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lanceolate, acuminate, attenuated to the base, plicato-nervose, 

 very entire, smooth. Petioles erect, channelled above, keeled 

 beneath, sheathing at the base. Spikes radical from among 

 the sheaths of the petioles, erect, dense, much shorter than 

 the petioles. Flowers erect, sessile, appressed to the rachis, 

 each furnished with an ovate, acuminate, membranaceous 

 spatha. Calyx none. Corolla yellow, superior, limb spread- 

 ing, 6~parted; laciniae lanceolate, acute, tube impervious, being 

 a thick solid column, on the summit of the germen. Stamens 

 6, erect, opposite to the laciniae of the corolla. Anthers 

 linear. Style short. Ovary 3-celled, many-seeded. Capsule 

 baccate, ovate, 3-sided, containing 8-10 ovate, black seeds, 

 which are imbedded in pulp. 



I found at Singapore another species, agreeing in most 

 respects with this, but having hirsute leaves. 



LORANTHUS COCCINEUS. W.J. 



L. coccineus ; floribus spicatis tetrandris, spicis axillaribus 

 erectis, foliis subovatis glabris. (Tab. LVIII.) * 



Found at Singapore. — Branches long, vimineous. Leaves 

 alternate, oblong, ovate, subcordate at the base, attenuated 

 towards the apex, which is obtuse, entire, smooth. Petioles 

 short. Spikes axillary, solitary or in pairs, erect, longer than 

 the leaves. Flowers sessile, closely pressed to the rachis be- 

 fore expansion. A single, small, ovate, ferruginous bractea 

 is situated at the base of each flower. Calyx superior, nearly 

 entire, scarcely toothed. Corolla coccineous, 4-petaled, erect, 

 tubular, limb spreading, petals nearly linear, broadest at the 

 base. Stamens 4, red, erect, inserted into the middle of the 

 petals, and equalling them in length. Anthers oblong, adnate, 

 red. Style red, erect, scarcely longer than the stamens. 

 Stigma obtusely capitate. Berry ovate, elongated above, 1- 

 seeded. Seed contained in a hard shell, 4-sided, its apex 



* Fig. 1, Flower. Fig. 2, Flower, from which the corolla and stamens have 

 fallen. Fig, 3, Stamen and petal ; — magnified. 



