256 CXIX. LORANTHACEE (SPRAGUE). [ Loranthus. 
calyx. Seed albuminous ; embryo straight, terete.—Green leafy shrubs, 
parasitic on Dicotyledons, seldom on Coniferze or Monocotyledons, often 
very brittle, even in a living state. Leaves opposite, ternate or alter- 
nate, penninerved, or several-nerved from the base. Inflorescence 
racemose (at least in the African species); subtending bract of each 
flower situated at the apex of the pedicel when the latter is present ; 
flowers often large and brightly-coloured. 
Species about 500, all Old World, mostly tropical and subtropical. 
KEY TO THE SECTIONS. 
Corolla polypetalous. 
Flowers tetramerous. 
Flowers in racemes. 
Anthers transversely septate 1. SYCoPHILA. 
Anthers not transversely septate 2. ACROSTACHYS. 
Flowers in umbels’. : . 38. LEPIDOTEPALUM. 
Flowers pentamerous. - - 4, PLICOPETALUS. 
Corolla gamopetalous. 
Corolla-lobes with several oblique folds arising from 
the adnate part of the filament . ‘ * . 5, TAPINOSTEMMA. 
Corolla-lobes without folds on the inner surface. 
Filaments without a tooth or ledge in front of the 
anther. 
Authers tranversely septate. 
Style skittle-shaped ; corolla usually rather 
densely clothed with rusty much-branched 
hairs 3. ° . 5 5 : . 6. RUFESCENTES. 
Style not skittle-shaped (or if slightly skittle- 
shaped, the corolla is clothed with tawny 
or greyish hairs). 
Corolla rather sparingly pilose outside with 
small stellate hairs or nearly glabrous 
Corolla densely clothed with tawny or 
greyish much-branched hairs c . 8. CINERASCENTES. 
Anthers not transversely septate. 
Corolla split unilaterally; lobes cohering, in- 
volute at the apex '. - f x . 9. INVOLUTIFLORI. 
Corolla-lobes revolute . ‘ ° . 10. CUPULATI. 
Corolla-lobes neither involute nor revolute. 
Corolla-tube not split unilaterally. 
Flowers in racemes. 
Corolla densely clothed with much- 
branched hairs; anthers linear . 11. LAXIFLORIL 
Corolla sparingly pilose with small 
stellate hairs ; anthers oblong . 12. AMBIQ@UI. 
Flowers in umbels or heads, or axillary, 
sessile. 
Flowers pentamerous. 
Flowers axillary, sessile ; receptacle 
nearly glabrous A . 13. INCRASSATI. 
Flowers in umbels or heads ; recep- 
tacle densely villous at the base 
or all over : ‘ : . 14. HiRsvtt. 
Flowers tetramerous ‘ i . 15. TETRAMERI. 
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. LEPIDOTI. 
