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drous. Pj . P. S. Native of Java, on Mounts Salak and Cede, 

 &c. Loranthus avenis, Blum, bijdr. p. 663. and bat. verhandl. 

 1823. p. 191. Loranthus Blumeanus, Schultes, syst. 7. p. 119. 

 Feints-leaved Elytrantlie. Shrub par. 



14 E. TETRAGONA ; glabrous ; branches tetragonal; leaves 

 opposite, sessile, oval, acute or obtuse, of the consistence of 

 parchment, glabrous ; racemes crowded, axillary ; flowers an- 

 gular, hexandrous. Jj . P. S. Native of Java, on trees about 

 Tjiradjas, in the province of Krawang. Loranthus tetragonus. 

 Blum, bijdr. 663. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 149. Corolla 3 lines long. 



Tetragonal-branched Elytranthe. Shrub par. 



15 E. SUBUMBELLA'TA ; leaves opposite, oblong -lanceolate, 

 long-acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous ; racemes crowded, axil- 

 lary ; ultimate pedicels subumbellate ; flowers hexandrous. fj . 

 P. S. Native of Java, on trees near Tjiradjas, in the province 

 of Krawang. Loranthus subumbellatus, Blum, bijdr. p. 662. 

 Schultes. syst. 7. p. 148. Allied to E. sphcerocdrpa, and is, as 

 well as it, called Mengando by the natives of Java. 



Subumbellate-fiowered Elytranthe. Shrub par. 



2. Rigidiftdra (from rigidus, stiff, andjlos, a flower ; flowers 

 stiff'). Flowers pentandrous, tubular, cleft into 5 parts beyond 

 the middle, having the lobes reflexed from the middle ; tube ob- 

 conical, hardly pentagonal. Anthers erect. Bractcas one under 

 each flower. 



16 E. RI'GIDA; glabrous; branches terete, rather compressed 

 when young ; leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated ; racemes axillary, simple, 7-flowered; flowers on short 

 pedicels ; bracteas ovate, lateral, one under each ovarium ; calyx 

 repand, somewhat denticulated ; tube of corolla ovate at the 

 base : lobes linear-oblong, reflexed from the middle. 1j . P. S. 

 Native of the East Indies, at Amherst. Loranthus rigidus, 

 Wall. cat. no. 531. Leaves 2-3 inches long, and 12-18 lines 

 broad. Corolla 9 lines long, finely velvety, as well as ovarium. 

 Anthers linear. Flower-bud pentagonal at the apex. 



Stiff Elytranthe. Shrub par. 



17 E. FARINOSA ; glabrous; branches terete; leaves alter- 

 nate, smooth, coriaceous, ovate, obtuse, on thick short petioles ; 

 racemes in axillary fascicles, clothed with much mealy stellate 

 whitish tomentum ; tube of corolla ventricose, divided two- 

 thirds of its length into 5 linear semi-recurved segments ; berry 

 large, ovate, slightly tomentose. Jj . P. S. Native of the East 

 Indies, at Singapore. Loranthus farinosus, Desr. in Lam. diet. 

 3. p. 597. Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 221. Schultes, syst. 7. 

 p. 111. D. C. coll. mem. vi. t. 4. Leaves nearly as large as a 

 hand, with unequal margins, having the nerves remote and a little 

 elevated. Flowers of a bright red colour, densely clothed with 

 stellate tomentum, which is easily rubbed off"; they are about an 

 inch long, having the tube wide. 



Mealy Elytranthe. Shrub par. 



3. Cupulati (from cupula, an acorn cup ; in reference to the 

 shape of the bractea, which surrounds the ovarium). Flowers 

 small ; bud of corolla equal at the base, terete, but globose and 

 pentagonal at the apex ; limb of 5 equal regular lobes. Anthers 

 ovate, truncate, inserted by the base, dehiscing laterally. Stigma 

 capitate. Bracteas cup-shaped, one girding or surrounding each 

 ovarium. 



1 8 E. CUPULA'TA ; branches terete, somewhat compressed at 

 the apex ; young petioles, leaves, peduncles, and flowers clothed 

 with rusty down ; leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, acutish, 

 coriaceous, more or less cordate at the base ; peduncles very 

 short, branched, umbellately many-flowered ; bracteas cup- 

 shaped, one girding each ovarium. T? . P. S. Native of Casa- 

 mania, on the trunks of trees. Loranthus cupulatus, D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 298. Flowers 2-3 lines long. Branches clothed 



with rusty villi. Leaves variable in size and form. Berry ob- 

 ovate-globose. Lower part of the tube of the corolla cylin- 

 drical. 



Cupular-bractead Elytranthe. Shrub par. 



4. Involucrati (the flowers are involucrated with bracteas). 

 Flowers tubular, 5-G-cleft. Anthers erect. Bracteas many, 

 crowded, constituting an involucrum around the flowers, which are 

 subcapitate. 



19 E. INVOLUCRA'TA; glabrous; branches shining; leaves 

 opposite, on short petioles, ovate-cordate, smooth ; umbels axil- 

 lary, nearly sessile, much shorter than the leaves, 4-flowered, 

 involucrated by 4 bracteas ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, smooth, 

 entire ; calyx villous, with a 5-toothed border ; tube of corolla 

 villous, widening towards the mouth : limb regular, 5-parted, 

 with linear-revolute segments ; anthers oval ; stigma 2-lobed. 

 Jj . P. S. Native of the East Indies, on the eastern border of 

 Bengal : parasitical on trees. Loranthus involucratus, Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 2. p. 209. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 106. Leaves 3-4 inches 

 long. Flowers pentandrous. Stamens equalling the segments 

 of the corolla, and inserted on them below the middle. Ova- 

 rium silky. Style rather longer than the corolla. 



Var. ft, hebedada (D. C. prod. 4. p. 298. under Loranthus) 

 branchlets angular, velvety from pale rusty down. Jj . P. S. 

 Native of Silhet. Wall, in .fl. ind. p. 209. Corolla 6 lines 

 long, villous on the outside, not gibbous at the base ; lobes 5, 

 equal. Anthers oval, inserted by the base. 



/neo/acrate-flowered Elytranthe. Shrub par. 



20 E. GEMMIFLORA ; glabrous ; branches tetragonal ; leaves 

 opposite, broad-ovate, or oval, obtuse, coriaceous ; buds (im- 

 bricated involucra) axillary, solitary, sessile, many-flowered. 

 Fj . P. S. Native of Java, in woods on the mountains. Lo- 

 ranthus gemmiflorus, Blum, bijdr. p. 665. Schultes, syst. 7. 

 p. 159. Lepeostegeres gemmiflorus, Blum, in litt. This spe- 

 cies is called Mengando by the Javanese. Flowers in capitate 

 heads, sessile, densely crowded upon the dilated tops of the 

 peduncles. Anthers subulate, ex Blum, and the berries are 

 pedicellate. 



Bud-flowered Elytranthe. Shrub par. 



21 E. LONICEROIDES ; glabrous ; leaves almost sessile, ovate 

 to lanceolate, attenuated, obtuse, rounded at the base ; peduncles 

 opposite, longer than the petioles, bearing each a head of a few 

 sessile, hexandrous flowers, and each head supported by 4 

 broad-ovate, acute, concave bracteas ; corollas long, tubular, 

 slender, having the limb irregularly cleft into 5 cuneated spread- 

 ing segments. Tj . P. S. Native of the East Indies. Loran- 

 thus lonicerokles, Lin. spec. 473. exclusive of the synonyme of 

 Plukenet. Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 216. Loranthus co- 

 riaceus and lonicerokles, Schultes, syst. 7. pp. 107 and 108. 

 Loranthus coriaceus, Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 597. The 

 flowers, according to Wallich, are hexandrous, but according 

 to Lamarck pentandrous. It is perhaps a species of Scurrula, 

 on account of the irregular flowers. 



Honey-suckle-like Elytranthe. Shrub par. 



22 E. ? UMBELLA'TUS ; leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate ; um- 

 bels axillary, opposite, on short peduncles, few-flowered ; brac- 

 teas opposite, orbicular under each flower ; limb of calyx trun- 

 cate ; corolla tubular : with 6 linear obtuse segments ; anthers 

 linear. Jj . P. S. Native of the East Indies. Loranthus 

 umbellatus, Roth. nov. spec. p. 192. but not of Wall. Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 158. Flowers deep purple, glabrous, coriaceous. 

 Berry ovate. 



C/wz6e//aife-flowered Elytranthe. Shrub par. 



*> Elytrdnthes (from eXvrpov, elytron, a sheath or case, 

 and avdos, anthos, a flower ; in reference to the large bracteas 

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