loranthace^ 103 



LORANTHACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 352. 



LORANTHUS. 



See Vol. I p. 353 and add : 



Loranthus inter mcdius Wight ; F.B.I, v 205, I 5. 

 Habit very much that of L. obtusatus, q. v., but leaves 

 opposite and alternate, and flowers stout. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor. 



Loranthus obtusatus Wall. : Vol. I p. 353. Petals 4 

 not 5. I- 481. 



Loranthus tomcntosus Heyne. ; F.B.I, v 221, I 27. 

 Leaves alternate obtuse with lower side rusty tomentose 

 as also on all green parts. Flowers in axillary sessile 

 short stalked fascicles densely villous. Bracts scale like, 

 no bracteoles. Corolla tube curved, not inflated, split to 

 the middle. Filaments short anthers oblong, t. 482. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor. 



Loranthus bractcatus Heyne.) F.B.I, v 213, I 28. 

 Similar to the preceding, but the green parts with grey 

 not rusty tomentum, and bract longer than the calyx, 

 even, ^ inch. Corolla tube inflated in middle. Wt. Ic. 

 t. 378. 



Nilgiris. 



Loranthus rccurviis Wall. ; F.BJ. v 213, I 30. Young 

 parts with grey or buff pubescence. Leaves all alternate, 

 obovate cuneate drying dark green, glabrous above, buff 

 coloured below, three-nerved at the base. Flowers in 

 numerous axillary tomentose fascicles. Corolla inflated 

 curved, t. 483. Wt. Ic. t. 305. 



Loranthus longiflorus Desr. ; F.B.I, v 215, I 35. 

 Leaves sessile or peotioled, cordate to ovate or linear, 

 glabrous. Flowers lYz inch in short crowded more or less 

 horizontal erect racemes. Bract scale like; bracteoles 

 absent. Calyx very slightly lobed. Corolla slender 

 slightly inflated above the middle then suddenly 



