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petioles paullo superans, pilis verticillatim ramosis dense albido- vel 

 subferrugineo-tomentosa ; pedicelli 3 mm. longi, fere 2 mra. dia- 

 metro ; hracteae solitariae, 2'5 mm. longae. Receptacuhim 7 mm. 

 altum, 8 mm. diametro. Cali/x obsoletus. Cvrollue intra glabrae 

 tubus 8 mm. longus, unilateraliter infra medium fissus, lobi 4, 

 suberecti, apice incurvi, subcucullati, acuti, 5 mm. longi. Stamina 

 inclusa, paullo supra loborum bases inserta, filamentis 2 mm. longis 

 glabris, antheris 1mm. longis, — Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 454. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 947. 



Loranthus securidacoides^ Warb., PI, Nov. Herb. Hort. Then., 

 t. 81 — vide sub Olax scandens. 



Elytranthe affinis, Craih, ab ^. evcnia, Engler, caljce majore, 

 corollae lobis reflexis, ab E. hypof/laiiea, Craib {Loranthus hypo- 

 glaucus, Kurz) foliorum nervis pagina utrai[ue magis prominulis, 

 receptaculo multo breviore recedit. 



Folia lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi in 

 petiolum brevem attenuata, .3'3-10 cm. longa, l*3-4"2 cm. lata, 

 coriacea, utrinque glabra, supra pallide viridia, subtus subglauca, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 7 intra marginem arcuatis pagina 

 utraque, superiore magis, prominulis. Pedunculi perbreves, axillares, 

 solitarii vel gemini, 2-flori ; pedicelli vix 3 mm. longi, ut 

 pedunculi glabri ; bracteae cum bracteolis duobus parvae, per- 

 sistentes. Receptacuhim tubulosum, 1'5 mm. longum, vix 1 mm. 

 diametro, glabrum. Calyx conspicuus, subtruncatus vel irregulariter 

 lobatus, 0*5 mm. altus, glaber. Corollae rubrae (ex Kerr) 

 tubus 2*1 cm. longus, superne sensim dilatatus, apice 3 mm. diametro, 

 lobi 6, subaequales, medio reflexi, lineari-spatulati, acuti, parte 

 reflexa 7 mm. longa. Stamina exserta, filamentis glabris 4*5 mm. 

 longis. Stylus glaber, stamina paullo superans, stigmate parvo 

 capitato, Fructus aurantiacus (ex Kerr), globosus, circiter 1 cm. 

 diametro, calvcem stylique partem basalem persistentes gerens. — 

 Craih, Kew Bidl. 1911, p. 454. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1140 m., Kerr, 1318. 



Elytranthe ampullacea, Enyler. Loranthus ampullaceus, Roxb. — '■ 

 F.B.I., V. p. 220 ; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 316. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1712. 

 Distr. Indo-China, Malay Peninsula. 



Viscum articulatum. Wall. — F.B.I., v. p. 226 ; For. Fl, Burma, 

 ii. p. 325 ; Coll. et Hemsl,, Journ. Linn, Soc, xxviii. p. 121. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 420m,, Kerr,\?>i)\ — parasitic on Loranthus. 



Distr. S.E. Asia. 



Kerr's plant is probably the form fragile (Wall,, pro sp.). 



Viscum sp, near V. orientale, Willd. 

 Chiengmai, 300 m,, Kerr, 818, 



Included, in V. orientale only in sensu lato, for under that species 

 there are included several well marked forms, 



Ginalloa siamica, Craih, a G. Helferi, Kurz, foliorum forma, 

 spicis longioribus crassioribus recedit. 



Ramuli validi, basi incrassato-vaginati, glabri, cortice plerumque 

 viridescente irregulariter fiaso obtecti. FoJia eliiptica, oblongo- 

 elliptica vel oblongo-obovata, apice rotundata, basi cuneata vel late 



