Lorantlms.] cxxxii. LORANTHACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 205 



Ic. t. 143; Wiqht fy' Am. Prodr. 381; Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 109. L. 

 polystachyus, Wall, in Boxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey Sf Wall. ii. 217; Wall. 

 Cat. 509. L. terrestris & tetrandrus, Heyne mss. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; on the Western Ghats, from the Concan southwards. 



Branches terete, bark pale, dotted. Leaves 2J-4 in., very coriaceous, base acute, 

 nerves slender ; petiole | in., stout. Racemes 1-3 in., suberect ; pedicels - in. ; 

 bract concave, gibbous. Flower erect, then spreading, pale red. Ovary globose ; 

 calyx-limb annular. Corolla 4- cleft; style slender, stigma capitate. Fruit ^ in., 

 ovoid, rugose. 



5. Zi. intermeditis, Wight mss. ; quite glabrous, leaves opposite and 

 alternate petioled elliptic oi broadly ovate obtuse penninerved, racemes 

 rather stout solitary or fascicled shorter than the leaves, flowers - in. 

 4-merous glabrous, buds curved subcylindric, ovary smooth. L. Blumeanus, 

 Wight mss. in part. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Shevagerry Hills and Khalsa Kange, alt. 3500 ft., Wight 

 (Kew Distrib. 1234). Nilghiri and Kurg Mts., Cr. Thomson (Loranth. 37, Herb. 



Very near L. Wallichianus, and perhaps a large state of that plant, but the leaves 

 are larger and broader, the racemes more robust, and flowers much larger. It is inter- 

 mediate between It. Wallichianus and R. obtusatus. 



6. Zi. obtusatus. Wall. Cat. 526 ; glabrous, leaves subopposite long- 

 petioled ovate or elliptic obtuse penninerved, racemes solitary stout shorter 

 than the leaves, flowers f-1 in. 4-merous glabrous, buds 4-angled, ovary 

 rugulose. Wight $ Arn. Prodr. 381 ; Dalz. # Gibs. JBomb. Fl. 109. L. 

 Blumeanus, Wight mss. in part. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; on the Ghats from the Concan southwards. 



Branches robust, lenticellate, bark pale. Leaves 3-5 in. , sometimes 3 in. diam., 

 very coriaceous, nerves slender ; petiole f-1 in. Racemes strict, erect ; flowers 

 crowded or scattered j pedicels \-\ in. Ovary ovoid ; calyx angular. Corolla not 

 swollen at the base. Style slender, stigma capitate. Fruit ovoid, closely rugulose. 



The petiole is much longer in this than in Wallichianus and intermedius. 



7. Xi. pulcher, DC. Prodr. iv. 295; quite glabrous, leaves opposite 

 and alternate shortly petioled oblong- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate penni- 

 nerved, spikes or racemes subterminal solitary or fascicled, rachis very 

 robust, flowers in. 5-merous glabrous, buds straight constricted in the 

 middle obtuse terete. L. speciosus, Wall. Cat. 518. L. coccineus, Hook 

 Sot. Misc. t. 58 (not of p. 278). Dendrophthoe pulcher, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat i. 

 pt. 1, 821. 



PENAN G-, Porter, Phillips. 



Branches robust, terete ; bark pale, smooth. Leaves 5-7 in., very coriaceous, pale 

 and shining above, nerves faint spreading ; petiole in., very robust. Racemes or spikes 

 strict, rather dense-fld. to the base, rachis stout, terete, pedicels ^- in., stout ; flowers 

 crecto-pateut, red; bract boat-shaped. Ovary short; calyx-limb annular. Corolla- 

 base rather inflated, terete, tip 5-cleft. Style rather stout, stigma hardly capitate. 



I think the figure in Bot. Misc. given as of L. coccineus undoubtedly is a 4-merous 

 form of L. pulcher. 



8. Ei. Parish!!, Hook.f.', glabrous, leaves subopposite petioled linear- 

 lanceolate acuminate penninerved, spikes terminal longer than the leaves 

 strict very robust, flowers in. 4-5-merous hoary, buds terete obtuse. 



TENASSEEIM ; on Donnatoung, alt. 2000 ft!, Parish. 



Branches very stout; bark black, smooth, shining. Leaves 5-7 by 1-1 i in. 



