468 Loranthacece. [Loranthus. 



12. Ii. long-iflorus, Desrouss. in Encycl. Meth. iii. 598 (1789). 

 Moon Cat. 26. Thvv. Enum. 134. C. P. 198. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 214. Wight, Ic. t. 302. 



Large, much branched, bark grey, smooth, young parts 

 glabrous ; 1. large, alt. or opp., 4-7 in., ovate- oval- or linear- 

 oblong, rounded at base, very obtuse, undulate and twisted, 

 glabrous, leathery, midrib very prominent, purple beneath, 

 petiole very short ; fl. on very short pcd., in short spreading 

 stout curved axillary racemes often 2 from one axil, bracts 

 very short, obtuse ; cal. puberulous, limb entire, truncate, 

 cor.-tube i-ij in., curved, slightly widened upwards, lobes 

 \ in., linear, reflexed, fil. as long as anth., pubescent, fruit 

 rather over \ in., oval-ovoid, not crowned with cal. -limb, 

 red. 



Var. /3, axnplezifolius, Thw. I. c. C. P. 2414. 



L. quite sessile, 5-8 in., cordate at base, broadly oblong- 

 oval, very coriaceous, veins often purple beneath ; cor.-tube 

 2 in., much curved, upper half more inflated. 



Low country in both moist and dry reg^ions, var. /3 extending up to 

 7000 ft.; common. Fl. March, September, December; tube pink or pale 

 orange, lobes green, fil. orange. 



Also in India and Malay Peninsula. 



I have never seen purple fl. as described by Wight for his L. ainplexi- 

 folius. 



Very variable in size, colour of fl., and shape of leaves. L. falcatus, 

 L. f , seems the oldest name for this species. 



13. Ii. lonchiphyllus, Thw. E7ium. 418 (1864). 

 C. P. 3678. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 215. 



Branches stout, cylindrical, with large 1. -scars, bark white 

 smooth, young parts glabrous, 1. alt. and sub-opp., 4-6 in., 

 ovate, rounded at base, acuminate, subacute, glabrous, stififly 

 coriaceous, bullate, pcnninerved, the veins strong and very 

 prominent beneath and depressed above, petiole very short ; 

 fl. on short glabrous ped., in shortly stalked clusters, bracts 

 very short; cal. -limb truncate; cor.-tube i^ in., slightly 

 curved, inflated above the middle, split about half way down, 

 lobes linear, reflexed ; fruit \ in., ovoid, blunt, red. 



Low moist region ; very rare. The C. P. specimens are from Am- 

 bagamuwa, i860 (Thwaites), and are in bud only. Fl. November; buds 

 crimson with purple tips. 



Endemic. 



14. Ii. neelg-herrensis, W. iSr^ A. Prod. 382 (1834). 

 Thw. Enum. 134. C. P. 1647. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 216. Wight, Ic. t. 1020. 



