LORANTHUS. 62} 
Racemi axillares, fol. breviora spicifor. undique. florigera, 
Pedicelli breves, declinati alabastror. transversi vel ascen- 
dent apice subflor. 1-bracteat. 
Alabastrum adpressum raceme axin infra medium 4 inni: 
upra subteretes. 
-. Perianth ad medium 4-partatum, laciniz patentibus, an re- 
curvis, corollam urceolatam tubum angulatum, apice angustat, 
simulans extus, brunneo-coccineum intus vividum cocci- 
neum, extus pilis stellatis vestit., in reality it is composed of 
A pieces, with a broad subtriangular concave base, then a nar- 
Tow part (at the faux) the margins are here rugose and 
folded over the filament which is inserted here. 
Filam cylindracea vivide coccinea perianth lacin. paullo 
— brevius, anth. oblong breves adnate. 
Calyces tubus subcylindraceous ore pallulum angustato, 
Sübintegro, omnino pilis ferrugineis stellatis squamato-fur- 
fura, Stylus coccineus clavatus, stigma capitato discoid. coc- 
€ineum, perianth lacin zquans. - 
Fruit shaped like a florence flask, nempe e basi rotun- 
.. data, gradatim attenuata apice subcylindraceo, extus more 
Calycis sed distantius furfurac. 
j Viscum albidum copiosum, semen erectum conico-4-gonum 
|. angulis bispidus in setus albidus longe product, basi indu- 
. Tatum, the space between the prolongations filled with vis- 
Cous resin in which the green radicle nidulates. 
— Albumen album carnosum confined to the indurated base, 
. €otyledon, cylindraceus albumin 3 brevior. 
—. Rad. maxima sphzerica exsert. 
Embryo altogether green. 
—— Opss. It is closely allied to Loranthus pentapetalus, fol. 
alternis e basin inzquilateraliter cordato-ovata, per ob- 
tusa coriacea evenia. Racemis axillaribus speciform, soli- 
faris vel fasculatis, floribus 1-bracteatis pedicellas de- 
clinatus 4-meris, stylo cylindracea. Bacca e basi ovata, in 
Collum attenuata, Semen 4 gonum, hirtum 4 setigera, in- 
durato, 
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