Loranthus] cxiii. LouANTriACE.i-:. 031 



12. L. brunneus Engl., I.e., p. H,s. 



Ayelanthus hruaueus Van Tiegli., I.e., p. 738 (189G). 



Pi'N(;o ANitoNiio. — An erect or ascending shrub, growing in masses 

 as if forming thickets on the branches of Leguminous and other trees ; 

 leaves compactly coriaceous, with molastomaceous nervation ; Howers 

 blood-red, often densely covering chieHy the lateral branchlets. In 

 the forests of Pedras de Guinga and Mutollo, growing on (Ja^salpinicai 

 with a tamarind-like habit (of. Brurht/xfeijin tamariiidiiiddi "\Velw. ; 

 and Welw. herb. no. 572, aide, p. 302) ; scarcely well-developed fl. 

 Jan. 1857. No. 4850. 



13. L. Henriquesii Engl., I.e., pp. 88-89, a.s to n. 4885, not as 

 to n. 4881. 



HriLLA. — Flowers whitish-rosy. Near Mumpulla, on Panda trees 

 (cf. Bruchysteifia Kjiiccrforui'm Benth. ; Welw. herb. no. 578 ; ante, 

 p. 300) ; fl'.-bud Oct. 1850. No. 4885. 



14. L. glomeratus Engl., I.e., p. 89. 



L. Henriquesii Engl., I.e., pp. 88-80, as to n. 4881, not as to 

 n. 4885. A(jela7ithits glomerulus Van Tiegh., I.e., p. 738. 



HriLLA. — Flowers whitish-rosy (?). In Panda forests, on Gardenia 

 Joci.'i-toyiantis Hiern, Welw. Coll. Carp. 168 (partly), ante, p. 4G1 ; 

 near the lake Ivautala ; not yet in good fl. end of Feb. 1800. No. 4880- 

 In forests between Nene and Jau, on Parinari Mohnla Oliv. (cf. Welw. 

 herb. no. 1282 and Coll. Carp. 1 ; ante, p. 320) ; in young fl.-bud Aj)ril 

 18(30, No. 4881. In forests about LopoUo ; in young fl.-bud Dec. 1859. 

 No. 4881 Z'. 



This .species should perhaps be reduced to the last, but if distinct 

 No. 4881 is better placed here. 



15. L. GilgiiEngl., I.e., p. 91. 

 Agelanthus Gilgii Van Tiegh., I.e., p. 738. 



HriLLA. — A very elegant much-branched shrublet ; leaves glaucous : 

 flowers white, purplish at the base and apex. On trees of Comljretace:u 

 (cf . Comhretum hohixericenin, Sond. : ante, p. 350 ; Welw. herb. no. 4370) 

 plentiful, and on Mimosea3 (cf. Acacia robnda Burch. ; Welw. herb, 

 no. 1833 ; ante, p. 314) rarely ; in the LopoUo country : fl. Dec. 1850. 

 Not uncommonly in company with three or even four other species of 

 Loranthus. No. 4893. 



16. L. Buchneri Engl., I.e., p. 114, partly, t. 2. fig. E. 

 Amp.i;!/.. — A shrub, virgate-erect, 3 to G ft. high, .sparingly and 



patently branched : leaves rigidly coriaceous, from glaucous to green ; 

 flowers peach-red, the older ones turning to orange-scarlot : berries 

 fi'om red to green when ripe. In maritime thickets composed of 

 a Celastrinea (cf. Gi/mnoi^jxiria seneijalcnxis Loesener ; ante, p. 145; 

 Welw. herb. no. 13G1) behind the port of Ambriz, growing parasitically 

 at the roots of a IMalvacea (probably a species of Sida) though at first 

 sight terrestrial and not parasitical ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. No. 4842. 

 A shrub 5 to 7 ft. high ; leaves opposite, fleshy, glaucous ; flowers 

 axillary, subsessile, tubular, red. At the mouth of the river Loje, not 

 obviously parasitical ; fl. and fr. Nov. 1853. Coll. Caui'. 037. 



No. 4854, which is also quoted by Engler, I.e., p. 115 for this species, 

 has sessile and more crowded leaves and the flower-buds are rounded 

 and not truncate at the apex ; I have referred it to L. scssHifolius Pal. 

 Beauv. 



