LORANTHACE^E. X. SCURRULA. XI. ELYTRANTHE. 



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Variable-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



42 S. PRJELO'NGA ; leaves alternate, oval, obtuse, tapering a 

 little at the base, glabrous, of the consistence of parchment ; 

 racemes axillary ; flowers secund ; tube of corolla very long, 

 clavate, angular. ^ . P. S. Native of Java, near Tjiradjas. 

 Loranthus praelongus, Blum, bijdr. p. 664. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 

 1 12. Allied to S. clavata and S. longiflbra. Tube of corolla yel- 

 low, nearly 3 inches long : lobes linear, channelled inside, greenish. 



iono^-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



43 S. CURVA'TA ; leaves opposite or alternate, oblong, blunt- 

 ish, acute at the base, coriaceous, rather veiny, glabrous ; ra- 

 cemes axillary, solitary; tube of corolla elongated, curved : lobes 

 reflexed. Tj . P. S. Native of Java, on Mount Salak, parasiti- 

 cal on trees. Loranthus curvatus, Blum, bijdr. p. 665. Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 110. Tube of corolla nearly Ij inch long, yellow, 

 but having the limb of a pale orange colour. Anthers adnate, 

 elongated. 



Curved- flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



44 S. BRACTEA V TA ; every part of the plant clothed with grey 

 starry tomentum ; branches terete ; leaves small, alternate, ob- 

 ovate, obtuse, tapering to the base, on rather long petioles ; um- 

 bels axillary, 5-flowered ; bracteas oblong, tongue-shaped, one 

 under each ovarium ; corolla long, slender, cylindrical at the base, 

 but widening at the apex, with the throat contracted : lobes 

 linear, unilateral, much shorter than the tube. Jj . P. S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Loranthus bracteatus, Heyne, in Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 2. p. 220. Loranthus Heyneanus and L. tomentbsus, 

 Schultes, syst. 7. p. 105 and 106. Loranthus tomentosus, Roth, 

 nov. spec. p. 191. Umbels densely villous ; pedicels one-third 

 of an inch long. 



Bracteate Scurrula. Shrub par. 



45 S. GOODENI.EFOLIA ; branches terete, glabrous ; leaves 

 alternate, obovate-cuneated, obtuse, somewhat emarginate, ta- 

 pering into the petioles at the base, rather veiny, glabrous in the 

 adult state, but canescent in the young state from stellate deci- 

 duous down ; peduncles axillary, 2-3-flowered ; bracteas ovate, 

 acute, one under each ovarium ; tube of calyx pubescent, with 

 5 rather ciliated teeth ; corolla cylindrical, cleft on one side : 

 lobes 5, linear, reflexed, unilateral ; style filiform. fj . P. S. 

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

 it is called Mandjil, and where it was collected by Leschenault. 

 Loranthus goodeniae folius, D. C. prod. 4. p. 306. Very nearly 

 allied to S. lobeliceflora. 



Goodenia-flonered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



46 S. LOBELUEFLORA ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves ob- 

 ovate-cuneated, obtuse, tapering into the petioles, sparingly 

 veined; pedicels 1-2, axillary, 1 -flowered, very short, spread- 

 ing ; bracteas ovate, acute, one under each ovarium ; tube of 

 calyx cylindrical, cleft on the inner side : lobes 5, linear, re- 

 flexed, unilateral ; style filiform. Tj . P. S. Native of the south 

 of India, where it is called Vira-marum and pile-rivi by the 

 natives, and where it was collected by Leschenault. Loranthus 

 lobeliasflorus, D. C. prod. 4. p. 306. Leaves an inch long, and 

 4 lines broad. Corolla an inch long, red in the dry state. Lo- 

 ranthus cuneatus, Roth, nov. spec. p. 193.? 



Lobelia-flowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



47 S. ELA'STICA ; glabrous ; branches strong, columnar : in- 

 ternodes short ; leaves sessile, thick, ovate, acutish, obscurely 

 5-nerved; flowers almost sessile, in fascicles about the joints ; 

 tube of corolla cylindrical: having the limb beaked before ex- 

 pansion : segments linear, short, separating from the base up- 

 wards, revolute. T? . P. S. Native of Malabar. Loranthus 

 elasticus, Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 599. Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 

 2. p. 217. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 107. Belutta-Itti-cani, Rheed. 

 mal. 10. p. 7. t. 3. The leaves are remarkably thick, and ap- 

 pear both trinerved and triple-nerved. 



VOL. III. 



Elastic-Rowered Scurrula. Shrub par. 



48 S. REINWARDTIANA; leaves opposite, oblong, attenuated 

 at both ends, coriaceous, veinless beneath ; peduncles crowded, 

 axillary, 1 -flowered ; tube of corolla very long, curved: lobes 

 linear, unilateral, at length circinnately revolute. fj . P. S. 

 Native of Java, on the mountains. Loranthus Reinwardtianus, 

 Schultes, syst. 7. p. 105. Loranthus coccineus, Reinw. in Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 664. but not of Jack. 



Reinwardt's Scurrula. Shrub par. 



49 S. KCENIGIA'NUS ; glabrous; leaves nearly opposite, on 

 short petioles, elliptic, veiny ; racemes axillary ; pedicels de- 

 flexed ; calyx rather truncate; corolla 5-cleft, clavate. fj . P. S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Loranthus Kcenigianus, Agardli, in 

 Schultes, syst. 7. p. 108. 



Kcenig's Scurrula. Shrub par. 



Cult. The species of this genus are easily distinguished from 

 the rest that are broken off from the old genus Loranthus in the 

 tube of the corolla being curved, and bulged at the base on one 

 side, as in Lobelia, cleft longitudinally on the upper side, and the 

 segments all leaning to the lower side, and reflexed. The 

 plants have the habit of honeysuckle, but are not cultivable. 



XI. ELYTRA'NTHE (from eXvTpov, elytron, a case or sheath, 

 and avtioQ, anthos, a flower ; in reference to the joined bracteas 

 forming a sheath under the flower). Lepeostegeres and Ely- 

 tranthe species of Blum, in litt. 1829. Loranthus species of 

 authors. Loranthus, sect. iii. Symphyanthus, 1-3-4 and 5. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 296299. 



LIN. SYST. Penta-Hexdndria, Monogynia. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite, pentamerous or hexamerous. Petals 5-6, joined to- 

 gether into a tube to the middle, and therefore divided to the 

 middle into a 5-6 cleft regular limb. Stamens 5-6 : filaments ad- 

 nate to the petals at the base, and free at the apex ; anthers 

 fixed by the base, erect. Style filiform ; stigma obtuse. 

 Racemes axillary : flowers bracteate. This genus differs from 

 Struthdnthus in the corolla being gamopetalous, and from Den- 

 drophthbe, to which it comes nearest, in the flowers being race- 

 mose, not corymbose, and in each flower being usually furnished 

 with more bracteas than one, which are not cup-shaped nor ob- 

 lique, as in that genus : it also differs from Scurrula in the limb 

 of the corolla being regular, not as in that genus unilateral ; and 

 from Loxanlhera in the anthers not being oscillatory. 



1. Anguliflori (from angulus, an angle, andjlos, a flower ; 

 the flowers are more or less hexagonal from crests at the base). 

 Flowers tubular, usually tumid at the base, and more or less 

 hexagonal from crests, dividing into 6 lobes to the middle; an- 

 thers erect, Bracteoles 3, joined together under eachflorver. 



1 E. RETU'SA ; glabrous ; leaves opposite, on short petioles, 

 obovate-oblong, coriaceous, retuse, or emarginate, with the 

 lateral nerves indistinct ; racemes short, usually solitary, rising 

 from the axils of the fallen leaves ; flowers pedicellate, each 

 furnished with 1-2 bracteas at the base ; limb of calyx entire ; 

 tube of corolla clavate, gibbous, and angular, contracted at 

 the limb : lobes 5-6, lanceolate, reflexed. >> . P. S. Native 

 of die Island of Singapore. Loranthus retusus, Jack, in 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 212. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 112. The plant 

 fastens itself by long runners to trees. Leaves smooth, about 3 

 inches long. Margin of calyx entire. Tube of corolla clavate, 

 gibbous, and angled above, rosy, suddenly contracted at the 

 limb, which is yellowish green, having the lobes or segments 

 shorter than the tube. 



jRetae-leaved Elytranthe. Shrub par. 



2 E. AMPULLA'CEA ; glabrous ; leaves opposite, on short pe- 

 tioles, oblong, polished ; racemes axillary, solitary or in pairs, 

 much shorter than the leaves ; flowers opposite, on short pedi- 



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