Loranthus,] CXXXII. LORANTHACER. (J. D. Hooker.) 231 
folius, Wall. Cat. 524. L. viridiflorus, Wall. in Rorb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey 
§ Wall. ii. 219; Wall Cat. 519. L. spherocarpus, Blume Bijd. 661, and 
Fl. Jav. Loranth. t. 17; DC.1. c.997. Macrosolen spherocarpus & oleoides, 
t PL Ind. Bat. i. 1, 830, 831. Elytranthe spheeroidea, Don Gard. Dict. 
iv. 127. 
TROPICAL HIMALAYA; Nepal Wallich. Sikkim, alt. 1-4000 ft, J. D. H. 
BENGAL, CAcHAR, KHASIA Mr3., Preu, PENANG and MALACCA. —DISTRIB. Java. 
- I very much doubt this being anything but a form of L. ampullaceus, from which 
it differs in the narrower nerveless leaves and (according to descrjption) in the globose 
fruit. Indeed Roxburgh’s own specimens- (in Herb. Bentham) do not agree with his 
drawing or description, and are certainly Z. ampullaceus. Roxburgh-describes the . 
flowers as greenish otange, but his figure represents them with a pink corolla-tube and 
yellow lobes. Kurz Says greenish orange with yellow tips, as does Clarke. Kurz says 
that the nerves become visible ina dry state. The Plate of Rheede (x. t. 5) quoted by 
Roxburgh and others for Z. globosus cannot belong to that plant, which is not a native 
of Malabar ; it is too rude for determination. : 
Sect. VIII. "Elytranthe. Flowers few, large, crowded, decussately 
arranged on very short spikes which are sessile, or terminate „very stout 
axillary peduncles. Bracts and bracteoles subequal, large, coriaceous, at 
length’ deciduous. Calyx-limb tubular, truncate, quite entire. Corolla 
tubular or funnel-shaped, 5-6-cleft. E 
* Bracts and bracteoles orbicular, shorter than the calyz. 
54. L. loniceroides, Linn. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2. 473 (excl. syn. Pluk.) ; 
qute glabrous, leaves all opposite petioled oblong-ovate or -lanceolate 
acuminate, spikes few-fld. terminating short stout axillary peduncles, bract 
and bracteoles orbicular sheathing the base of the ovary, corolla 1-2 in. 
narrowly funnel-shaped curved, lobes 5-6 linear-oblong or -spathulate. 
DC. Prodr. iv. 299 ; Rowb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey & Wall. 216; Wight & Arn. 
Prodr. 382; Wight Ic. t. 303; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 110; Thwaites 
num, 133; Wall. Cat. 506 A. L. umbellatus, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 
192; DO. l c. 316. L. macrophyllus, Zenk. Pl. Ind. t. 16. 
Deccan PENINSULA ; from the Concan fo Travancore, ascending to 6000 ft. in 
the Nilghiris, CEYLON, in the Central Province, alt. 4-7000 ft. . . 
Branches stout, terete; bark pale, warted. Leaves 2-5 by 14-2 in., thickly 
coriaceous, nerves spreading; petiole 1—1 in. Peduncles solitary or crowded, very 
robust, 41 in, long, 2-6 fld. ; bracts shorter than the ovary, very coriaceous, obtuse 
or subacute, keeled. Calyx-tube twice as long as the ovary, truncate, cylindric, 
quite entire, Corolla red, thickly coriaceous, very variable in length, split 3 way 
Own. Anthers slender, multilocellate. Fruit ellipsoid.—L. coriaceus, Desv. in 
Lam. Encycl. iii, 597 (cited under this by De Candolle and others), is quite another 
Plant, a native of Bourbon. 
95. Xi. capitellatus, Wight 4 Arn. Prodr. 382; quite glabrous, 
leaves all opposite petioled oblong-ovate or lanceolate acuminate, spikes 
subsessile or on very short stout axillary peduncles, bracts and bracteoles 
orbicular sheathing the base of the ovary, corolla 4-3 in. usually straight 
funnel-shaped cleft to or below the middle into 5-6 linear or spathulate 
lobes. Wight Ic. t. 304; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 109; Thwaites Enum. 
93. L. ampullacens, Wall. Cat. 506 B. 
"Pul PENINSULA; from the Conean southwards. CEYLON, ascending to 
t. 
Thwaites suspects this to be a variety of L. loniceroides, and he is probably 
