222 CXXXII LORANTHACEE. (J. D. Hooker) [Loranthus. - 
right, for except the short straight corolla and usually very short peduncle of the 
flower, I find little to distinguish it. 
. 56. L. psilanthus, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, robust, leaves all.oppo- 
site petioled ovate-oblong or -lanceolate acute or acuminate, spikes few-fld. 
terminating long stout axillary peduncles, bracts decussately opposite and 
bracteoles orbicular sheathing the base of the ovary, corolla 1-13 in. very 
slender curved tubular, lobes 6 very slender. Loranth. No. 71, Herb. Ind. 
Or. H. f. & Te 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA and Mishmi Hills; Grifith. KuasrA Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft., 
Griffith, &c. 
Very near L. loniceroides, and perhaps a form of that plant, but more robust, 
with usually larger longer-petioled leaves, longer peduncles often 1 in. long, and 
very slender corollas bright red with yellow almost filiform lobes. 
** Bract and bracteoles oblong, longer than the calya. 
57. L. albidus, Blume Bijd. 665; quite glabrous, leAves all opposite 
petioled ovate or oblong obtuse, spikes 2-6-fld. terminating stout axillary 
peduncles, bracts oblong twice as long as the calyx, corolla 1-13 1n. tubular 
curved, lobes 5-6 short oblong. DC. Prodr.iv. 299. LL. leucosiphon, Griff. 
Notul. iv. 623,.and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 619—623. Elytranthe albida, Blume 
Fl. Jav. t. 22; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 1, 832. 
TENASSERIM; at Mergui, Griffith. MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. —DISTBIB. 
Java, Sumatra, Borneo. ` 
A large shrub, branches terete, bark pale. Leaves 2-3 by 1-14 in., moderately 
coriaceous, rarely cordate, nerves many spreading; petiole 4-3 in., rather slender. 
Peduncles 4-4 in., solitary or fascicled; bracts } in. long, very coriaceous, concave, 
keeled, obtuse or subacute; bracteoles as long, opposite, narrower. Calyz-tube short, 
truncate, quite entire. Corolla constricted above the ovary, then rather swollen, 
mouth constricted, white, with pale pink limb. Filaments subulate. 
58. L. Maingayi, Hook. f.; branchlets and inflorescence rusty- 
pubescent, leaves opposite shortly petioled elliptic or obovate obtuse, flowers: 
capitate decussately inserted on a short stout sessile rachis and concen 
: by the obtuse bracts, corolla 4 in. quite glabrous funnel-shaped regularly 
cleft into 6 linear recurved lobes longer than the tube. . 
Mazracca, Maingay. 
Branches terete, smooth, as thick as a duck's quill, without lenticels; nodes 
distant, thickened. Leaves 2-3 in., coriaceous, midrib strong beneath, nerves it 
slender, base acute ; petiole 4 in., slender. Inflorescence of scurfy heads sessile at t aa 
nodes, solitary or fascicled, about 3 in. long, formed of about 4 pairs of decnse®, 
broadly oblong obtuse caducous imbricating bracts, each at the base of & perfectly 
glabrous sessile flower; rachis of the inflorescence very stout, 4-sided, deeply dla 
cavated opposite the flowers. Ovary very short; calyx-limb cupular. Coro"? 
coriaceous, lobes spreading. Filaments linear, authers oblong. Stigma capitate. 
The specimen is a solitary one; so allowances must be made for the description. _ 
is closely allied to L. Arnottianus, Korth, of Sumatra, which has acute bracts. 
DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
L. BIFLORUS, Desrouss. in Lamk. Encyel. iii. 600; DC. Prodr. iv. 3802; Wight § 
Arn. Prodr. 386, is probably one of the forms of L. Scurrula. « 
L. CORIACEUS, Desrouss., which is cited by authors as a synonym of L. lonicer" 
oides, L., is a very different plant, a native of Bourbon: 
L? FIRMUS, Wall. Cat. 6874, is Henslovia umbellata, Bl. 
