216 OXXXIL LORANTHACEA. (J. D. Hooker) ` [Loranthus 
or narrow-oblong obtuse very thickly coriaceous, flowers 1-13 in. in very 
short axillary racemes stoutly pedicelled, bract cupular, ovary oblong, calyx 
limb cupular obscurely 5-toothed, corolla slender curved, tube split dilated 
above the middle, lobes 5 linear one-fourth the length of the tube. 
BURMA ; on the Irawaddy near Yenangeun, Wailich. . . 
- Branches terete, smooth, bark grey. Leaves 21-3 in., narrowed into the petiole, 
dark brown and opaque when dry, with undulate margins ; nerves few, faint, very - 
oblique. Racemes $-$ in., robust, 4-6-fld., peduncle pedicels and calyx hoary ; 
corolla glabrous, scarlet ?— 1 have seen only Wallich’s insufficient specimens; it 1s 
possibly a form of L. longiflorus. A somewhat similar plant from Pegu (M‘Lelland) 
has broader leaves, with smaller flowers and quite glabrous racemes. 
38. L. elasticus, Desrouss. in Lamk. Encycl. iii. 599; quite glabrous, 
leaves all opposite sessile very thickly coriaceous from orbicular to elliptic 
or oblong obtuse 3-5-nerved, flowers 1 in. in axillary fascicles sessile, bract 
minute, calyx-limb cupular entire, corolla-tube funnel-shaped split, lobes 
5 filiform spirally coiled much longer than the tube. DC. Prodr. iv. 306; 
Rowb. Fl. Ind. Bd. Carey & Wall. ii. 217; Wall. Cat. 508; Dalz. & Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 109; Wight Ic. t. 343. L. Euphorbie, Wight Ic. t. 1063.— 
Rheede Hort. Mal. x. t. 3. 
* DECCAN PENINSULA; Vingorla, &e., in the Concan, Dalzell, Ritchie; Malabar, 
the Nilghiri and Pulney Mts., Wight. 
Branches dichotomous, stout, terete, smooth, pale brown, lenticels few. Leaves 
very variable, 1}—4 in., pale brown on both surfaces when dry, base acute. Flowers 
quite glabrousand sessile; ovary minute. Corolla-tube rather swollen below. Fila- 
ments very long, spirally coiled like the corolla-lobes ; anthers long, as narrow 83 er 
filament. Style very long, stigma fusiform. Fruit ovoid, red, **the size of a small 
beau,” Wight.—I do not find any difference between Z. Euphorbia and elasticus; 
the corolla-tube is split in both, though Wight does not observe this in Z. Euphorbie, 
which has smaller rounder leaves than the type. This is one of the few Indian species 
with flowers absolutely sessile on the branches. : 
39. L. pentandrus, Linn. Mant. 63; leaves rarely opposite petioled 
elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate rarely obovate obtuse or acute, flowers $ 10. "b 
densely scurfy axillary very short racemes, bract cupular, caly x-lim 
5-toothed, corolla straight, tube dilated below equally 5-cleft to the middle, 
lobes linear acute, fruit oblong-ovoid. DO. Prodr. iv. 305; Kurz For. Fl. 
ii. 320; Wall. Cat. 514; Blume Fl. Jav. Loranth. 33, t. 10. L. farinosus, 
Desr. in Lamk. Encycl. iii. 597 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey & Wall. n. REN 
Wall. Cat. 514; Griff. Notul. iv. 616, and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 620, f. L2 
L. rigidus, eontractus, & Finlaysoniands, Wall. Cat. 531, 6864, 6871. Dow 
drophthoe pentandra & farinosa, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. l, 818, 812. 
Elytranthe farinosa, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 427. 
SILHET, Wallich. CnrvrAcONG, J. D. H. & T. T. Prov, Kurz. TENASSERDP 
Wallich. MALACCA, Griffith (L. elasticus, Kew Distrib. 2723), &c. SINGAPORE, 
Lobb. PENANG, Wallich, Phillips.—DisTRIB. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 1most 
Branches rather stout, terete, grey. Leaves 2-6 in., dark brown or iar 
black when dry, thickly coriaceous, nerves faint; petiole }-} in. Racemes sol "1 
or fascicled, few- or many-fid. ; flowers usually crowded; pedicels short, stout ; S iod 
rather large; buds cylindric, not clavate at the tip. Corolla not split, reflexed por * 
of lobes half the length of the tube. Style stout, stigma capitate. Fruit ” 
crowned by the cupular unequally 5-lobed calyx-limb. 
40. L. neelgherrensis, Wight & Arn. Prodr. 382; very robust 
quite glabrous, leaves opposite and alternate thickly coriaceous oblong a 
cular elliptic or oblong-lanceolate obtuse penni- or few-nerved, bract mi» 
