P 
Loranthus.) CXXXI LORANTHACEA. (J. D. Hooker.) 219 
ones; petiole 4-5 in. Involweres 1-14 in., shortly peduncled; lobes short, unequal, 
triangular-ovate; flowers subsessile. Ovary very short, quite glabrous. — Calyz-limb 
minute, sharply toothed. Corolla narrow, straight, slightly dilated in the middle, 
suddenly contracted at the base of the lobes, which are } the length of the tube. 
Filatffents subulate ; anthers linear-oblong, caducous. Stigma capitate. 
_, Sect. VII. Macrosolen. Flowers large, racemose or subspicate, 
bracteate and 1-2-bracteolate; bract small, shorter than the ovary ; 
bracteoles often connate in a cup. Corolla 5-6-cleft. 
47. L. retusus, Jack in Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 212 ; 
quite glabrous, leaves opposite and alternate shortly petioled obovate 
elliptic orbicular or cuneate very thickly coriaceous obtuse or retuse, bract 
and bracteoles minute, flowers in very short axillary few-fld. racemes, calyx- 
i limb obsolete, corolla straight tube slightly dilated cleft to the middle into 
5 linear-lanceolate lobes, DO. Prodr. iv. 296; Wall. Cat. 504, in part. 
Macrosolen retusus, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 1, 828. Elytranthe retusa, 
G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 425. 
SINGAPORE, Jack, Wallich, &c. MALACOA, Griffith, Cuming, &c.—DISTRIB. Java, 
Theo, E 
Branches stout, terete, brown. Leaves 3-4 by 1-4 in. sometimes obcordate, 
Pale greenish above and shining a little when dry, pale brown beneath ; midrib stout, 
verves slender; petiole very stout, 4-4 in. Racemes i in., peduncle and pedicels 
m., spreading, quite glabrous. Ovary ovoid. Corolla not split dorsally, pale 
rose; lobes rather shorter than the tube. Anthers very slender, longer than the 
filament.. Stigma capitate. Fruit globosely ovoid, i 
48. 1. trigonus, Wight 4 Arn. Prodr: 386; quite glabrous, branch- 
lets very robust triquetrous, leaves very large thickly coriaceous opposite 
or whorled in threes broadly elliptic obtuse, flowers in short axillary and 
Cauline racemes or cymes, bracts connate in a small cup, calyx-limb cupular 
truncate, corolla-bud 4 in. terete clavate 5-merous. 
š TRAVANCORE; at Quilon, Wight. SovrH Conoan; Belgaum, on the highest 
Point of the N. E. Hills, Ritchie. N. Canara, Talbot. . 
Branches terete, as thick as the middle finger; branchlets with the flat or concave 
a 3 in. broad, smooth. Leaves 4-6 in., often as broad, brown and opaque when 
TY, base acute or rounded, nerves distinct ; petiole very stout, j-2 in. Flowers in 
Clustered cymes or racemes, 1-1} in. ; peduncle and pedicels very stout, angled when 
dry; bracts forming a shallow oblique cup. Fruit à in., ellipsoid, crowned by the 
Cüpular calyx-limb,—-A very remarkable species, of which flowers are much wanted ; 
e two localities assigned to this species are so widely apart in position and otherwise 
as to require confirmation ; possibly two species are hence indicated. 
49. L. Brandisianus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, ii. 63, and 
late #1. ii. 317 ; quite glabrous, leaves subopposite petioled elliptic-lanceo- 
ate caudate-acuminate, flowers 1-14 in. in short axillary racemes or cymes, 
ract and bracteoles connate below acute, calyx-limb truncate, corolla 
aight 6-angled in bud, tube urceolate below cleft to the middle into 6 
*ar reflexed lobes. 
MARTABAN Hiris, alt. 3000 ft., Brandis, MoULMEIN, Parish. . 
ranches terete, bark ne Leaves 3-7 in., firmly coriaceous, base acuminate, 
Breenish when dry and shining above, yellowish brown beneath, midrib strong, nerves 
Very faint ; petiole 1-3 in. Flowers “usually in a 1-2-fld. raceme terminated by a 
gm of 3—4 flowers," Kurz; peduncle and pedicels very stout ; corolla-tube rather 
tout in bud, witha ridge at the base of the lobes ; buds stout, glabrous, clavate above 
middle, very coriaceous, 
