Loranthiis:\ LovanthocecE . 465 



5. Xi. Scurrula, L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 472 (1762). 



L. buddleoides, Desr., Thw. Enum. 136 (part). C. P. 2391 (pan). 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 208. Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 140. 



Much branched, stems cylindrical, lenticellate, pubescent, 

 young parts rusty-tomentose ; 1. opp., i|-2 in., oval or sub- 

 rotundate, acute or rounded at base, obtuse, glabrous or 

 nearly so above, more or less rusty-pubescent beneath, penni- 

 nerved, petiole short ; fl. on short slender ped., in very short 

 pubescent axillary racemes (often 2 or 3 from one axil), bracts 

 small, tomentose, buds clavate ; cal. tomentose, tube long, 

 limb almost absent ; cor.-tube very slender in bud, afterwards 

 slightly inflated, about J in., curved, pubescent, lobes 4, short, 

 linear, reflexed ; stam. exserted, fruit under | in., clavate- 

 pyriform, whitish. 



Low country in dry and intermediate districts. Batticaloa ; Anurad- 

 hapura ; Kekirawa; between Badulla and Haputale. Fl. March-July; 

 greenish-yellow, stam. crimson. 



Throughout India. 



6. Ii. cordifolius, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. (ed. Carey & Wall.), ii. 



223 (1824;. 



L. biiddleoides, Thw. Enum. (part). C. P. 2391 (part). 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 209. 



Whole plant more or less densely covered with white or 

 tawny scurfy tomentum ; I. \\-2\ in., rotundate or very 

 broadly oval, cordate at base, rounded at apex ; fl. as in 

 L, Scurrula, but larger and white-tomentose outside ; fruit as 

 in the last but tomentose. 



Chiefly in dry region, but also in lower montane zone, up to 4000 ft., 

 rare. Haragama; Anemaduwe, N.W. Prov.; Galagama. Fl. February; 

 August. 



Also in India. 



Scarcely more than a variety of L. Scurrula. 



7. Ii. tomentosus, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 191 (1821). 



L. ioinentosus, var. lanugitiosus, Thw. Enum. 135. C. P. 2492. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 212. 



Stems slender, bark dark brown, warted, shining when 

 old, the young twigs covered with dense ferrugineous 

 tomentum, buds very tomentose; 1. alt., i|-2 in., broadly 

 oval, abruptly acute at base, when mature glabrous shining 

 and bright green above, densely rufous-tomentose beneath, 

 rather thick, venation prominent beneath, depressed above, 

 petiole rather short ; fl. on short stout tomentose ped., 2-6 

 in shortly stalked or sessile axillary clusters, bracts ovate, 

 acute, usually longer than cal., buds clavate, curved ; cal.- 

 limb 5-toothed, shaggy-tomentose ; cor. about f in., tube 

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