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| LORANTHACEZ. X. Scurruta. 
| Variable-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 
42 S. PRÆLO'NGA ; leaves alternate, oval, obtuse, tapering a 
little at the base, glabrous, of the consistence of parchment ; 
racemes axillary; flowers secund ; tube of corolla very long, 
clavate, angular. h. P. S. Native of Java, near Tjiradjas. 
Loranthus preeléngus, Blum. bijdr. p. 664. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 
112. Allied to S. clavata and S. longiflora. Tube of corolla yel- 
low, nearly 3 inches long : lobes linear, channelled inside, greenish. 
Longest-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. . 
43 S. curva`ra ; leaves opposite or alternate, oblong, blunt- 
ish, acute at the base, coriaceous, rather veiny, glabrous; ra- 
cemes axillary, solitary; tube of corolla elongated, curved : lobes 
reflexed. h.P. S. Native of Java, on Mount Salak, parasiti- 
cal on trees. Loránthus curvàtus, Blum. bijdr. p. 665. Schultes, 
syst. 7. p.110. Tube of corolla nearly 14 inch long, yellow, 
but having the limb of a pale orange colour. Anthers adnate, 
elongated. 
Curved-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 
44 S. Bracrza‘ra ; every part of the plant clothed with grey 
starry tomentum; branches terete; leaves small, alternate, ob- 
ovate, obtuse, tapering to the base, on rather long petioles ; um- 
bels axillary, 5-flowered; bracteas oblong, tongue-shaped, one 
under each ovarium; corolla long, slender, cylindrical at the base, 
but widening at the apex, with the throat contracted: lobes 
linear, unilateral, much shorter than the tube. h.P.S. Native 
of the East Indies. Loranthus bracteatus, Heyne, in Roxb. fl. 
ind. 2, p. 220. Loranthus Heynednus and L. tomentosus, 
Schultes, syst. 7. p. 105 and 106. Loranthus tomentosus, Roth, 
nov. spec. p. 191. Umbels densely villous; pedicels one-third 
of an inch Jong. : 
Bracteate Scurrula. Shrub par. 
45 S. GOODENIÆFÒLIA; branches terete, glabrous; leaves 
alternate, obovate-cuneated, obtuse, somewhat emarginate, ta- 
pering into the petioles at the base, rather veiny, glabrous in the 
adult state, but canescent in the young state from stellate deci- 
duous down ; peduncles axillary, 2-3-flowered ; bracteas ovate, 
acute, one under each ovarium; tube of calyx pubescent, with 
5 rather ciliated teeth; corolla cylindrical, cleft on one side: 
lobes 5, linear, reflexed, unilateral; style filiform. h. P. S. 
Native of the East Indies, on the Nelligherry mountains, where 
it is called Mandjil, and where it was collected by Leschenault. 
Loranthus goodenie folius, D. C. prod. 4. p. 306. Very nearly 
allied to S, lobeliæfliòra. 
Goodenia-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 
46 S. LOBELIÆFLÒRA ; glabrous; branches terete ; leaves ob- 
Ovate-cuneated, obtuse, tapering into the petioles, sparingly 
veined ; pedicels 1-2, axillary, 1-flowered, very short, spread- 
ing; bracteas ovate, acute, one under each ovarium; tube of 
calyx cylindrical, cleft on the inner side: lobes 5, linear, re- 
flexed, unilateral ; style filiform. h.P.S. Native of the south 
of India, where it is called Vira-marum and pile-rivi by the 
natives, and where it was collected by Leschenault. Loranthus 
lobeliæflòrus, D. C. prod. 4. p. 306. Leaves an inch long, and 
4 lines broad. Corolla an inch long, red in the dry state. Lo- 
ranthus cuneatus, Roth, nov. spec. p. 193. ? 
Lobelia-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 
47 S. exa’stica ; glabrous; branches strong, columnar : in- 
ternodes short; leaves sessile, thick, ovate, acutish, obscurely 
5-nerved; flowers almost sessile, in fascicles about the joints ; 
tube of corolla cylindrical: having the limb beaked before ex- 
pansion : segments linear, short, separating from ‘the base up- 
wards, revolute. h. P. S. Native of Malabar. Loranthus 
elasticus, Desr. in Lam. dict. 3. p- 599. Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 
2. p. 217, Schultes, syst. 7. p. 107. Belutta-Itti-cani, Rheed. 
mal. 10. p. 7. t. 3. The leaves are remarkably thick, and ap- 
pear both trinerved and triple-nerved. 
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XI. Exyrrantue. 425 
Elastic-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 
48 S. Remywarptia' na; leaves opposite, oblong, attenuated 
at both ends, coriaceous, veinless beneath ; peduncles crowded, 
axillary, 1-flowered ; tube of corolla very long, curved: lobes 
linear, unilateral, at length circinnately revolute. h. P. S. 
Native of Java, on the mountains. Loranthus Reinwardtianus, 
Schultes, syst. 7. p. 105. Loranthus coccineus, Reinw. in Blum. 
bijdr. p. 664. but not of Jack. 
Reinwardt’s Scurrula. Shrub par. 
49 S. Keanic1a‘nus; glabrous; leaves nearly opposite, on 
short petioles, elliptic, veiny ; racemes axillary ; pedicels de- 
flexed ; calyx rather truncate; corolla 5-cleft, clavate. h. P. S. 
Native of the East Indies. Loranthus Keenigianus, Agardh, in 
Schultes, syst. 7. p. 108. 
Keenig’s Scurrula. Shrub par. 
Cult. The species of this genus are easily distinguished from 
the rest that are broken off from the old genus Loranthus in the 
tube of the corolla being curved, and bulged at the base on one 
side, as in Lobélia, cleft longitudinally on the upper side, and the 
segments all leaning to the lower side, and reflexed. ‘The 
plants have the habit of honeysuckle, but are not cultivable. 
XI. ELYTRA’NTHE (from edurpoy, elytron, a case or sheath, 
and arboç, anthos, a flower; in reference to the joined bracteas 
forming a sheath under the flower). Lepeostegéres and Ely- 
tranthe species of Blum. in litt. 1829. Loranthus species of 
authors. Loranthus, sect. ili, Symphydnthus, § 1-3-4 and 5. 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 296—299. 
Lix. syst. Penta-Hexándria, Monogýnia. Flowers herma- 
phrodite, pentamerous or hexamerous. Petals 5-6, joined to- 
gether into a tube to the middle, and therefore divided to the 
middle into a 5-6 cleft regular limb. Stamens 5-6: filaments ad- 
nate to the petals at the base, and free at the apex ; anthers 
fixed by the base, erect. Style filiform; stigma obtuse. 
Racemes axillary: flowers bracteate.— This genus differs from 
Struthdnthus in the corolla being gamopetalous, and from Den- 
drophthoe, to which it comes nearest, in the flowers being race- 
mose, not corymbose, and in each flower being usually furnished 
with more bracteas than one, which are not cup-shaped nor ob- 
lique, as in that genus: it also differs from Scúrrula in the limb 
of the corolla being regular, not as in that genus unilateral; and 
from Loxanthera in the anthers not being oscillatory. 
§ 1. Anguliflori (from angulus, an angle, and flos, a flower ; 
the flowers are more or less hexagonal from crests at the base). 
Flowers tubular, usually tumid at the base, and more or less 
heaagonal from crests, dividing into 6 lobes to the middle; an- 
thers erect. Bracteoles 3, joined together under each flower. 
1 E. retu'sa; glabrous; leaves opposite, on short petioles, 
obovate-oblong, coriaceous, retuse, or emarginate, with the 
lateral nerves indistinct; racemes short, usually solitary, rising 
from the axils of the fallen leaves; flowers pedicellate, each 
furnished with 1-2 bracteas at the base; limb of calyx entire ; 
tube of corolla clavate, gibbous, and angular, contracted at 
the limb: lobes 5-6, lanceolate, reflexed. h. P. S. Native 
of the Island of Singapore. Loranthus retusus, Jack, in 
Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 212. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 112. The plant 
fastens itself by long runners to trees. Leaves smooth, about 3 
inches long. Margin of calyx entire. Tube of corolla clavate, 
gibbous, and angled above, rosy, suddenly contracted at the 
limb, which is yellowish green, having the lobes or segments 
shorter than the tube. 
Retuse-leaved Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
2 E. AmPULLACEA ; glabrous; leaves opposite, on short pe- 
tioles, oblong, polished; racemes axillary, solitary or in pairs, 
much shorter than the leaves ; flowers opposite, on short pedi- 
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