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LORANTHACE^E. X. SCURRULA. 



second contraction before expansion into the limb, which is about 

 a fourth the length of the tube, 5-parted, with reflexed seg- 

 ments. Berry mealy, ovate, 1-seeded. This is a beautiful species. 

 Flesh-coloured-Rowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



32 S. E'LEOANS ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves oppo- 

 site, or nearly alternate, oblong, obtuse, somewhat cuneated at 

 the base, with undulated margins, almost veinless, coriaceous ; 

 racemes axillary, short, twin or tern, erect, 5-7-flowered ; corolla 

 terete, somewhat incurved, S-lobed : lobes linear, spreadingly 

 reflexed, nearly equal ; style exserted beyond the anthers. fj . 

 P. S. Native of the East Indies, near Yenangenn. Loranthus 

 elegans, Wall. cat. no. 530. Leaves 2 inches long, and 9 lines 

 broad. Corolla glabrous, an inch and a half long, red. Anthers 

 linear, erect. Calyx truncate. Bracteas lateral, small, one un- 

 der each ovarium. 



Elegant Scurrula. Shrub par. 



33 S. CYLI'NDRICA ; glabrous ; leaves alternate, petiolate, lan- 

 ceolate, acute at both ends, smooth, nerved ; racemes axillary, 

 stiff, length of the leaves ; flowers pedicellate, rather distant 

 from each other, each girded at the base by a bractea on 

 the outer side; limb of calyx almost entire; limb of corolla 

 much longer than the tube, which is cylindrical, with re- 

 flexed segments. J? . P. S. Native of Sumatra. Loranthus 

 cylindricus, Jack, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 213. Schultes, syst. 7. 

 p. 110. D. C. prod. 4. p. 305. Leaves 4-5 inches long ; pe- 

 tioles about an inch long. Corolla red, perfectly cylindrical, 

 before expansion, 5-petalled : limb reflexed, 3 times as long as 

 the tube ; petals linear, separating almost to the base. Ovarium 

 cylindrical, 1-seeded. Flowers sometimes tetrandrous. 



Cylindrical- flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



34 S. I'NDICA ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves nearly op- 

 posite, ovate-oblong, on short petioles, bluntish, feather-nerved ; 

 racemes axillary, or nearly terminal, solitary, simple, shorter than 

 the leaves ; flowers on short peduncles, each peduncle bearing 

 1-3 sessile flowers at the top, each flower propped by an ovate 

 bractea ; petals 5, linear, acute, hardly concrete at the base : the 

 border reflexed ; anthers linear, erect, f; . P. S. Native of the 

 island of Timor, and probably elsewhere in India. Loranthus 

 I'ndicus, Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 601. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 149. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 305. Lonicera Zeylanica, Gaertn. fruct. 1. 

 p. 137. t. 27.? Corolla purple, glabrous, 7-8 lines long. 

 Leaves 3 inches long, 1 or 1-y broad, on petioles, which are 2-3 

 lines long. Berry ovate. 



Indian Scurrula. Shrub par. 



35 S. TURBINA'TA ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves sub- 

 alternate, on short petioles, oval or oblong, obtuse or acutish, 

 thick ; peduncles axillary, 2-3-cleft, much shorter than the 

 leaves ; bracteas ovate, one under each ovarium, which is turbi- 

 nate ; limb of calyx unequally and bluntly 5-toothed. tj . P. S. 

 Native of the East Indies, on the Nelligherry mountains, where it 

 is called Mandjil, along with other species, by the natives. 

 Loranthus turbinatus, D. C. prod. 4. p. 305. Leaves 3 inches 

 long, and 12-16 lines broad; petioles 3-6 lines long. Corolla 

 unknown, and is only judged to belong to the present section of 

 the genus in the calyx being said to be 5-parted. 



7W6mate-fruited Scurrula. Shrub par. 



36 S. BI'COLOR ; glabrous ; leaves nearly opposite, on short 

 petioles, from oval to lanceolate, thick, undulated, hardly 

 veined ; racemes axillary, simple, solitary, many flowered ; 

 bracteas concave, cordate, small, one adpressed to each ovarium 

 on the outer side ; calyx cup-shaped, with an entire border ; 

 .corolla long, tubular, a little curved, swelling from the bottom 

 to within a third of the mouth, then contracting a little, with a 

 5-parted border : upper fissure much the deepest ; lobes linear, 

 reflexed towards one side; stigma clavate ; berry oblong, 

 smooth, 1 -celled, 1-seeded. ^ . P. S. Native of the East 



Indies, frequent on trees. Loranthus bicolor, Roxb. cor. 2. p. 

 19. t. 139. fl. ind. 2. p. 205. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 109. D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 805. Flowers the size and appearance, and much 

 like those of a honeysuckle, red at the base, and green at the 

 apex, nearly 1^ inch long. Anthers exserted, linear, fixed by 

 the base. Leaves from 3-5 inches long, and from ^ to 1 inch in 

 breadth. 



Two-coluured-floviered. Scurrula. Shrub par. 



57 S. FALCA'TA ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves oppo- 

 site, on short petioles, linear, glaucous, coriaceous, obtuse, 

 laterally falcate ; racemes axillary, few-flowered ; bracteas short, 

 one under each ovarium on one side; alabastra falcate, cylindri- 

 cal, pentagonal at the apex : lobes of corolla 5 ; anthers linear- 

 oblong, inserted by the base, fj . P. S. Native of Madras. 

 Loranthus faleatus, Lin. fil. suppl. 211. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 150. 

 The flowers are fulvous according to Linnaeus. 



.Fa/cate-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



38 S. VENOSA ; glabrous; branches terete; leaves subalter- 

 nate or opposite, oval, attenuated at both ends, coriaceous, hav- 

 ing the veins blood coloured beneath ; racemes axillary, much 

 shorter than the leaves, rather canescent ; limb of calyx some- 

 what 5-toothed ; tube of corolla more or less cleft on one side : 

 lobes 5, reflexed, unilateral ; berries oblong-conical. Tj . P. S. 

 Native of Java, at Buitenzorg, upon trees. Loranthus venosus, 

 Blum, bijdr. p. 668. bat. verhandl. 1823. p. 188. Corolla 4-5 

 lines long. Leaves variable in form. Style a little longer than 

 the stamens; stigma capitate. Anthers linear, adnate. Blum. 

 I.e. 



Veiny Scurrula. Shrub par. 



39 S. PENTA'NBRA (Lin. mant. p. 63.) glabrous ; branches 

 terete ; leaves alternate, on short petioles, oblong, bluntish, 

 thickish ; racemes axillary, solitary, few-flowered, and are, as 

 well as the flowers, covered with velvety mealy down ; bracteas 

 ovate, one under each ovarium ; limb of calyx bluntly 5-toothed ; 

 bud of corolla cylindrical ; petals 5, linear. (7 . P. S. Native 

 of Java, on trees. Loranthus pentandrus, Lin. mant. p. 63. 

 Blum, bijdr. p. 661. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 110. D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 305. Leaves 4 inches long, and an inch broad. Corolla 7 

 lines long, purplish inside. Anthers erect. 



Far. fl,jlavus (Blum, bijdr. p. 661. under Loranthus) racemes 

 crowded ; tube of corolla inflated. fy . P. S. Native of Java, 

 on trees, about Buitenzorg. 



Pentandrous Scurrula. Shrub par. 



40 S. AMPLEXIFOLIA ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves ses- 

 sile, opposite, cordate at the base, orbicular, coriaceous, mar- 

 ginate ; flowers racemose ; bracteas rather concave, orbicular, 

 one under, each ovarium on one side ; corolla cylindrical, con- 

 tracted under the apex ; lobes oblong. I? . P. S. Native of 

 the East Indies, on the Nelligherry mountains, where it was col- 

 lected by Noton. Loranthus amplexifolius, D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 305. Loranthus amplexicaulis, Wall. mss. but not of Kunth. 

 Corolla 15 lines long, of a brownish purple colour. Anthers 

 linear, erect. Calyx truncate. Upper leaves 2 inches in dia- 

 meter. 



Clasping-leaved Scurrula. Shrub par. 



41 S. HETERA'NTHA; glabrous; branches terete, angular while 

 young ; leaves alternate, on short petioles, elliptic or lanceolate, 

 somewhat attenuated at both ends, thick, and coriaceous ; racemes 

 axillary, length of the leaves ; pedicels twice the length of the 

 calyx ; bracteas convex, short, one under each ovarium on the 

 outside ; bud of corolla nearly straight, somewhat pentagonal : 

 with 5 linear lobes ; anthers erect, linear, twice the length of the 

 filaments. Jj . P. S. Native of the East Indies, at Martaban. 

 Loranthus heteranthus, Wall. cat. no. 537. Leaves 4 inches 

 long, and 15-18 lines broad. Flowers 8-10 lines long. Calyx 

 truncate. 



