Loranthus.] cxxxii. LORANTHACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 219 



ones; petiole -j in. Involucres 1-1| in., shortly peduncled; lobes short, unequal, 

 triangular-ovate; flowers subsessile. Ovary very short, quite glabrous. Calyx-limb 

 minute, sharply toothed. Corolla narrow, straight, slightly dilated in the middle, 

 suddenly contracted at the base of the lobes, which are ^ the length of the tube. 

 Filaments subulate ; anthers linear-oblong, caducous. Stigma capitate. 



Sect. VII. ZMCacrosolen. Flowers large, racemose or subspicate, 

 bracteate and 1-2-bracteolate ; bract small, shorter than the ovary ; 

 bracteoles often connate in a cup. Corolla 5-6-cleft. 



47. X,. retusus, Jack in Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey fy Wall. ii. 212 ; 

 quite glabrous, leaves opposite and alternate shortly petioled obovate 

 elliptic orbicular or cuneate very thickly coriaceous obtuse or retuse, bract 

 and bracteoles minute, flowers in very short axillary few-fld. racemes, calyx- 

 limb obsolete, corolla straight tube slightly dilated clqft to the middle into 

 5 linear-lanceolate lobes. DC. Prodr. iv. 296 ; Wall. Cat. 504, in part. 

 Macrosolen retusus, Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. i. pt. 1, 828. Elytranthe retusa, 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 425. 



SINGAPORE, Jack, Wallich, &c. MALACCA, Griffith, Cuming, &c. DISTEIB. Java, 

 Borneo. 



Branches stout, terete, brown. Leaves 3-4 by 1-4 in., sometimes obcordate, 

 pale greenish above and shining a little when dry, pale brown beneath ; midrib stout, 

 nerves slender; petiole very stout, - \ in. Racemes \ in., peduncle and pedicels 

 |- in., spreading, quite glabrous. Ovary ovoid. Corolla not split dorsally, pale 

 rose; lobes rather shorter than the tube. Anthers very slender, longer than the 

 filament. Stigma capitate. Fruit globosely ovoid. 



48. t trig-onus, Wight <fy Am. Prodr. 386; quite glabrous, branch- 

 lets very robust triquetrous, leaves very large thickly coriaceous opposite 

 or whorled in threes broadly elliptic obtuse, flowers in short axillary and 

 cauline racemes or cymes, bracts connate in a small cup, calyx -limb cupular 

 truncate, corolla-bud in. terete clavate 5-merous. 



TRAVANCOKE; at Quilon, Wight. SOUTH CONCAN; Belgaum, on the highest 

 point of the N.E. Hills, Ritchie. N. CAN ABA, Talbot. 



Branches terete, as thick as the middle finger; branchlets with the flat or concave 

 faces \ in. broad, smooth. Leaves 4-6 in., often as broad, brown and opaque when 

 dry, base acute or rounded, nerves distinct ; petiole very stout, -f in. Flowers in 

 clustered cymes or racemes, 1-1| in. ; peduncle and pedicels very stout, angled when 

 dry; bracts forming a shallow oblique cup. Frv.it % in., ellipsoid, crowned by the 

 cupular calyx-limb. A very remarkable species, of which flowers are much wanted ; 

 the two localities assigned to this species are so widely apart in position and otherwise 

 as to require confirmation ; possibly two species are hence indicated. 



49. Zi. Brandisianus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, ii. 63, and 

 For. Fl. ii. 317 ; quite glabrous, leaves subopposite petioled elliptic-lanceo- 

 late caudate-acuminate, flowers 1-1 in. in short axillary racemes or cyines, 

 bract and bracteoles connate below acute, calyx-limb truncate, corolla 

 straight 6-angled in bud, tube urceolate below cleft to the middle into 6 

 linear reflexed lobes. 



MARTABAN HILLS, alt. 3000 ft., Brandis. MOTJLMEIN, Parish. 



Branches terete, bark pale. Leaves 3-7 in., firmly coriaceous, base acuminate, 

 greenish when dry and shining above, yellowish brown beneath, midrib strong, nerves 

 very faint ; petiole g J in. Flowers " usually in a 1-2-fld. raceme terminated by a 

 cyme of 34 flowers," Kurz ; peduncle and pedicels very stout ; corolla-tube rather 

 stout in bud, with a ridge at the base of the lobes ; buds stout, glabrous, clavate above 

 the middle, very coriaceous. 



