90 Dr. Arnott on some new or rare Indian Plants, 



This genus occurs principally in the south-west parts of 

 India : it does not appear to be found in Java. 



LoRANTHUS^ L. [Loranthacece). 



L. lageniferus (Wight) ; corolla longe tubulosa aequaliter 5-fida, 

 antheris erectis, involucro campanulato magno colorato circa 

 Acres paucos subcapitatos. Wight, Cat. n. 2437. Hook. Ic. PL 

 t. 229, 230. 

 Hab. in Malabaria ; Wight. 



Lignosus glaber parasiticus. Folia opposita petiolata, petiolo 2 — 4 

 lineas longo, ovato-lanceolata seu elliptico-oblonga, obtusa basi ro- 

 tundata, plurinervia, crassa, coriacea. Pedunculi fasciculati ad ramos 

 annotinos orti, brevissimi, apice involucrum sanguineum gamophyl- 

 lum campaimlatum magnum 4 — 5 lobum ferentes. Flores 4 — 5 in 

 fundo involucri subsessiles. Calycis limbus cupularis membrana- 

 ceus repando-5-dentatus. Corolla pulverula tubulosa, involucrum 

 duple superans, apice supra medium quinquefida, versus laciniarum 

 basin per sestivationem inflatim annulata, laciniis linearibus demum 

 reflexis. Antherae erectae. 



Sin Invohicratos DeCandoUei, seu Lepeostegeres Blumii, bracteis 

 quandoque coalitis gaudere posse putes, turn haec nova ac pulcher- 

 rima species cum iis coUocari debet : sin non, ad novam finitimamque 

 inter Symphyanthos subsectionem pertinebit facillime diagnosi supra 

 data limitatam. 



This is perhaps the most beautiful of the genus : its blood- 

 red involucres are about an inch long and 4 to 6 lines across. 



PoLYCARPJEA, Lam. {Paronychiacece), 



1. P. corym&osa (Lam.); sulFruticosa vel herbacea, caulibus ple- 

 rumque albo-tomentosis, foliis ex oblongo-lanceolatis in linearia 

 vel etiam setacea fasciculatis,floribus cymose-corymbosis, sepalis 

 scariosis lanceolatis acuminatis enerviis, petala subovalia obtusa 

 capsulamque 2 — 3-plo superantibus. — a, radice simplici uni- 

 cauli, caule simplici vel ramis elongatis erectis simpliciusculis. 

 — P. corymbosa. Lam. Wight, Cat. n. 1172. — /3, caulibus di- 

 chotome ramosis, rarius (et tunc e radice lignoso multicipiti 

 pluribus) simpliciusculis. — P. spadicea. Lam. Wight et Am. 

 Prod.Fl.Penins.Ind. Or. i. p. 357. — a, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 obtusiusculis, corymbis densissimis. Wight, Cat. n. 1168. — b, 

 foliis approximatisoblongo-linearibuSjStipulas vix superantibus, 

 corymbis densis. Wight, Cat. n. 1 169. — c, foliis linearibus subu- 



