Loranthus. | CXIX. LORANTHACE (SPRAGUE). 261 
Leaves narrowed to the apex only, densely 
stellate-lepidote on the lower surface . 40. L. Batange. 
Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong, elliptic or sub- 
orbicular, retaining a dense continuous 
covering of minute scales or of rusty 
branched hairs on the lower surface when 
adult. 
Adult branches glabrous; lower surface of 
leaves stellate-lepidote ; lateral nerves dis- 
tinct on the lower surface : : . 89. L. incanus. 
Adult branches rusty-tomentose ; lower sur- 
face of leaves rusty-tomentellous ; lateral 
nerves hardly visible on the lower surface. 38. LZ. Baumii. 
Pedicel, bract and receptacle glabrous; corolla 
glabrous outside. : , : : . 42. DL. Zygiarum. 
Flowers hexamerous. F : y = . 43. L. hexasepalus. 
8. CINERASCENTES. Umbels or more rarely heads axillary, solitary or fascicled, 
or terminating much-contracted axillary shoots, few-flowered ; bract unilateral ; 
flowers pentamerous, gamopetalous. Corolla in bud subcylindric, clavate above or 
not, rather densely pilose with tawny or greyish verticillate-branched hairs ; tube 
split unilaterally ; lobes erect, usually spathulate. Stamens inserted at or shortly 
above the base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments involute ; anthers oblong or linear, 
divided transversely into numerous small cells arranged in four vertical rows. Disc 
annular, pentagonal. Style not or very slightly skittle-shaped ; stigma more or 
less eapitate.-—Phragmanthera, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xiii. 261. 
Corolla not glabrescent above. 
Corolla-lobes spathulate. 
Bracts foliaceous; anthers 3 lin.long . 44. LD. cistoides. 
Bracts usually not foliaceous ; anthers 3-1} liv. 
long. 
Anthers 3-1 lin. lung. 
Corolla pubescent outside . ‘ : . 46. L. Sterculia. 
Corolla villous-tomentose outside . . 45. L. glaucocarpus. 
Anthers 13-13 lin.long. : é . 47. L. cinereus. 
Corolla-lobes lanceolate-linear . : z . 48. L. Guerichit. 
Corolla glabrescent above. > : F - 49. L. fulvus. 
9. InvotuTiFLORI. Umbels axillary, solitary, many-flowered ; bract uni- 
laterally developed from a flat, circular or more or less cupular base ; flowers 
pentamerous, gamopetalous. Calyx very short, with a distinct intramarginal ring. 
Corolla in bud clavate, splitting unilaterally ; lobes cohering, involute at the apex. 
Stamens inserted considerably above the base of the corolla-lobes ; lower part of 
Silament straight, upper part thickened, involute ; anthers oblong-linear or linear, 
not divided transversely ; connective produced above the cells. Dise annular, 
5-lobed. Style not thickened above; stigma capitate—Oiiverella, Van Tiegh. 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xiii. 258. 
Bract longer than the receptacle and calyx. 
Bract narrowly oblong or narrowly lanceolate, 
Bract subulate or with a subulate dorsal horn. oe 
Inflorescence densely pilose. : 51. L. Hildebrandti. 
Inflorescence nearly glabrous . : . 52. L. Bussei. — 
Bract shorter than the receptacle . si 7 . 53. L. campestris. 
50. L. rubroviridis. 
