214. - ` CXXXII. LORANTHACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Loranthus. 
& Ara. Prodr. 383. L. Candolleanus, Wight & Arn. 1. e. 885; Wight Ie.” 
t. 305. . 
Niraenini Mrs., Noton, Wight, &c. u 
Branches usually very ' tout, sparsely lenticellate ; bark black. Leaves Pus 
usually very coriaceous, dark and opaque above, nerves few ; petiole 4-3 in. Tome i 
usually many and dense-fld.; flowers very shortly pedicelled ; corolla stouter than 1 
L. bracteatus, often curved in a semicircle, but sometimes straight, 
** Flowers at length glabrous. 
31. L. cuneatus, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 193; glabrous except the 
youngest buds, leaves small all alternate petioled obovate-cuneate tp . 
rounded or retuse base 3-nerved, bract small acute much shorter than n 
5-toothed calyx, flowers 3-1} in. in subsessile axillary fascicles pedicell ; 
corolla-tube ‘split slightly gibbously inflated above the middle, lobes i 
linear, fruit oblong. Wight df Arn. Prodr. 385; Thwaites Enum, 135 e: . 
var. B.). L. lobelizflorus, DC. Prodr. iv. 406. L. goodeniseflorus, DC. 
l.c.; Wight & Arn. l.c. L. montanus, Wight in Wall. Cat. 6866. 
Deccan PENINSULA; from the Concan southwards, CEYLON, abundant. 
Branches uot robust, bark grey. Leaves 4-1} in., very variable in width, A 
rowed into the short petiole, nerves few. Fascicles of flowers rarely peduncle ; 
flowers very variable in size, shortly pedicelled. Calyx hoary. Corolla very slender, 
straight or curved. Fruit 3 in., oblong, surmounted by the cupular toothed calyx.— 
I have seen no authentic specimens of L. goodenieflorus and lobeliaflorus. 
92. L. sclerophyllus, Thwaites Enum. 135; glabrous except the 
flower and leaf-buds, leaves all alternate very shortly petioled very ci 
ceous obovate or cuneate-obovate 3-nerved, bract shorter than the tool 
calyx, flowers 1 in. in axillary sessile or very shortly peduncled fave A 
pedicelled, corolla-tube nearly straight split slightly swollen about ihe 
middle, lobes 5 linear, fruit oblong glabrous. 
CEYLON ; Central Province, ascending to 7000 ft., Walker, &c. hick! 
Very much more robust than L. cuneatus, with much larger broader thic y 
coriaceous leaves 14-2 in. long. Calyx pubescent. 
93. P E. ligulatus, Thwaites Enum. 185; leaves petioled glabrous 
linear or oblong base acute tip rounded nerveless, racemes glabrous few- b. 
equalling or shorter than the leaves, bract minute, flowers 1 in., calyx 9 
scurely toothed, corolla glabrous, lobes 5 linear-spathulate acute. 
CEYLON; at Jaffna and Calpentyne, Gardner. . to the 
Branches terete. Leaves 3-2 in.; petiole },-2 in.—I have nothing to add 
above meagre description taken from Thwaites, the specimens I have seen being very 
imperfect. 
34. b. suborbicularis, Thwaites Enum. 134; young shoots eag 
flower-buds scurfily pubescent, leaves all alternate petioled very core. 
orbicular or orbicular-obovate 3-nerved, bract smaller than the sharp T 
toothed pubescent calyx, flowers 1 in. racemose, corolla straight or cur 
tube split gibbously inflated below the middle, lobes 5 linear, fruit oblong : 
glabrous. 
GEYLON ; in elevated parts of the Island, Walker, &c. metimes 
Habit of L. sclerophyllus, but leaves more rounded,, petiole longer, son 
3 in. long, and flowers in racemes j-1 in. long. 
35. Tas longiflorus, Desrouss, in Lamk. Encycl. iii. 498 ; quite glabrous 
