214 cxxxii. LORANTHACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Lorantlms. 



Sf Am. Prodr. 383. L. Candolleaiius, Wight $ Arn. 1. c. 385 ; Wiglit Ic. 

 t. 305. 



NILGHIBI Mrs., Noton, Wight, &c. 



Branches usually very stout, sparsely lenticellate ; bark black. Leaves f-2 in., 

 usually very coriaceous, dark and opaque above, nerves few ; petiole ^-\ in. Fascicles 

 usually many and dense-fid. ; flowers very shortly pedicelled ; corolla stouter than in 

 L. bracteatus, often curved in a semicircle, but sometimes straight. 



** Flowers at length glabrous. 



31. Zi. cuneatusj Heyne in Both Nov. Sp. 193 ; glabrous except the 

 youngest buds, leaves small all alternate petioled obovate-cuneate tip 

 rounded or retuse base 3-nerved, bract small acute much shorter than the 

 5-toothed calyx, flowers f-l| in. in subsessile axillary fascicles pedicelled, 

 corolla-tube split slightly gibbously inflated above the middle, lobes 5 

 linear, fruit oblong. Wight Sf Arn. Prodr. 385; Thwaites Enum. 135 (excl. 

 var. /3.). L. lobeliaeflorus, DC. Prodr. iv. 406. L. goodeniseflorus, DC. 

 1. c. ; Wight fy Arn. I. c. L. montanus, Wight in Wall. Cat. 6866. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, abundant. 



Branches not robust, bark grey. Leaves J lj in., very variable in width, nar- 

 rowed into the short petiole, nerves few. Fascicles of flowers rarely peduncled ; 

 flowers very variable in size, shortly pedicelled. Calyx hoary. Corolla very slender, 

 straight or curved. Fruit g- in., oblong, surmounted by the cupnlar toothed calyx. 

 I have seen no authentic specimens of L. goodeniaflorus and lobeliceflorus. 



32. L. sclerophyllus, Thwaites Enum. 135; glabrous except the 

 flower and leaf-buds, leaves all alternate very shortly petioled very coria- 

 ceous obovate or cuneate-obovate 3-nerved, bract shorter than the 5-toothed 

 calyx, flowers 1 in. in axillary sessile or very shortly peduncled fascicles 

 pedicelled, corolla-tube nearly straight split slightly swollen about the 

 middle, lobes 5 linear, fruit oblong glabrous. 



CEYLON ; Central Province, ascending to 7000 ft., Walker, &c. 

 Very much more robust than L. cuneatus, with much larger broader thickly 

 coriaceous leaves 1^-2 in. long. Calyx pubescent. 



33. ? Xi. lifi ulatus, Thwaites Enum. 135 ; leaves petioled glabrous 

 linear or oblong base acute tip rounded nerveless, racemes glabrous few-fld. 

 equalling or shorter than the leaves, bract minute, flowers 1 in., calyx ob- 

 scurely toothed, corolla glabrous, lobes 5 linear-spathulate acute. 



CEYLON ; at Jaffna and Calpentyne, Gardner. 



Branches terete. Leaves f-2 in. ; petiole -^-Q in. I have nothing to add to the 

 above meagre description taken from Thwaites, the specimens I have seen being very 

 imperfect. 



34. Xi. suborbicularis, Thwaites Enum. 134; young shoots and 

 flower-buds scurfily pubescent, leaves all alternate petioled very coriaceous 

 orbicular or orbicular-obovate 3-nerved, bract smaller than the sharply 5- 

 toothed pubescent calyx, flowers 1 in. racemose, corolla straight or curved, 

 tube split gibbously inflated below the middle, lobes 5 linear, fruit oblong 

 glabrous. 



CEYLON ; in elevated parts of the Island, Walker, &c. 



Habit of L. sclerophyllus, but leaves more rounded, petiole longer, sometimes 

 ^ in. long, and flowers in racemes 1 in. long. 



35. Zi. long-iflorus, Dcsrouss. in LamJc. Encycl. iii. 498 ; quite glabrous 



