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LoranthacecB.2 ceylon plants. 



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LSXYIII. ALANGIACE^. 



1. ALANGIUM, Linn. 



1. A. Lamarckii, Thw. 



p. 325, cum syn. 



, Lam. ; W. et A. Prod 

 W 



1599 indmS)'"''^' "'^''™' ' '^^' "^'"°'^' "'■ ^" ^^^•-'''^- ^60 (1597/1598, 

 vuP"^ " E^^'aat L ^'''''*^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^' "^ *** ""^ ^''^^* elevation. JSTom. 



The several forms of this species merge so completely into one another that I find 

 It quite mipossible to separate them. The amouut of pubescence and number of 

 spmes seem quite dependent upon the character of the climate, luxuriance of the 

 plant, etc., specimens from the dry northern parts of the island beins more stronelv 

 marked in that respect than those from the moister southcru districts. 



2. A. glandulosum, Thw. ; partilus novellis rufo-furfuraceis ; foliis 

 ovatis vel oblougis, rostrato-acuminatis, basi 3-neryiis, supeme glabris, 

 subtusglandulis mtcntibus miuutissimis aspersis, ad axillas venarum 

 primariarum glanduloso-porosis, petio]atis;>W5«s axillaribus, fascicu- 

 laiis, externe glandulosis, parce hirsutia ; pedicellis (petioUs subsqui- 

 tongis) calycibusque rufo-glanduloso-furfuraceis.— c.p. 381. 



2000 to 4000 



.^r^or parva, sybscandens, plus minus spinosa. Folia 2^-6 poll, loiiga, 1-24 poU. 



L n', ^ f^ /"'""r'^f ^ ^'"- ^°°S0. Cal^x parvus, 6-7-deiitatus, basi 3-4-bracteo- 

 iaius. i^eiai 5_g^ ^ p^jj_ j^^^^^ Stamina 15-20, interne prope basin pilosa. 



2m\v-v '^'""^ discoideum, 4-radiatum. Fructus rufus, pulposus, spha;- 



ncus, 6 lin. in diam. 



,p, '^ ^/!l'^^ ^'^ *^^ '''s*' ^ut well distinguished by the deep-red glandular furfu- 

 rescence ol the young shoots, and of the pedicels and calyces, by the glandular petals 

 ana under-surface of the leaves, and by the much smaUer flowers and fruit. 



LXXIX. LOEANTHACEJi;. 



1. LORAWTHUS, Linn. 



Nom. vulg. " Pelilla." 



Sect. 1. Tribracteolati. 



1. L. loniceroides, Linn, (W. et A. Prod. i. p. 382, cum sVn. i Wieli 

 c^. t. 303.)-c.P. 575. 2551 (1643). - > ' g 



ilAB. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet. 



2. Ii. capiteUatus, W. et A., 1. c. ; Wight, Icon. t. 304.— c.p. 2814. 



feet. 



gam, up to an elevation of 3000 



This, T suspect, is but a form of the preceding, which it very much resembles in 

 iny respects. o ^ x^ 



iiiany respects. 



Sect. 2. Involuei'ati, 



latk ^■.^^^'^^e"^ Thw. ; foliis glabris, coriaceis, suboppositis, lanceo- 

 LIS \e\ ovato-lanceolatis, basi rotundatis vol subcordatis, petiolatis • 

 celn'/fl sub.es8ilibus, 5-6.j)li:j-llis, externe pilosnlis, segmentis W 

 Leoiatis, florea 5-6 multo longiores cmgentibus.— c.p. 16-U, 



