= HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Loranthus, 
with twelve whitish striz. Perisperm conform to the seed, 
six-grooved, green. Embryo central, inverse, straight, 
pale green, nearly as long as the perisperm. Cotyledons 
two, linear-oblong. Plumula minute. Radicle subcylin- 
_ dric, the length of the cotyledons, superior. Birds are 
fond of the berries. 
4. L. ferruginosus. R. 
- Young shoots, as well as the under. ‘sities of the oval 
épness long, slender, tetrandrous, regular ; flowers, fruit, 
and pedicels, all clothed with much ferrmginous, penene 
cence. 
Found by Mr. William Betta growing. on wiiecai in 
Aheiforesia of Pulo Pinang. Heal: re eay 
pos aq . ae #a% 
Be ‘E involucratus. R. 
Leaves opposite, ovate-cordaté, smooth: \ Umbellets 
axillary ; involucres four-leaved, pets ae tite a, j flowers 
regular, Pe a 
of Chittagong, Silhet, &e, where j it t blossomis the greater 
part of the year. » je Bae 
Branches’ while young clothed with smooth, shining, 
dark brown bark. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ovate, 
and ovate-cordate, sides often unequal, as in most of 
the plants of this genus, entire, smooth’on both! ‘sides’ 
from three to four inches long. Umbellets axillary, 
crowded, subsessile, much shorter than the leaves. In-- 
volucres four-leaved, four-flowered ; leaflets ovateIanceo- 
late, smooth, entire. Flowers sebanet pretty large, e- 
qualling the involucre. Calyx superior, short, five-tooth-" 
ed, villous. Corol ; tube widening toward the ‘mouth, 
villous. Border regular, five-parted. Segments linear, 
revolute. Filaments equalling the segments of. the corol, 
and inserted on them below their middle. Anthers oval. 
Germ oval, sericeous. Style rather longer oe the coral. 
“Stigma two-lobed, —_ 
