220 cxxxn. LORANTHACE/E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Lorantlius. 



50. Zi. hypog-laucus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1872, ii. 309, and For. 

 Fl. ii. 318 ; quite glabrous, leaves subopposite lanceolate or elliptic-lanceo- 

 late acuminate glaucous beneath, flowers li-lf in. 2-3-nate on short 

 crowded axillary peduncles, bract and bracteoles minute connate below, calyx 

 cylindric limb entire truncate, corolla-tube curved slightly dilated below 

 deeply 6-cleft, lobes linear. 



Drier hill forests of MABTABAN, alt. 5-6000 ft., Kurz. 



leaves 2-3 in., tapering into the short petiole, nerves obscure. Flowers bright 

 crimson ; bract and bracteoles triangular-ovate. Character from Kurz ; I have seen 

 no specimens. 







51. L formosus, Illume Bijd. 66.0; and Fl.Java, Loranth. t. 15 ; 

 glabrous, leaves subopposite ovate to elliptic-oblong acuminate or cuspidate 

 shining on both surfaces, flowers 2-3 in. in few-fld. hoary axillary cymes, 

 bract and bracteoles" minute, calyx-limb obscurely toothed, corolla-tube 

 very long subinflated, lobes 6 linear. DC. Prodr. iv. 297; Kurz For. FL. 

 ii. 317. Macrosolen. formosus, Miquel Fl. Ind.. Bat. \. pt. 1, 827. Ely- 

 tranthe formosa, Don Gen. Syst. iii. 426. 



BUEMA ; " in Tenasserim ? " Kurz. DISTEIB. Java. 



Branches terete or obscurely 4-angled. Leaves 4-6 in., coriaceous, base obtuse 

 or acute, nerves obscure ; petiole very short, thick. Flowers crimson, pedicelled j 

 bract and bracteoles 3-gonous. Ovary oblong. Corolla-tube a little curved, lobes 

 greenish. Anthers linear. I have seen no Indian specimens ; the description is from 

 Kurz. 



52. Zi. ampullaceus, Eoxb. FL Ind. ii. 189, and Ed. Carey $ Wall. 

 ii. 209 ; quite glabrous, leaves all opposite petioled elliptic -ovate oblong or 

 lanceolate subacute or acuminate polished above, nerves distinct, flowers 

 3-7 -f in. in short axillary glabrous racemes, calyx-limb entire, corolla-tube 

 oblong 6-angled inflated below, lobes 6 linear-spathulate as Jong as the 

 tube, fruit ellipsoid. DC. Prodr. iv. 296; Kurz For.-FL ii. 316; Wall. 

 Cat. 502. L. pallens & carinatulus, Wall. Cat. 523, 529 ;DC. I. c. 296, 297. 

 Macrosolen ? pallens, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. 1, 831. 



Prom BENGAL, ASSAM and the KHASIA MTS. to PENAN&, MALACCA and 



SlNGAPOEE. 



Branches stout or slender, pale j bark smooth or lenticellate. Leaves 3-5 by 

 l-2 in., very coriaceous, base acute rarely rounded, nerves spreading ; petiole 

 ^ in. Racemes very variable, with 3-6 pairs of flowers and a terminal one ; 

 peduncle solitary or few in a cluster, rarely 1 in. long ; pedicels 0- in. ; bract some- 

 times half the length of the ovary ; bracteoles smaller, connate. Corolla greenish 

 yellow ; bud straight, bottle-shaped, with prominent angular shoulders. Fruit " long 

 oval smooth yellow the size of a currant," Roxb. I have difficulty in distinguishing 

 this from the following ; some Mergui specimens have large leaves rounded at the 

 base of a golden colour when dry. Some Malaccan ones have longer and very slender 

 peduncles and pedicels. There is no named specimen of L. carinatulus in Wallich's 

 Herbarium, but good ones were distributed to Hooker and Bentham ; they do not 

 differ at all from ampullaceus. 



53. Zi. globosus, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 550, ii. 187, and Ed. Carey $ 

 Wall. ii. 206 (excl. cit. Rheede] ; quite glabrous, leaves all opposite (rarely 

 alternate or 3-nately whorled) petioled elliptic-lanceolate subacute or 

 acuminate, nerves very obscure, flowers 3-7 in axillary glabrous racemes 

 pedicelled ^-| in., calyx-limb entire, corolla-tube oblong 5-6-angled inflated, 

 lobes 5-6 linear-spathulate as long as the tube, fruit globose. DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 2'.7 ; Kurz For. FL ii. 315; Wall. Cat. 6870. L. subglobosus, WulL 

 Cat. 538; DC. I.e. 297; Kurz I. c. 316. L. oleoides, DC. L c. L. olei- 



