188 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNiA. Loranthus. 



with twelve whitish striae. Perisperm conform to the seed, 

 six-grooved, green. Embryo central, inverse, straight, 

 pale green, nearly as long as the perisperm. Cotyledons 

 two, linear-oblong. Plumula minute. Radicle subcylin- 

 dric, the length of the cotyledons, superior. Birds are 

 fond of the berries. 



4. Jj. ferruginosus. R. 



Young shoots, as well as the under side of the oval 

 leaves, long, slender, tetrandrous, regular ; flowers, fruit, 

 and pedicels, all clothed with much ferruginous pubes- 

 cence. 



Found by Mr. William Roxburgh, growing on trees in 

 the forests of Pulo Pinang. 



5. L. involucratus. R. 



Leaves opposite, ovate-cordate, smooth. Umbellets 

 axillary ; involucres four-leaved, four-flowered ; flowers 

 regular, pentandrous. 



A stout, parasitical shrub, found on trees in the forests 

 of Chittagong, Silhet, &c. where it blossoms the greater 

 part of the year. 



Branches while young clothed with smooth, shining, 

 dark brown bark. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ovate, 

 and ovate-cordate, sides often unequal, as in most of 

 the plants of this genus, entire, smooth on both sides ; 

 from three to four inches long. Umbellets axillary, 

 crowded, subsessile, much shorter than the leaves. Li- 

 volucres four-leaved, four-flowered ; leaflets ovate-lanceo- 

 late, smooth, entire. Flowers sessile, pretty large, e- 

 qualling the involucre. Calyx superior, short, five-tooth- 

 ed, villous. Corol ; tube widening toward the mouth, 

 villous. Border regular, five-parted. Segments linear, 

 revolute. Filaments equalling the segments of the corol, 

 and inserted on them below their middle. Anthers oval. 

 Germ oval, sericeous. Style rather longer than the corol. 

 Stigma two-lobed. 



