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Loranthus.] © cxxxi. romawTHAcEE, (J. D. Hooker.) . 205 
I.t.143; Wight § Arn. Prodr. 381; Dale. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl 109. L. 
polystachyus, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 217; Wall. 
Cat. 509." L. terrestris & tetrandrus, Heyne mss. 
- DECCAN PENINSULA ; on the Western Ghats, from the Concan southwards, 
Branches terete, bark pale, dotted. Zeaves 23-4 in., very coriaceous, base acute, 
herves slender ; petiole 4 in., stout. Racemes 1-3 in., suberect ; pedicels 4-4 in. ; 
tact concave, gibbous. Flower erect, then spreading, pale red. Ovary globose’; 
calyx-limb annular, Corolla 4.cleft ; style slender, stigma capitate. Fruit j in., 
ovoid, rugose. 
5. L. intermedius, Wight mss.; quite glabrous, leaves opposite and 
alternate petioled elliptic or broadly ovate obtuse penninerved, racemes 
rather stout solitary or fascicled shorter than the leaves, flowers j-$ in. 
merous glabrous, buds curved subcylindric, ovary smooth. L. Blumeanus, 
Wight mss. in part. . 
DECCAN PENINSULA; Shevagerry Hills and Kha]sa Range, alt. 3500 ft., Wight 
iz atri 1234) Nilghiri and kurg Mts, G. p em (Loranth. 37, Herb. 
Very near Z. Wallichianus, and perhaps a large state of that plant, but the leaves 
are arger and broader, the racemes more robust, and flowers much larger. It is inter- 
mediate between R. Wallichianus and R. obtusatus. 
8. L. obtusatus, Wall. Cat. 526; glabrous, leaves subopposite long- 
Petioled ovate or elliptic obtuse penninerved, racemes solitary stout shorter 
nthe leaves, flowers 3-lin. 4-merous glabrous, buds 4-angled, ovary 
mos. Wight & Arn. Prodr. 381; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 109. D. 
ameanus, Wight mss. in part. P 
DECCAN PENINSULA; on the Ghats from the Concan southwards. FOX 
oi Branches robust, lenticellate, bark pale. Leaves 3-5 in., sometimes 34 in. diam., 
TY coriaceous, nerves slender; petiole 3-1 in. Racemes strict, erect; flowers 
ti vias or scattered; pedicels 1-1 in. Ovary ovoid; calyx angular. Corolla not 
—m Ab the base, Style slender, stigma capitate. Fruit ovoid, closely rugulose. 
* petiole is much longer in this than in Wallichianus and intermedius. 
a i L. pulcher, DC. Prodr. iv. 295; quite glabrous, leaves opposite 
en alternate shortly petioled oblong- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate penni- 
Ee, Spikes or racemes subterminal solitary or fascicled, rachis very 
mi 42 flowers 1 in. 5-merous glabrous, buds straight constricted in the 
rie obtuse terete. L. speciosus, Wall. Cat. 518. L. coccineus, Hook 
mE ore t. 58 (not of p. 278). Dendrophthoe pulcher, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 
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Penave, Porter, Phillips. 
and shining apot, terete; bark pale, smooth. feae 5-7 i 
stri above, nerves faint spreading ; petiole 4 in., very ro : 
erecto rather dense-fld. to the base, rachis stout, terete, pedicels 35-3 in., stout ; flowers 
ò “Patent, Ted; bract boat-shaped, Ovary short ; calyx-limb annular. m ja- 
ther inflated, terete, tip 5-cleft. Style rather stout, stigma hardly capitate. 
e ra 
~I th; 1 r ' 
form oo iure in Bot. Misc. given as of L. coccineus undoubtedly is a 4-merous 
in., very coriaceous, pale 
ust. Racemes or spikes 
8 . " : li = 
lanceolate BIS Bi, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves subopposite petioled linear- 
Ceolate acumi . * " l er t 
stri inate penninerved, spikes terminal Jong 
n very robust, flowers 1 in. 4-5 moroüs hoary, buds terete obtuse. 
ASSERIM ; on Donnatoung, alt, 2000 ft., Parish. : 
Branches very stout; bark black, smooth, shining. Leaves 5-7 by 1-1} in. 
