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LORANTHACEÆ. XI. ELYTRANTHE. 
drous. h. P. S. Native of Java, on Mounts Salak and Gede, 
&e. Loranthus avènis, Blum. bijdr. p. 663. and bat. verhandl. 
1823. p. 191. Loranthus Blumeanus, Schultes, syst. 7. p. 119. 
Veinless-leaved Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
14 E. TETRAGÒNA; glabrous; branches tetragonal; leaves 
opposite, sessile, oval, acute or obtuse, of the consistence of 
parchment, glabrous; racemes crowded, axillary ; flowers an- 
gular, hexandrous. h. P. S. Native of Java, on trees about 
Tjiradjas, in the province of Krawang. Loranthus tetragònus. 
Blum. bijdr. 663. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 149. Corolla 3 lines long. 
Tetragonal-branched Elytranthe. Shrub par, 
15 E. SUBUMBELLATA; leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 
long-acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous ; racemes crowded, axil- 
lary; ultimate pedicels subumbellate ; flowers hexandrous. p: 
P.S. Native of Java, on trees near Tjiradjas, in the province 
of Krawang. Loranthus subumbellatus, Blum. bijdr. p. 662. 
Schultes. syst. 7. p. 148. Allied to Æ. spherocarpa, and is, as 
well as it, called Mengando by the natives of Java. 
Subumbellate-flowered Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
$ 2. Rigidiflòra (from rigidus, stiff, and flos, a flower; flowers 
stif). Flowers pentandrous, tubular, cleft into 5 parts beyond 
the middle, having the lobes reflexed from the middle ; tube ob- 
conical, hardly pentagonal. Anthers erect. Bractcas one under 
each flower. 
16 E.rrema; glabrous; branches terete, rather compressed 
when young ; leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic-lanceolate, acu- 
minated ; racemes axillary, simple, 7-flowered; flowers on short 
pedicels ; bracteas ovate, lateral, one under each ovarium ; calyx 
repand, somewhat denticulated; tube of corolla ovate at the 
base : lobes linear-oblong, reflexed from the middle. h. P. S. 
Native of the East Indies, at Amherst. Loranthus rigidus, 
Wall. cat. no. 531. Leaves 2-3 inches long, and 12-18 lines 
broad. Corolla 9 lines long, finely velvety, as well as ovarium. 
Anthers linear. Flower-bud pentagonal at the apex. 
Stiff Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
17 E. rarindsa; glabrous; branches terete; leaves alter- 
nate, smooth, coriaceous, ovate, obtuse, on thick short petioles ; 
racemes in axillary fascicles, clothed with much mealy stellate 
whitish tomentum; tube of corolla ventricose, divided two- 
thirds of its length into 5 linear semi-recurved segments; berry 
large, ovate, slightly tomentose. h. P. S. Native of the East 
ndies, at Singapore. Loranthus farindsus, Desr, in Lam. dict. 
3. p. 597. Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 221. Schultes, syst. 7. 
p. 111. D.C. coll. mem. vi. t. 4. Leaves nearly as large as a 
hand, with unequal margins, having the nerves remote and alittle 
elevated. Flowers of a bright red colour, densely clothed with 
stellate tomentum, which is easily rubbed off; they are about an 
inch long, having the tube wide. 
Mealy Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
§ 3. Cupulati (from cupula, an acorn cup; in reference to the 
shape of the bractea, which surrounds the ovarium). Flowers 
small; bud of corolla equal at the base, terete, but globose and 
pentagonal at the apex; limb of 5 equal regular lobes. Anthers 
ovate, truncate, inserted by the base, dehiscing laterally. Stigma 
capitate. Bracteas cup-shaped, one girding or surrounding each 
ovarium. 
18 E. curura`ra; branches terete, somewhat compressed at 
the apex; young petioles, leaves, peduncles, and flowers clothed 
with rusty down; leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, acutish, 
coriaceous, more or less cordate at the base; peduncles very 
short, branched, umbellately many-flowered; bracteas cup- 
shaped, one girding each ovarium. kh. P.S. Native of Casa- 
mania, on the trunks of trees. Loranthus cupulatus, D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 298. Flowers 2-3 lines long. Branches clothed 
427 
Leaves variable in size and form. Berry ob- 
with rusty villi. 
Lower part of the tube of the corolla cylin- 
ovate-globose. 
drical. 
Cupular-bractead Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
§ 4. Involucràti (the flowers are involucrated with bracteas). 
Flowers tubular, 5-6-cleft. Anthers erect. Bracteas many, 
crowded, constituting an involucrum around the flowers, which are 
subcapitate. 
19 E. INVOLUCRA`rA; glabrous; branches shining; leaves 
opposite, on short petioles, ovate-cordate, smooth ; umbels axil- 
lary, nearly sessile, much shorter than the leaves, 4-flowered, 
involucrated by 4 bracteas; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, smooth, 
entire; calyx villous, with a 5-toothed border ; tube of corolla 
villous, widening towards the mouth: limb regular, 5-parted, 
with linear-revolute segments; anthers oval; stigma 2-lobed. 
h. P. S. Native of the East Indies, on the eastern border of 
Bengal: parasitical on trees. Loranthus involucratus, Roxb. 
fl. ind. 2. p. 209. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 106. Leaves 3-4 inches 
long. Flowers pentandrous. Stamens equalling the segments 
of the corolla, and inserted on them below the middle. Ova- 
rium silky. Style rather longer than the corolla. 
Var. B, hebéclada (D.C. prod. 4. p. 298. under Loranthus) 
branchlets angular, velvety from pale rusty down. h. P. S. 
Native of Silhet. Wall. in fl. ind. p. 209. Corolla 6 lines 
long, villous on the outside, not gibbous at the base; lobes 5, 
equal. Anthers oval, inserted by the base. 
Jnvolucrate-flowered Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
20 E. GEMMIFIÒRA ; glabrous; branches tetragonal; leaves 
opposite, broad-ovate, or oval, obtuse, coriaceous ; buds (im- 
bricated involucra) axillary, solitary, sessile, many-flowered. 
h.P.S. Native of Java, in woods on the mountains. Lo- 
ranthus gemmiflorus, Blum. bijdr. p. 665. Schultes, syst. 7. 
p- 159. Lepeostégeres gemmiflorus, Blum. in litt. This spe- 
cies is called Mengando by the Javanese. Flowers in capitate 
heads, sessile, densely crowded upon the dilated tops of the 
peduncles. Anthers subulate, ex Blum. and the berries are 
pedicellate. 
Bud-flowered Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
21 E. roniceroipes ; glabrous; leaves almost sessile, ovate 
to lanceolate, attenuated, obtuse, rounded at the base ; peduncles 
opposite, longer than the petioles, bearing each a head of a few 
sessile, hexandrous flowers, and each head supported by 4 
broad-ovate, acute, concave bracteas; corollas long, tubular, 
slender, having the limb irregularly cleft into 5 cuneated spread- 
ing segments. h. P. S. Native of the East Indies. Loran- 
thus loniceroides, Lin. spec. 473. exclusive of the synonyme of 
Plukenet. Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 216. Loranthus co- 
ridceus and loniceroides, Schultes, syst. 7. pp. 107 and 108. 
Loranthus coriaceus, Desr. in Lam, dict. 3. p. 597. The 
flowers, according to Wallich, are hexandrous, but according 
to Lamarck pentandrous. It is perhaps a species of Scérrula, 
on account of the irregular flowers. 
Honey-suckle-like Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
22 E.? umpexta'tus ; leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate ; um- 
bels axillary, opposite, on short peduncles, few-flowered ; brac- 
teas opposite, orbicular under each flower ; limb of calyx trun- 
cate; corolla tubular: with 6 linear obtuse segments; anthers 
linear. h. P. S. Native of the East Indies. Loranthus 
umbellatus, Roth. nov. spec. p. 192. but not of Wall. Schultes, 
syst. 7. p. 158. Flowers deep purple, glabrous, coriaceous. 
Berry ovate. 
Umbellate-flowered Elytranthe. 
§ 5, Elytranthes (from edvurpoy, elytron, a sheath or case, 
and av6oc, anthos, a flower; in reference to the large bracteas 
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