LORANTHUS. 623 
— Has. Malacca. In sylvis littorat Tangong cling. 
Oss, This will belong to same section as L. globosus to. 
which it comes close enough, it is a pretty species. 
. On this plant a scurrula-looking young plant had become 
parasitical, I mention this as it is necessary to examine the 
Specimens to see whether they belong to one or two species. 
= Dicatur pro tempore Loranthus obovatus, probably it is 
Jack's Loranthus retusus. 
6 Loranthus leucosiphon, Gr. Pl. DCXXIX. Fig. I. 
l. Plant nat. size. 
Pedunculis solitariis vel sepius aggregatis, sed vix duobus 
e puncto uno exorientibus 4-6-floris apice spicatim, sursum 
ascendentes, 
Flos unusquisque 3-bracteatis, bractea externa, (antica) 
oblonga obtusa concava, lateral. ovar. arcte includent, ea- 
dem fere longitudine compresso carinat. 
Ovarium obturbinatum, per. minute bracteis interior duplo 
brevis, ore integerrimo, e limbato. 
- Per. tubus subclavatus, 12 uncialis paullo supra ovarium 
constrict, tune gradatim ampliatum, demum ad faucem 
Constrietiuscule teretiusculum, angulis obsoletis limbo bipar- 
tito reflexo laciniis ratione tubo bieriistafis, linearia spoon- 
Shaped, interdum perparia apicibus coherent. 
-. Color albus, limbo alabastrum plumbeo per anthesin rosa- 
fto oc of spooned apex atratis. 
m. totidem filam. subulata, sanguinolenta, antherz ter- 
Stylus subulatus stam. superans viridis. 
Stigma capitat, viridia. 
1 Fi ilament (adherent) primum tenuium demum ad constric- 
ase tubo in | gibberem — zem incrassat. fauci liberi 
m arbor. parasit. forming. a arges shrub with many depen- 
t branches. 
compressiuseulis ramis teretibus. 
