Loranthns. pentandria monogynia. 553 



three to four inches long-, and generally less than two in 

 breadth. Racemes axillary, solitary, or in pairs, much shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers opposite, short-pedicelled, pretty 

 large, greenish yellow. Bractes oval, one at the base of each 

 pedicel, and two pressing' the base of the germ like an inferi- 

 or, bilabiate, calyx. Calyx superior, entire, rotate. Corol 

 regular ; lube gibbous ; border six-cleft ; divisions revolute, 

 somewhat spatulate. Filaments six, from the mouth of the 

 tube of the corol, lenjjth of its segments. Anthers ovate. 

 Germ inferior, one-celled, and containing one ovule attached 

 to the top of the cell. Style longer than the corol. Stigma 

 large. Berry inferior, long-oval, smooth, yellow, size of a 

 currant, one-celled. Pulp pale yellow, very clammy. Seeds 

 solitary, ovate. Internments two ; exterior marked with six 

 longitudinal fibres; inner membranaceous. Perisperm con- 

 form to the seed, six-grooved, green. Embryo cylindric, 

 inverse. Cotyledons short, semi-cylindric. Radicle cylindric, 

 with a turbinate apex rising above the perisperm, inverse. 



7. L. clavatus. R. 



Leaves opposite, broad-lanceolate. Flowers axillary, few 

 together, tetrandrous; carols irregular, four-cleft; berries 

 clavate. 



A delicate, shrubby parasite ; found in the Silhet district 

 growing on Averrhoa Carambola. 



8. L. pentapetalus. R. 



Leaves opposite, from lanceolate to oval-cordate, and ob- 

 liquely attenuate, smooth. Racemes axillary. Flowers pen- 

 tandrous ; petals five, with enlarged, three-sided base. 



A large, very ramous, shrubby plant, found growing on 

 various trees in the forests of Silhet. Flowers appearing about 

 the beginning of the rains in June. 



Branches and branchlets columnar and quite smooth. 

 Leaves opposite, petioled, from lanceolate to ovate-cordate, 

 obliquely attenuate from the middle to the apex, entire, 



