216 cxxxn. LORANTHACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Loraniltu*. 



or narrow-oblong obtuse very thickly coriaceous, flowers 1-lf in. in very 

 short axillary racemes stoutly pedicelled, bract cupular, ovary oblong, calyx- 

 limb cupular obscurely 5-toothed, corolla Blender curved, tube split dilated 

 above the middle, lobes 5 linear one-fourth the length of the tube. 



BUKMA j on the Irawaddy near Yenangeun, Wallich. 



Branches terete, smooth, bark grey. Leaves 2^-3 in., narrowed into the petiole, 

 dark brown aud opaque when dry, with undulate margins ; nerves few, faint, very 

 oblique. Racemes g-f in., robust, 4-6-fld., peduncle pedicels and calyx hoary ; 

 corolla glabrous, scarlet ? I have seen only Wallich's insufficient specimens ; it is 

 possibly a form of L. longiflorus. A somewhat similar plane from Pegu (M'Lellandy 

 has broader leaves, with smaller flowers and quite glabrous racemes. 



38. Xi- elasticuSj Desrouss. in Lamb. Encycl. iii. 599 ; quite glabrous, 

 leaves all opposite sessile very thickly coriaceous from orbicular to elliptic 

 or oblong obtuse 3-5-nerved, flowers 1 in. in axillary fascicles sessile, bract 

 minute, calyx-limb cupular entire, corolla-tube funnel-shaped split, lobes 

 5 filiform spirally coiled much longer than the tube. DC. Prodr. iv. 306; 

 Roxl.Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 217; Wall. Cat. 508; Dalz. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. FJ. 109 ; Wight Ic. t. 343. L. Euphorbia?, Wight Ic. t. 1063. 

 Eheede Hort. Mai. x. t. 3. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; Vingorla, &c., in the Concan, Dalzell, Ritchie; Malabar, 

 the Mlghiri and Pulney JVIts., Wight. 



Branches dichotomous, stout, terete, smooth, pale brown, lenticels few. Leaves 

 very variable, 1^-4 in., pale brown on both surfaces when dry, base acute. Flowers 

 quite glabrous and sessile; ovary minute. Corolla-tube rather swollen below. Fila- 

 ments very long, spirally coiled like the corolla-lobes ; anthers long, as narrow as the 

 liliimeut. Style very long, stigma fusiform. Fruit ovoid, red, "the size of a small 

 bean," Wight. I do not find any difference between L. Euphorbia and elasticus; 

 the corolla-tube is split in both, though Wight does not observe this in L. Euphorbia, 

 which has smaller rounder leaves than the type. This is one of the few Indian species 

 with flowers absolutely sessile on the branches. 



39. Zi. pentandrus, Linn. Mant. 63 ; leaves rarely opposite petiolcd 

 elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate rarely obovate obtuse or acute, flowers in. in 

 densely scurfy axillary very short racemes, bract cupular, calyx-limb 

 5-toothed, corolla straight, tube dilated below equally 5- cleft to the middle, 

 lobes linear acute, fruit oblong-ovoid. DC. Prodr. iv. 305 ; Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii. 320; Wall. Gat. 514; Illume Fl. Jav. Loranth. 33. t. 10. L. farinosus, 

 Desr. in Lamlc. Fncycl. iii. 597 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 221 ; 

 Waif. Cat. 514,; Griff. Notul. iv. 616, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 620, f. 1, 2. 

 L. rigidus, contractus, & Finlaysonianus, Wall. Cat. 531, 6864, 6871. Den- 

 drophthoe pentandra & farinosa, Miguel Fl. Ind. Sat. i. pt. 1, 818, 819. 

 Elytranthe farinosa, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 427. 



SILHET, Wallich. CmTTAGOXG,J.D.H.#T.T. PEGTT, Kurz. TENASSEHIM, 

 Wallich. MALACCA, Griffith (L. elasticus, Kew Distrib. 2723), &c. SINGAPOUE, 

 Lobb. PENANG, Wallich, Phillips. DISTEIB. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



Branches rather stout, terete, grey. Leaves 2-6 in., dark brown or almost 

 bhick when dry, thickly coriaceous, nerves faint; petiole ^-^ in. Racemes solitary 

 or fascicled, few- or many-fld. ; flowers usually crowded ; pedicels short, stout ; bract 

 rather large ; buds cylindric, not clavate at the tip. Corolla not split, reflexed portion 

 of lobes half the length of the tube. Style stout, stigma capitate. Fruit ^ in., 

 crowned by the cupular unequally 5-lobed calyx-limb. 



40. Zi. neelgherrensis, Wight fy Am. Prodr. 382 ; very robust, 

 quite glabrous, leaves opposite and alternate thickly coriaceous oblong orbi- 

 cular elliptic or oblong-lanceolate obtuse penui- or few-nerved, bract minute, 



