{86 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNiA. LorantJius. 



very well ; all that part of the branch of the tree above 

 where it grows, becomes sickly, and soon perishes. 



This species differs from Gcertner's Lonicera zeylanica, 

 in being without the calyx of the fruit, and having only 

 five parts in the corol, &c. but in the raceme they agree. 

 Nor can I reconcile it to be L.fatcatus of the supplemen. 

 turn, nor L. loniceroicles of Linnaeus, for here the inflores- 

 cence bears no resemblance to an involucred umbel. Nei- 

 ther can it be L. pentandra, as there the leaves are alter- 

 nate, with petioles nearly as long as the racemes, in 

 short I cannot well reconcile it to any of the hitherto des- 

 cribed species. It unites the two genera of Loranthus 

 and Lonicera. 



In Bengal I have found it with leaves from five to six 

 inches long, and from four to five broad. 



2. L. scurrula. Willd. 2. 232. Corom. pi. 2. N. 140. 



Leaves opposite, ovate, underneath downy. Flowers 

 axillary, fascicled. Coro/ irregular, four-cleft. Stamens 

 four. Berries turbinate. 



The natives have no other name for this than Wodi- 

 nika. 



It is a parasiatical shrub, but smaller considerably 

 than the last, and much scarcer ; it grows upon branches 

 of trees in the same manner, and flowers during the hot 

 season. 



Leaves opposite, petioled, cordate, scolloped, covered 

 with soft white down underneath ; about two inches long, 

 and one and a half broad. Peduncles numerous, collected 

 in the axills, one or more flowered. Flowers considerably 

 smaller than in the last, a rusty grey colour, and cover- 

 ed with grey, farinaceous dust, Bractes one, pressing on 

 the germ, as in the last species. Calyx of the fruit no other 

 than the bracte of the flower, as in the former. Coro/one- 

 petalled. Tube swelled towards the base. Border four- 

 parted ; upper fissure deepest ; divisions linear, reflexed. 



