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Integra, incrassata, chartacea, supra fusco-viridia, subtus pallidiora, 

 nervis lateralibus iitrinque numerosis parallelis cum costa supra 

 subconspicuis subtus proiuinulis ; petioli 2 mm. longi, basi leviter 

 incrassati. Pedunadi gracile.s, fere 3 cm. longi, 3-flori, bractcis 

 tribus sessilibus ornati quarum ima basin prope usque ad 1 cm. 

 longa 5 mm. lata, ceterae medium prope flores obtegentes usque 

 ad 2*5 cm. longae 2 cm. latae, foliis similibus nisi pallidioribus 

 tenuioribus majoribusque basi cordatis apice acutis ; bracteolae 

 parvae, filiformes vel anguste lanceolatae. Alahastra clavata. 

 Perianthii tubus "Cylindraceus, 9 mm. longus, 2 mm. diametro, lobi 

 5, fere 5 mm. longi, squamae 10, lineares, lobis breviores. Stamina 

 10, inclusa. Ovarium densissime pilosum, 3 mm. altum. — Craih, 

 Kew Bull. 1911, p. 452. 



Chiengmai, in open pine jungle on Doi Sootep, 915 m., Kerr^ 814. 



LORANTHACEAE. 



Loranthus cultarum, Craih, L. pidvemlento, Wall., similis sed 

 inflorescentiae indumento stellato, corolla multo breviore differt. 



Ramuli teretes, lenticellati, cortice cinereo vel rubro-brunneo. 

 Folia subelliptica vel ovato-lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi interdum 

 inaequalia, rotundata, 4-9*4 cm. longa, 2-5*2 cm. lata, subcoriacea, 

 matura glabra vel subtus pilis stellatis perpaucis instructa, juventute 

 utrinque stellato-tomentella, supra ferruginea, subtus pallida, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque 6-7 intra marginem arcuatis pagina utraque 

 prominulis nervis transversis uti reticulatione laxa prominulis ; 

 petioli 1 cm. longitudinis vix attingentes, glabrescentes. Infiores- 

 centia axillaris, petiolis duplo vel triplo longior ; bracteae parvae ; 

 pedicelli circiter 4 mm. longi, stellato-tomentelli. Receptaculum 

 anguste turbinatum, 4 mm. altum, 1*5 mm. diametro, densius stellato- 

 tomentellum. Calyx fere obsoletus. Corollae extra stellato- 

 tomentellae intra glabrae tubus 1*6 cm. longus, inferne parum 

 dilatatus, unilateraliter fere ad basin fissus, lobi 4, reflexi, lineari- 

 spatulati, acuti, 7 mm. longi. Filamenta 2*5 mm. longa, glabra, 

 paullo supra corollae loborum basin inserta, antheris circiter 2 mm. 

 altis. Stylus stamina paullo superans, stigmate parvo capitato. — 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 452. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr^ 820 — parasitic on cultivated trees, 

 Nerium Oleander and Pomegranate (ex Kerr^. 



Loranthus Kerrii, Craib, a L. i)entandro, Linn., corolla multo 

 majore recedit. 



Ramuli teretes, lenticellati, cortice cinereo vel brunneo subnitido 

 obtecti. Folia opposita, subopposita vel altei'na, oblique lanceolata, 

 late lanceolata vel ovata, apice obtusa, basi attenuata vel obtusa, 

 6-18 cm. longa, 3-12 cm. lata, rigide coriacea, utrinque glabra, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque 2-4 obliquis pagina utraque conspicuis, 

 nervis transversis subconspicuis ; petioli O'7-l cm. longi, maturi 

 crassi. Injlorescentia axillaris, petiolis duplo saltem longior ; 

 bracteae solitariae, vix 3 mm. longae ; pedicelli circiter 4 mm. 

 longi. Receptaculum cjlindraceum, 3 mm. altum, 2'5 mm. diametro, 

 tomentellum. Calyx conspicuus, margine subtruncatus vel irregu- 

 lariter lobatus, 1*5 mm. altus, glabrescens. Corolla aurantiaca 

 (ex Kerr) extra tomentella, intra loborum summo apice tubique ima 



