Loranthus.] cxxxn. LORANTHACE/E. (J. D. Hooker.) 207 



gibbosely boat-shaped ; flowers scarlet. Ovary ovoid, narrowed below the cupular 

 4-toothed calyx-limb. Corolla- segments spreading, narrow." Style slender, stigma 

 capitate. Fruit flagon-shaped, neck crowned by the 4-toothed calyx. It is curious 

 that Jack does not describe the inflorescence of his L. coccineus as being pubescent. 

 Under L. quicker I have referred to the figure given in the Bot. Misc. as L. 

 coccineus. 



12. Zi. Hookerianus, Wight 8[ Am. Prodr. 381 ; yung leaves and 

 inflorescence mealy or rusty-pubescent, leaves subopposite petioled oblong- 

 or elliptic-ovate or lanceolate obtuse or subacute penninerved, spikes axillary 

 strict erect about equalling the leaves, flowers in. puberulous 4-merous, 

 buds subterete, ovary depressed-globose, calyx-limb 4-lobed. Thwaites 

 Enum. 134. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; at Courtallam, WigU. CEYLON; Batticaloa, Gardner-, 

 Central Province, Thwaites. 



Branches terete, lenticellate, bark dark. Leaves 2-3 in., coriaceous, dark brown 

 when dry, nerves very faint, base acute; petiole |- in., rather slender. Spikes 

 solitary or in pairs ; rachis stout, pitted by the flowers ; bracteole small, orbicular. 

 Ovary oblate ; calyx-limb dilated. Corolla orange-red, segments linear ; buds straight, 

 slightly swollen at the base. Style stout, stigma capitate. Fruit small, globose, 

 crowned with the cupular calyx. 



13. Xi. Wig-htii, Hooh.f. ; young leaves and flowers mealy or puberu- 

 lous, leaves opposite and alternate small petioled elliptic obtuse, spikes 

 rather shorter than the leaves strict erect, flowers in. 4-merous, buds 

 terete base not swollen, calyx-limb entire, ovary globose. L. Arnottianus, 

 Wight mss. (not of Korthals). 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; at Courtallam, Wight. 



A small shrub ; branches rather slender, terete, pale, bark rough. Leaves \-\\ in., 

 dark when dry, coriaceous, base acute; nerves slender, lower 2-3 pair nearly parallel 

 to the margin; petiole ^-J in., rather slender. Spikes solitary or in pairs; rachis 

 stout ; bracteole orbicular and ovary and corolla clothed with a mealy scurf. Corolla- 

 tube straight, base not inflated ; segments long, connate, linear-spathulate. Style 

 slender, lengthening after flowering, stigma capitate. 



*** Spikes or racemes with 1-2 pairs of flowers. 



14. Zi. lig-ustrinus, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed, Carey fy Wall. ii. 

 219, and -Cat. 513 ; young parts and flowers rusty-pubescent, leaves opposite 

 and alternate petioled lanceolate obtuse or acute penninerved, racemes 

 axillary very short with 1-2 pairs of flowers, flowers in. 4-merous, buds 



. subterete base swollen 4-angled, calyx-limb entire. DC. Prodr. iv. 294; Don 

 Prodr. 143 ; Brand. For. Fl. 395. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 2-4000 ft. CHITTAGONG, 

 J. D. H. $ T. T. 



Apparently terrestrial (Brandis), a root parasite ? Branches stout, terete, closely 

 lenticellate, bark pale. Leaves 1J-2J in., brown or" black when dry, very coriaceous, 

 nerves obscure, base acute ; petiole -J in. Racemes single or in pairs, spreading, 

 |-1 in. long; rachis rigid, glabrous ; flowers very shor:ly pedicelled ; bracteole rather 

 large, orbicular. Ovary urceolate; calyx-limb short. Corolla-segments reflexed 

 from the middle, pink or scarlet, linear; bud straight, obtuse. Style slender, stigma 

 capitate. The parasitism of this and the following should be examined. 



15. Zi. terrestris, Hook. f. ; quite glabrous, leave* opposite and 

 alternate petioled lanceolate obtuse or acute penninerved, racemes axillary 

 short or long with 1-2 pairs of flowers, flowers 3 in. 4-merous, buds sub- 



