed by the 
base. h.P.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Loran- 
thus olezfdlius, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 209. 
Lichtensteinia olezefolia, Wendl. coll. 2. p. 4. t. 39. Loranthus 
423 
speciésus, Dietr. Corolla red. Ovarium 1-celled ; cell pen- 
tagonal, 1-seeded, ex Cham. et Schlecht. not 5-seeded. 
Olive-leaved Scurrula. Shrub par. 
26 S. CANE'SCENS; every part of the plant is canescent; 
leaves oval, obtuse, small, h.P.S. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, in arid places on the branches of Lycium. Loranthus 
canéscens, Burch, cat. geogr. 1119. trav. afr. 2. p. 90. 
Canescent Scurrula. Shrub par. 
27 S. crava‘ra; glabrous; branches terete ; leaves opposite, 
on short petioles, oval, obtuse, coriaceous, almost veinless, rusty 
beneath ; peduncles many, crowded, very short, in the axils of 
the leaves, dilated under the apex into a somewhat discoid brac- 
tea; limb of calyx 5-toothed; alabastra cylindrical, clavate ; 
corolla at length cleft laterally, 5-lobed ; style striately angular. 
h.P.S. Native of Madagascar. Loranthus clavatus, Lam. 
dict. 3. p. 598. but not of Roxb. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 106. 
Filaments of stamens adnate a long way to the corolla; anthers 
oblong, erect, terminal. 
Clavate-flowered Scurrula, Shrub par. 
** Species natives of Asia. 
28 S. Hanxea'na; glabrous; branches terete; leaves petio- 
late, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse or acuminated, coriaceous, obso- 
letely veined ; peduncles from the forks of the branches erect, 
bearing 3-flowered pedicels; bracteas ovate, concave, one under 
each ovarium; calyx pubescent, entire; corolla tubular, cleft 
laterally on one side : lobes 5, linear, reflexed. h. P.S. Na- 
tive of the island of Luzon. Loranthus Hænkeànus, Presl, in 
herb. Henke, ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 304, Schultes, syst. 7. p. 
113. Leaves 3-6 inches long, and 1} to 2 inches broad, on 
petioles 8-10 lines long. Corolla 3-4 lines long, glabrous. Calyx 
reddish. 
Henke’s Scurrula. Shrub par. 
29 S. MALIFÒLIA ; glabrous; branches terete; leaves ovate, 
acute, petiolate, coriaceous, obsoletely veined ; peduncles axil- 
lary, solitary, reflexed, bearing a dense umbel of flowers ; pedi- 
cels and calyxes clothed with rusty pubescence ; limb of calyx 
nearly entire; corolla 5-cleft beyond the middle, and somewhat 
laterally cleft; lobes linear, reflexed. h. P.S. Native of the 
island of Luzon. Loranthus malifolius, Presl, in herb. Hanke, 
ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 304. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 113. Perhaps 
sufficiently distinct from S. Haenkeana. 
Apple-leaved Scurrula. Shrub par. 
30 S. LONGIFLÒRA; glabrous; leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, 
veiny, coriaceous : upper ones rather cordate at the base ; racemes 
axillary, simple, short, subcorymbose; bracteas concave, one 
under each ovarium ; limb of calyx entire: corolla long, clavate, 
contracted beneath the limb: lobes 5, unequal, cuneated. h. P. 
S. Native of Malabar and Pondicherry. Loranthus longi- 
fldrus, Desr. in Lam. dict. 3. p. 498. Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. 
p. 217. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 112. Walli-Iti-canni, Rheed. mal. 
10. p. 5. t. 4. Flowers purple, curved, 20 lines long. Anthers 
linear, inserted by the base. 
Long-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 
31 S. INCARNA`TA ; plant while young beset with deciduous 
stellate down; leaves alternate, on short petioles, broad-ovate, 
acute, nerved; racemes rising beneath the leaves, hoary from 
wool; flowers nearly sessile, each furnished with 1 bractea; limb 
of calyx 5-toothed ; tube of corolla gibbous at the base, but con- 
stricted a little above the base: limb 5-parted : lobes reflexed ; 
stigma clavate. }.P.S. Native of the East Indies, in the 
island of Pulo Nias. Loranthus incarnatus, Jack, in Roxb. fl. 
ind. 2. p. 213. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 111. Leaves 9 inches long. 
Corolla above 2 inches long, slightly tomentose without, pale 
rosy, with a greenish limb; tube gibbous below, contracted a 
little above the base, then widening upwards till it suffers a 
