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CXIX. LORANTHACE.E (SPRAGUE). 



[^Loranthus, 



Leaves minutely stellate-pubescent, especially 

 on the lower surface . . . . 



Leaves soon becoming glabrous. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, often more or less 

 falcate. 

 Corolla minutely and sparingly puberu- 

 lous outside ..... 

 Corolla rusty-tomentellous outside 

 Leaves ovate or oblong, not falcate. 



Coi-olla tomentose or tomentellous out- 

 side when fully expanded. 

 Tube hardly enlarged towards the 

 base ; lobes 8-8i lin. long. 

 €oro]la densely villous-tomentoso 

 outside ; fiouers in sessile lieads . 

 Corolla shortly tomentose outside ; 

 Howers in shortly peduncled 

 umbels ..... 

 Tube with a conspicuous basal swell- 

 ing ; lol)es 3.j-4|- lin. long. 

 Flowers fascicled .... 

 Flowers in shortly - peduncled 

 umbels ..... 

 Coi-oUa more or less glabrescent wlu>u 

 fully developed, at least in the 

 ni)per part. 

 Lower part of corolla densely pubescent 

 Lower jiart of corolla pubtrulous. 

 Corolla Ij in. long, without a dis- 

 tinct basal swelling, puberulons 

 outside ..... 

 Corolla over 2 in. long, with a 

 distinct basal swelling, glabrous 

 except towards the base 



Imperfectly known species of this section 



26. L. Cornetii. 



27. 



28. 



L. macrosolen. 

 L. dschallensis. 



29. L. regulai 



30. L. erytlircBus. 



31. L. 



mmiensis. 



32. L. AlbizzicB. 



33. Z. 



■s if/ens IS. 



\'dl . L. ruftscens. 



7. Lepidoti. Umbels or fascicles axillary, usnally fascicled^ rarely solitary ; 

 bract unilateral ; flowers pentavierons (hexamerous in L. hexaseitalus), gamopeta- 

 lous. Calyx cupular, subfruncate or lobed. Corolla in bud subcylindric, slightly 

 c'lavafe above, stellate-pilose or lepidote outside, more rarely glabrous ; tube split 

 unilaterally ; lobes erect, spathidate-linear. Stamens inserted at or shortly above 

 the base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments involute; anthers linear, divided trans- 

 versely into numerous small cells arranged in fotir vertical rows. Disc annular, 

 pentagonal. Style not skittle-shaped ; stigma more or less capitate. Berry 

 developed from the lower part of the ovary. — Thelecarpus, Van Tiegh. in Bull, 

 Sue. Bot. France, xlii. 262. 

 Flowers pentamerous. 



Pedicel, bract and receptacle densely pubescent ; 

 corolla stellate-puberulous outside. 

 Leaves lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, either 

 glabrous when adult, or, if lepidote, the 

 scales do not form a continuous covering. 

 Leaves narrowed to both apex and base, 

 glabrous when adult, or sp.iringly le{)idote 

 on the lower surface . . . . -iL Z. irebuensis. 



