Loranthus.'\ 



LoranthacecB. 



463 



Cor. 4- or 5-lobed. 



Bracts small, not forming an involucre. 

 Cor.-tube under | in. (see also 14); 

 lobes 4. 

 Cal.-limb obvious, short {Phcenican- 

 theniuin). 

 L. opp.; fl. on ped. 

 L. alt.; fl. sessile .... 

 Cal.-limb absent; fruit clavate {Cich- 

 lanthns). 

 L. oval, not cordate at base . 

 L. rotundate, cordate at base. 

 Cor.-tube over | in. (e.xcept 14), often 

 split, lobes 5 {Dendrophthoe). 

 Cal.-limb obviously toothed. 



Fl. in clusters .... 

 Fl. in racemes. 



L. spathulate-oval . 

 L. rotundate .... 

 Cal.-limb truncate, or very nearly so. 

 Cor.-tube under i in. 



L. alt.; cor.-tube over \ in. 

 L. opp.; cor.-tube under \ in. 

 Cor.-tube over i in. 

 Fl. in racemes. 

 L. under 3 in. . 

 L. over 4 in. 

 Fl. in fascicles 

 Bracts large, forming an involucre to infl. 

 {Tolypanthus) . . . . . 

 Fl. with a pair of bractlets within the bract 

 {Elytranthe). 



Cor.-tube over i in 



Cor.-tube under J in 



14. 



L. CUNEATUS. 



L. NEELGHERRENSIS. 



L. LIGULATUS. 

 L. LONGIFOLIUS. 

 L. LONCHIPHYLLUS. 



15. L. Gardneri. 



16. 

 17- 



L. loniceroides. 



L. CAPITELLATUS. 



I. X<. nodiflorus, Thw. Eniini. 134 (159). 



C. P. 2589. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 204. 



Branches rather slender, compressed, young ones sharply 

 2-angled, young parts furfuraceous ; 1. alt, 2-3! in., ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute at base, somewhat acuminate, obtuse, 

 coriaceous, bright green, veins inconspicuous, petiole short, 

 stout ; fl. sessile, small, crowded in sessile axillary clusters, 

 bract nearly as long as cal., furfuraceous ; cal.-tube globose, 

 rusty-pubescent, limb short, nearly truncate ; pet. 4, distinct, 

 about \ in., linear, acute, upper half reflexed, stam. included ; 

 fruit not seen. 



Damp forests in moist low country. 

 March; crimson. 

 Endemic. 



Hiniduma ; Ambagamuwa. Fl. 



2. Zi. mabaeoides, Trim, ijijourn. Bot. xxvii. 166 (1889). 



