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peduncles axillary, 3-5-flowered ; bracteas lateral, cucullate, 

 one to eacli flower ; corolla cylindrical, truncate at the apex ; 

 style clavate. J? P. S. Native of the East Indies, at Marta- 

 ban, on the banks of the Irrawaddy. Loranthus cuneatus, Wall, 

 mss. Heyne, ex Roth, nov. spec. p. 193. Anthers probably 

 5, but in the younger flowers they are glued together, and with 

 the stigma. Corolla 6 lines long, velvety on the outside. This, 

 with the preceding species, may hereafter form a distinct genus, 

 or at least a separate section. 



Cuneated-leaved Dendrophthoe. Shrub par. 



Cult. Like the rest of the genera of this order, the species 

 are not cultivable in gardens. They are showy plants, with the 

 habit of honeysuckle. 



IX. PHTHIRU'SA (from $6eip<a, phtheiro, to destroy ; the 

 species destroy the trees on which they grow), Mart, in D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 672. Loranthus, sect. Clandestini, D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 287. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 4-parted, furnished with 3 jagged bracteas 'each, some of them 

 crowded in the axils of the leaves. Anthers fixed by the back, 

 ovate. Styles short ; stigma capitate. Berry ovate. Flowers 

 smell, axillary, sessile, or in axillary racemes. 



1 P. CLANDESTI'NA ; glabrous ; branches compressedly tetra- 

 gonal while young ; leaves opposite, obovate, coriaceous ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary, sessile, small ; petals 4, concave ; anthers 

 ovate ; berries oblong. Tj . P. S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Para, in woods. Loranthus clandestinus, Mart, in 

 Schultes, syst. 7. p. 96. Flowers hardly half a line long. 

 Bracteas suborbicular, jagged, one under each flower. Stamens 

 shorter than the petals, but equal in length to the style. The 

 anthers are said to be almost sessile. 



Clandestine-fiowereH Phthirusa. Shrub par. 



2 P. ? SALICIFOLIA ; branches compressedly tetragonal above ; 

 leaves opposite, lanceolate, acuminated, glaucous, coriaceous ; 

 racemes solitary, axillary, 3 times shorter than the leaves ; 

 pedicels 3-flowered, short, bearing 3 bracteas at the apex ; 

 petals 4, linear-lanceolate ; anthers roundish-ovate. Jj . P. S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. Loranthus 

 salicifolius, Mart, in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 102. Flowers small, 

 probably dioecious. 



Willow-leaved Phthirusa. Shrub par. 



3 P. ? LUCARQUE'NSIS ; plant glabrous, much branched ; 

 branches terete ; leaves petiolate, roundish-elliptic, acute, round- 

 ed at the base, somewhat membranous, veiny, with the middle 

 nerve rather prominent ; racemes axillary and terminal, few- 

 flowered ; flowers almost sessile, scattered, bractless ; petals 4, 

 oblong, rather concave ; anthers unknown. Tj . P. S. Native 

 of Peru, in temperate parts near Lucarque. Loranthus Lucar- 

 quensis, H. B. et Kuntli, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 440. Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 102. Leaves an inch long, and 9-10 lines broad ; 

 petioles 4-5 lines long. Racemes 3 lines long. Flowers minute, 

 of a whitish yellow colour. 



Lucarque Phthirusa. Shrub par. 



Cull. The species of tliis genus do not possess any beauty, 

 and are not cultivable in the gardens. 



X. SCU'RRULA (a diminutive of Scurra, a parasite ; plants 

 parasitical on trees). Loranthus, sect. iii. Scurrula, D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 301. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Pentdndria, Monogynia. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite. Petals 4-5, joined together into a long tube, which 

 is divided at the apex into 4 or 5 short unilateral lobes, usually 

 gibbous at the base, opening by a longitudinal fissure as in Lobelia. 

 Stamens 4-5 ; filaments adhering a long way to the corolla, but 

 free at the, apex; anthers fixed by the base, seldom by the 

 back, to the top of the filaments, oblong, erect. Style filiform 



or clavate ; stigma capitate. Peduncles axillary, few-flowered, 

 or racemose, having a solitary bractea under each flower, which 

 is usually pressed to the ovarium. 



1. Flowers tetrandrous. Corolla ^-parted. 



1 S. ROXBU'RGHH ; branches terete, glabrous ; leaves oppo- 

 site, ovate, subcordate, white from soft down beneath ; peduncles 

 crowded in the axils of the leaves, very short, simple or branched, 

 1 or few-rlowered ; bractea adpressed to the ovarium, which is 

 turbinate ; alabastra cylindrical, 4-lobed at the apex, and 

 having the tube cleft longitudinally. ^ . P. S. Native of 

 Malabar, and probably of China, if the synonyme of Linnaeus 

 does not appertain to S. Chin6nsis. Loranthus Scurrula, Lin. 

 spec. 472. Roxb. cor. 2. t. 140. Corolla of a rusty grey colour 

 and mealy on the outside, but dark purple inside. 



Roxburgh's Scurrula. Shrub par. 



2 S. CHINE'NSIS ; branchlets and young leaves clothed with 

 rusty villi : the rest glabrous ; leaves opposite, ovate, on short 

 petioles, coriaceous, obtuse, cuneated at the base ; peduncles 

 axillary, very short, bearing 2-5 umbellate pedicellate flowers; 

 bractea ovate, small, under the ovarium ; limb of calyx truncate ; 

 corolla clavate, and curved in the bud, cleft longitudinally on 

 one side ; lobes of corolla 4, linear, short, reflexed. T? . P. G. 

 Native of China, where it was collected by Sir George Staunton. 

 Loranthus Chinensis, D. C. coll. mem. vi. t. 7. 



Chinese Scurrula. Shrub par. 



3 S. PULVERULE'NTA ; the younger parts of the plant are clothed 

 with mealy stellate tomentutn; branches terete ; leaves opposite, 

 petiolate, broad-ovate, acute, at length glabrous ; racemes lateral, 

 tomentose, in fascicles ; flowers pedicellate ; tube of corolla long, 

 terete, curved, cleft at the apex into 4 short unilateral reflexed 

 lobes. Ij.P. G. Native of Nipaul, on trees at Hetounra, and along 

 the banks of the river Rapti. Loranthus pulverulentus, Wall, 

 in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 221. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 99. Petioles 

 an inch long. Leaves 5-7 inches long. Corolla more than an 

 inch long, mealy outside. Berry large, club-shaped, mealy. 



Pondered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



4 S. FASCICULA V TA ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves oppo- 

 site, or somewhat verticillate, obovate, veiny above, but veinless 

 beneath, coriaceous ; fascicles lateral, few-flowered ; lobes of 

 corolla 4, reflexed, secund ; style longer than the exserted sta- 

 mens, fy . P. S. Native of Java, near Linga Jattie, in the pro- 

 vince of Cheribon, on trees. Loranthus fascicul&tus, Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 661. Loranthus odoratus, Blum, bijdr. p. 663. does 

 not differ from this species according to the author. 



Fascicled-Rowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



5 S. FU'SCA ; glabrous ; branches terete, rather angular in the 

 young state ; leaves opposite, on short petioles, obovate, and 

 oval, acute at the base, coriaceous, beset with rusty dots be- 

 neath while young; peduncles axillary, 1-2-flowered; corolla 

 cleft on one side, having 4 erect lobes. V} . P. S. Native of 

 Java, on Mounts Salak and Cede, on trees. Loranthus fiiscus, 

 Blum, bijdr. p. 660. Genitals dark purple. Stigma capitate. 

 See Blum. bat. verhandl. 1823. p. 190. 



Fuscous Scurrula. Shrub par. 



C S. UMBE'LLIFER; glabrous; branches terete ; leaves oppo- 

 site, oblong-lanceolate, on short petioles, acute at the base ; 

 peduncles in fascicles, axillary, and lateral, pubescent, 3- flowered, 

 subumbellate ; corolla very long, slender, cleft into 4 linear re- 

 flexed segments at the apex ; stigma clavate. fj . P. S. Native 

 of Nipaul, on Mount Sheopore. Loranthus umbellifer, Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 97. Loranthus umbellatus, Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. 

 p. 222. but not of Roth. Corolla of a bright red colour, curved, 

 pubescent. Peduncles clothed with ferruginous tomentum. 



Umbel-bearing Scurrula. Shrub par. 



7 S. CORDIFOLIA ; branches terete, villous, mealy while young; 



