LORANTHACE^l. VIII. DENDROPHTHOE. 



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Privet-like Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



2 D. WALLICHIA'NUS ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves 

 rather alternate, ovate, obtuse, acute at the base ; racemes axil- 

 lary, 1-3-together, one-half shorter than the leaves, simple, in 

 fascicles round the base of the branches ; flowers small, pedicel- 

 late ; bracteas lateral cucullate, one under each flower ; petals 4, 

 linear-cuneated : alabastra nearly terete ; berry subglobose, re- 

 flexed ; flowers tetrandrous. T? . P. S. Native of the East 

 Indies, where it was detected by Heyne. Loranthus Walli- 

 chianus, Schultes, syst. 7. p. 100. Loranthus polystachyus, 

 Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 217. but not of Ruiz et Pav. Co- 

 rolla deep purple, 4 lines long. 



Wallich's Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



3 D. PU'LCHER ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves nearly 

 opposite, on short petioles, ovate-elliptic, acuminated, coriaceous, 

 glaucous ; racemes axillary, simple, many flowered, length of the 

 leaves ; bracteas cucullate, lateral, one under each flower ; ala- 

 bastra cylindrically pentagonal ; petals 5, free to the base, linear ; 

 flowers pentandrous. Pj . P. S. Native of Penang. Loranthus 

 pulcher, D. C. prod. 4. p. 295. Loranthus speciosus, Wall, 

 mss. but not of Pohl, nor Perr. nor Dietr. Leaves 4 inches 

 long, and 2 broad. Corolla 2 lines long. Style filiform ; stigma 

 simple. Calyx truncate. 



Fair Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



4 D. PE'NDULUS ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves opposite, 

 petiolate, long-linear, acutish, coriaceous, with 5 subparallel 

 veins, which are hardly conspicuous ; corymbs axillary, 1-2- 

 together, pedunculate, trifid ; branches 3-flowered ; bracteas 

 ovate-roundish, lateral, one at the outer side of each flower ; 

 limb of calyx truncate ; alabastra terete, clavate ; petals 5, linear, 

 somewhat dilated at the apex ; flowers pentandrous ; anthers 

 oblong, erect. Jj . P. G. Native of New Holland. Loranthus 

 pendulus, Sieb. fl. nov. holl. no. 241. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 157. 

 D. C. coll. mem. vi. t. 1. Leaves 6-8 inches long, and 5 lines 

 broad; petioles 10 lines long. Corolla 15 lines long. Berry 

 ovate. Style filiform. 



Pendulous Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



5 D. CONGE'NER ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, attenuated at the base, on short petioles, coriaceous, 

 veinless ; racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves, subcorym- 

 bose ; peduncles 3-flowered ; flowers pedicellate ; bracteas ovate, 

 acute, lateral, one under each flower ; limb of calyx truncate ; 

 alabastra terete, somewhat club-shaped ; petals 5, linear, acute ; 

 flowers pentandrous ; anthers linear, inserted by the base. f? . 

 P. G. Native of New Holland. Loranthus congener, Sieb. 

 nov. holl. no. 243. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 114. D. C. coll. mem. 

 vi. t. 2. Leaves 2 inches long, and 4-5 lines broad. Corolla 

 nearly an inch long. Style filiform. 



Congener Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



6 D. FORSTERIA'NUS ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves op- 

 posite, petiolate, ovate, obtuse, veiny, thin ; cymes axillary, soli- 

 tary, shorter than the leaves ; peduncles 3-flowered ; bracteas 

 ovate, obtuse, lateral, one under each flower ; calyx truncate ; 

 corolla pentagonal, subclavate in the young state, fj . P. G. 

 Native of the Society Islands. Loranthus Forsterianus, Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 114. Loranthus stelis, Forst. prod, ex specimen in 

 herb. Screb. from Schultes obs. Perhaps this species does not 

 belong to the present genus. 



Forster's Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



7 D. GAUDICHA'UDI ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves op- 

 posite, linear, obtuse, thickish, attenuated at the base ; peduncles 

 axillary, much shorter than the leaves, divaricately bifid at the 

 apex, 2-4- flowered ; parts of flowers equal ; flowers tetran- 

 drous ; petals spatulate ; anthers ovate, inserted by the base. 

 Jj . P. G. Native of New Holland, where it was collected by 

 Gaudichaud. Loranthus Gaudichaudi, D. C. prod. 4. p. 295. 



Leaves 10-12 lines long, and 2 lines broad. Flowers 5-6 lines 

 long. Style filiform. 



Gaudichaud's Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



8 D. TETRAPE'TALUS ; leaves opposite, nearly sessile, oblong, 

 or elliptic, coriaceous ; flowers tetrandrous, one on each side of 

 each leaf, and therefore there are 4 at each joint, disposed in a 

 whorl ; petals 4, linear. f? . P. G. Native of New Zealand. 

 Loranthus tetrapetalus, Lin. fil. suppl. 211. Forst. prod. no. 

 156. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 96. Calyx nearly entire. Style a 

 little longer than the petals, filiform ; stigma capitate. Bracteas 

 probably wanting. 



Four-petalled Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



9 D. LUZONE'NSIS ; glabrous; branches terete, dichotomous 

 or whorled, knotted at the joints ; leaves opposite or verticillate, 

 oval-oblong, coriaceous, sessile, almost veinless ; peduncles ter- 

 minal, cymosely corymbose at the apex, pubescent ; bracteas 

 ovate, acute, lateral, rather concave, one under each flower ; limb 

 of calyx truncate ; corolla of 4 linear acute petals, which are 

 somewhat concrete at the base (sometimes joined by pairs); style 

 filiform. lj . P. S. Native of Luzon, one of the Philippines. 

 Loranthus Luzonensis, Presl, in herb. Haenke, and in Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 104. Leaves 11-15 lines long, and 6-7 broad. 

 Corolla 15 lines long, hardly pubescent on the outside. 



Luzon Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



10 D. PENTAPE'TALUS ; glabrous, much branched ; leaves op- 

 posite, petiolate, lanceolate-ovate or oval-cordate, obliquely at- 

 tenuated, smooth; racemes 1-2, axillary, simple, stiff 1 , length of 

 the leaves ; flowers very numerous, on short pedicels ; bractea 

 oblique, oval, adpressed to the ovarium ; limb of calyx nearly 

 entire ; petals 5, swelled out at the base into a fleshy triquetrous 

 body, recurved at the apex ; stamens 5 ; anthers obovate ; style 

 angular ; berry oblong. fj . P. S. Native of the East Indies, 

 parasitical on trees, in Silhet. Loranthus pentaphyllus, Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 2. p. 211. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 109. Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 

 3. t. 225. Flowers regular, small, red. Berry greenish yellow. 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long ; petioles 6 lines long. Racemes 6-8 

 inches long, red. Anthers inserted by the base. 



Five-petalled Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



1 1 D. ? RACEMI'FERUS ; branches terete, glabrous, clothed 

 with rufous villi in the young state, as well as the peduncles ; 

 leaves opposite or alternate, on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, 

 bluntish at the base, and acutish at the apex, glabrous ; racemes 

 axillary, spicate, simple, length of leaves ; bracteas cucullate, 

 lateral, one under each flower ; petals 4, triquetrous at the base. 

 T? . P. S. Native of the East Indies, in the Burman empire, at 

 Amherst and Tavoy. Loranthus racemiferus. Wall. mss. Very 

 like D. pentapetalus, but differs in the flowers being tetran- 

 drous. 



Raceme-bearing Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



12 D. COCCINEUS; glabrous; branches elongated ; leaves al- 

 ternate, on short petioles, oblong-ovate, obtuse, somewhat cor- 

 date at the base ; spikes axillary, 1-2-together, erect, longer 

 than the leaves ; flowers sessile, with one bractea under each ; 

 limb of calyx nearly entire ; corolla tubular ; petals 4, linear, 

 dilated at the base ; anthers adnate ; flowers tetrandrous. f? . 

 P. S. Native of the East Indies, in Singapore. Loranthus 

 coccmeus, Jack, mal. misc. 1. p. 8. and in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 

 215. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 102. Corolla scarlet. Berry ovate. 

 Said to be allied to D. pentapetalus. 



Scarlet-fiovfered Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



2. Flowers tubular, slender, 4-cleft, disposed in racemes, rvit/t 

 one bractea under each flower. Many of the plants in this sec- 

 tion are probably species of Scurrula. 



13 D. OBTE'CTUS ; branches terete ; branchlets compressed, 

 velvety, as well as the young leaves ; leaves opposite, on short 



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