206 CXXXII. LORANTHACEX, (J. D. Hooker)  [Loranthus. 
very coriaceous, smooth and shining, and probably flaccid when fresh; nerves many, 
horizontal, very obscure ; base narrowed into a stout petiole 3 in. Spike erect, many- 
fid. ; rachis very stout, naked towards the base; flowers erecto-patent, scarlet, quite 
sessile; bract boat-shaped; calyx subglobose, limb obsolete. Corolla 4-5-cleft to 
the middle; bud more swollen at the top than the base. Style stout, stigma capitate. 
—A very distinct plant. 
9. L. ensifolius, Thwaites Enum. 134; quite glabrous, leaves sub: 
opposite petioled narrowly falcately lanceolate acuminate 3-7-nerved, nerves 
parallel, racemes axillary and terminal slender equalling the leaves.or 
shorter, pedicels slender, bracteole minute. 
CEYLON ; at Ratnapoora, alt. 1000 ft., Thwaites. 
Branches black and opaque when dry. Leaves 3—5 by 1-1} in., thinly coriaceous, 
opaque, dark brown when dry, narrowed into a petiole 1-1 in. Racemes solitary or 
2 together, erect; pedicels 4 in. Ovary ellipsoid; calyx-limb annular. Corolla un- 
known. Style filiform, 3 in.; stigma capitellate.—The parallel nerves at once dis- 
tinguish this species. 
10. L. pentapetalus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 553; ii. 211, and Ed. Carey 
& Wail. ii. 290; quite glabrous, leaves opposite and alternate petioled ovate 
or elliptic acute or acuminate penninerved, spikes axillary erect strict stout 
longer than the.leaves, flowers à in. 4-5-merous glabrous base suddenly 
inflated and 5-angled, style jointed at the middle. DC. Prodr. iv. 295; 
Wall. Pl. As, Rar. iti. t. 225, and Cat. 503; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 322; Grif. 
Notul. iv. 617, and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 624, 625; Blume Fl. Jav. Loranth. 39, 
t. 14,and 28 A. L. polycarpus, Wall. Cat. 540. L. erythrostachyus, Wall. 
mss. Phoenicanthemum pentapetalum, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 1, 823. 
Dendrophthoe pentapetala, G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 419. 
NzPAL, Wallich, J. D. H., and from Assam, SILHET and CAcHAR to MALACCA, 
PzNANG and SINGAPORE, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 691, 692).— DISTRIB. Ava, 
Yunan, Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 
Branches stout, terete; bark dark, smooth. Leaves 2—4 in., coriaceous, dark 
brown or black when dry, nerves very faint ; petiole 4-8 in., rather slender. Spikes 
solitary and in pairs, dense- or lax-fld. ; rachis very stout, naked below ; flowers erect, 
then spreading, quite sessile; bracteole ovate, ciliolate. Ovary terete, shortly 
cylindric ; calyx-limb annular, obscurely toothed. Corolla-lobes reflexed from the 
middle; bud constricted in middle, tip clavate. Style slender above the joint, stigma 
capitellate. Fruit ellipsoid, truncate.—The style of this species is very characteristic, 
the lower part where embraced by the corolla-tube being 5-angled. 
** Racemes or spikes very many-flowered, pubescent or tomentose. | 
11. E. coccineus, Jack in Mal. Mise. i. 8, and in Hook. Bot. Mist- 
i. 278 (excl. t. 58) ; rusty-tomentose, leaves opposite and alternate petiole 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute or acuminate Pose rounded or cordate, spike’ 
or racemes axillary strict erect, pedicels very short, corolla 3 in. 4-cle 
straight, base rather swollen and 4-angled, fruit ovoid long-necked. Roxb. | 
Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey § Wall. ü. 215; DC. Prodr. iv. 296; Griff. Notul. iv. 
620, and Jc. Pl. Asiat. t.626. L. racemiferus, Wall, Cat. 539. Phonics 
themum coccineum & Bennetianum, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 1, 825, 942- 
Dendrophthoe coccinea, G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 419. 
CacHan, Keenan. Prau, M'Clelland. Tenasserim, Wallich, &c. a 
Grifith (Kew Distrib. 2718). SINGAPORE, Jack.—DISTRIB. Ava, : 
Borneo. ae 
Branches long, terete, stout, lenticellate; bark pale. Leaves 3-6 in., very Reva 
ceous, variable in size and shape, nerves very faint; petiole 1-3 in. Spr 
racemes very variable in length ; rachis stout; pedicels very short and stout ; bra 
