550. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Loranthus. 
catus of Linnzeus’s supplementum, nor with L. loniceroides, 
Linn. for here the inflorescence bears no resemblance to an 
involucred umbe]. Neither can it be L. pentandrus, as there 
the leaves are alternate, with petioles nearly as long as the 
racemes; in short I cannot well reconcile it to any of the hi-” 
therto described species. It unites the two genera of Loran-— 
thus and Lonicera. In Bengal I have found it with leaves 
from five to aix inches long, and four or five broad. - 
2. L. Scurrula, Willd. _— li, 232.— Roxb. veer: ii. 19. 
tab. 140. 
- Leaves opposite, ovate, underneath abwtie. Flowers ax- 
illary, fascicled. Corol ee four-cleft ; stamens nee 
Berries turbinate. 
The Telingas have no other name for this than Wadinika. 
It is also a parasitical shrub, but considerably smaller than 
the last and much more scarce ; grows upon branches of trees 
in the same manner. Flowers during the wet season. : 
Leaves opposite, petioled, cordate, scolloped, covered with _ 
soft, white down underneath; about two inches long, and 
one anda half broad. Peduncles numerous, collected in the © 
axills, one or more-flowered. Flowers considerably smaller — 
than in the last species, of a rusty gray colour, and covered 
with gray farinaceous dust. Bractes one, pressing on the germ. \ 
as in the last. Calyx of the fruit no other than the bracte 
igo flower; as in the former. Corol one-petalled ; tube 
ds the base. Border four-parted, upper fissure _ 
deepest; - division Tinear, reflexed ; ; stamens four, the pistil as _— 
in the Jast species. Berry top-shaped, one-seeded, ps 
3. L, siihcinue R. 
Leaves opposite, oblong, smooth ; spikes 7 Corols 
regular, six-cleft. Berries round, oviids etal 
_Kenneli-itti kauni, Rheed, Mel xi * sakes (erie came! 
~ Beng. Chhota-manda.— dj haetiaty Stes 
A ramous shrubby prs, Uke the two specs lready 
