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CXIX. LORANTHACE.E (SPRAGUE). 



[Loranthus. 



Corolla in bud obtusely or acutely quadrangular in its lower 



part, not winged. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong or elliptic, li-2i 



times as long as their breadth ; petals 2\ lin. long . 



Leaves narrowly oblong, lanceolate-oblong or oblan- 



ceolate-oblong, 3-5 times as long as their breadth; 



petals 3|— 5^ lin, long. 



Leaves chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, margin not 



distinctly reflexed ; petals S^- lin. long . 

 Leaves coriaceous, margin distinctly reflexed ; petals 

 4i-5^ lin. long. 

 Leaves opposite, upper surface glossy, base obtuse 



or rounded ; racemes shorter than the leaves 

 Leaves ternate or alternate, dull, base subcuneate ; 

 racemes longer than the leaves . . . . 



6. L. rosaceus. 



5, L. sublilacinus. 



3. L. Mannii. 



4. L. ternatus. 



2. ACROSTACHYS. Eacemes terminal and axillary; bract unilateral ; flowers 

 tetramerous, polypetalous. Calyx very short, truncate. Petals often more or less 

 plicate on the inner surface below the insertion of the stamens, lower part erect, 

 upper pai't reflexed or tivisted. Stamens erect ; anthers linear or oblong-linear, not 

 transversely divided. Disc annular. Style quadr angular, \subtruncate or obtuse. — 

 Acrostachyp, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. 504, genus. 



Racemes secund . . . . . . • . 7. X. Thomsonii. 



Racemes not secund. 



Petals 2-4 lin. long 8. X; Kirkii. 



Petals 6-7 lin. long 9. i. huillensis. 



3. Lepidotepalum. Umbels axillary, solitary; bract obliquely cupula r ; 

 flowers tetramerous, polypetalous. Calyx cupular. Petals bearing a small flap 



on the inner surface a short distance above the base. Stamens erect ; filament 

 inserted near the middle of the petal ; anther narrowly linear, not transversely 

 divided. Disc annular, quadrangular. Style quadrangular, subtruncate. 



Only species 10. X. periclymen- 



oides. 



4. Plicopetalus. Umbels axillary, solitary or fascicled , or terminating leafy 

 short -shoots ; bract unilaterally developed from a saucer-shaped base, or quite uni- 

 lateral ; flowers pentamerous, polypetalous. Calyx short, truncate. Corolla arcuate 

 in bud, narrowed from the base to the middle, clavate above. Petals plicate on the 

 inner surface below the insertion of the stamens. Stamens arcuate above ; anthers 

 linear, not transversely divided. Disc absent. Base of style sunk in a depression ; 

 stigma capitate. — Plicosepalus, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xli. 504. 



Leaves sessile, more or less dimorphic, nil or some of them 

 cordate or sagittate at tlie base; umbels usually 

 terminating leafy short-shoots, or leafy at the base. 

 Umbels 2-flowered ; receptacle 4-5 lin. long ; style with 



a double bend shortly above the base . . . 11. X. undulalus. 



Umbels 3-5-flowered ; receptacle l^-lf lin. long; style 



without a double bend 12. L. sagittifolius. 



Leaves shortly petioled, not dimorphic, cuneate, obtuse or 



rounded at the base ; umbels axillary, not Iciify at the 



base. 



Receptacle and calyx campanulate or urceolate, 1^-2 lin. 



long; leaves 2-5 lin. broad. 



Umbels 3-flowered ; peduncle hardly longer than the 



pedicels 14. X. Fauroti. 



