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LORAXTHACE^. 



rubesceutibiis. Raceuu terminalcs vel quasi-axillai-e> (ibic^uo) opjiositifolii cum 



pedunculis 4cm. longi glaLeirimi haud bracteati, pedunculis ^-1 cm. longis; 



pseudo-rhachibus rectis circ. 2 cm. lougis, pedicellis 



IJmm. longis a se 1-2 mm. remotis ajjice sub-cupuli- 



formibus sub flore articulatis. Perianthium rubro- 



pm-pvu^ascens elongato-cylindricum Ijcm. longum vix 



1 mm. latum basi angustius sursum latius, limbo pliLS 



minus latiore 4-lobato, lobis rotmidatis 2 mm. longis 



l^ mm. latis apice rotundatis iutus coucavis plus 



minus patcntibus glaben-imis. Stamina 8, altris 4 



parte i)erianthii a basi sm-sum ^ altitudine sitis, 



iilamentis liberis filiformibus ^ mm. longis, autheris 



linearibiis plus quam 1 mm. longis ^ mm. latis aijice 



obtusis basi 2-lobatis. Discus linearis 2 mm. longiis 



^mm. latus apice 2-lobatus complanatus hj-pogynus 



lato uno ovarii situs. Ovarium longe stipitatum 



obovoideum stipitibus exceptis 1 mm. lougum i mm. 



latum glabnim 1-locidare 1-ovulatuni, stipitibas 



IJmm. longis basi cum perianthio connatis sm-sum 



liberis ; stylas glaber J mm. longus, stigmate oblongo-globoso ^ n\m. longo dense 



breve hii-suto. 



Hab. Uraisha, leg. H. Ixaba, Juli. 1913, ti. 



Near Wikstroemia japonica MiQ., but diftei-s from it in liaving much louger 

 racemes, larger fiowers, glabrous ovaiy and especially by thc linear undivided 

 single glands rising ftom the base of the ovarv on one sied of the latter 



Fig. 63, ^lhsti-annia 

 mononectaria Hatata ; a, a. 

 leaf, naUiral size ; b, a flower, 

 before oiienuig, x 2.5; c, 

 corolla, expanded, X 2.5 ; d, 

 a stamen, X 10 ; e, ovary witli 

 a single nectar, niagnificd. 



Loranthaceae. 

 Loranthns Lkn. 

 Loranthus chinensis DC; Benth. F1. Hongk. p. 141. Fmtex, ad ramos 

 arboris Uimi NcpIicUiqTixa parasiticus. Bami sublfeves tenuissime rugulosi 

 fusco-rubro-piupurascentes subglabii densiusGule minuteque lenticellati, lenticellis 

 Jmm. in diametro minutissimis rotundatis, ramulis idtimis teretibus dense nibro- 

 tomentosis, tomentis caducissimis. Folia oiiiiosita chartacea su1x;oncolora in 



