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LORANTHACE.E. 



rubesccutibus. Eacemi terminalcs vel quasi-axillares (ibique) oppositifolii cuin 

 pedunculis 4cm. longi glaberrimi hand bracteati, pedunculis |-1 cm. lougis; 

 pseudo-rhacbibus rectis circ. 2 era. lougis, pcdicellis 

 IJmm. longis a se 1-2 mm. remotis apice sub-cupuli- 

 forinibus sub flore articulatis. Perianthium rubro- 

 purpurascens elongato-cylindricum If cm. longuin vix 



I mm. latum basi angustius sursum latins, limbo plus 

 minus latiore 4-lobato, lobis rotundatis 2 mm. longis 

 1J mm. latis apice rotundatis intus concavis plus 

 minus patentibus glaberrimis. Stamina 8, altris 4 

 parte perianthii a basi sursum f altitudinc sitis, 

 filameutis libcris filiformibus ^ mm. longis, antheris 

 linearibus plus quam 1 mm. longis J mm. latis apice 

 obtusis basi 2-lobatis. Discus linearis 2 mm. longus 

 ^ mm. latus apice 2-lobatus complanatns hypogynus 

 lato imo ovarii situs. Ovarium longe stipitatum 

 obovoideum stipitibus exceptis 1 mm. longurn 1 mm. 

 latum giabrum 1-locnlare 1-ovulatum, stipitibus 



I 1 mm. longis basi cum perianthio connatis sursum 



liberis; stylus glaber 5 mm. longus, stigmate oblongo-globoso \ mm. longo dense 

 breve liirsuto. 



HA?,. Uraisha, leg. H. INABA, Juli. 1913, fl. 



Near Wikstroemia japonica MIQ., but differs from it in having much longer 

 racemes, larger flowers, glabrous ovary and especially by the linear undivided 

 single glands rising from the base of the ovary on one sied of the latter 



Loranthacese. 



XiOrantJius LINN. 



Loranthus chinensis DC.; BENTH. Fl. Hougk. p. 141. Frutex, ad ramos 

 arboris Ulmi Nepheliiqu.Q parasiticus. Kami sublreves tenuissime rugulosi 

 fusco-rubro-purpurascentes subglabil densiuscule minuteque lenticellati, leuticellis 

 ^mm. in diametro minutissimis rotundatis, ramulis tiltimis teretibus dense rubro- 

 tomeutosis, tomentis caducissimis. Folia opposita chartacea subconcolora in 



a 



Fig. 63, Wikstrcemia 

 mononectaria, HAYATA ; a, a 

 leaf, natural size ; b, a flower, 

 before opening, X 2.5 ; c, 

 corolla, expanded, x2.5; d, 

 a stamen, X 10 ; e, ovary with 

 a single nectar, magnified. 



