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miegra, incrassata, chartacea, supra fusco-viridia, subtus pallidiora, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque numerosis parallels cum costa supra 

 subconspicuis subtus prominulis ; petioli 2 mm. longi, basi leviter 

 incrassati. Pedunculi graciles, fere 3 cm. longi, 3-flori, bracteis 

 tribus sessilibus ornati quarum una basin prope usque ad 1 cm. 

 longa 5 mm. lata, ceterae medium prope flores obtegentes usque 

 ad 2*5 cm. longae 2 cm. latae, foliis similibus nisi pallidioribus 

 tenuioribus majoribusque basi cordatis apice acutis ; bracteolae 

 parvae, filiformes vel anguste lanceolatae. Alabastra clavata. 

 Perianthii tubus cylindraceus, 9 mm. longus, 2 mm. diametro, lobi 

 5, fere 5 mm. longi, squamae 10, lineares, lobis breviores. Stamina 

 10, inclusa. Ovarium densissime pilosum, 3 mm. altum. Craib, 

 Kew Bull. 1911, p. 452. 



Chiengmai, in open pine jungle on Doi Sootep, 915 m., Kerr, 814. 



LORANTHACEAE. 



Loranthus cultarum, Craib, L. pulverulento, Wall., similis sed 

 inflorescentiae indumento stellato, corolla multo breviore differt. 



Ramuli teretes, lenticellati, cortice cinereo vel rubro-brunneo. 

 Folia subelliptica vel ovato-lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi interdum 

 inaequalia, rotundata, 4-9'4 cm. longa, 2-5*2 cm. lata, subcoriacea, 

 matura glabra vel subtus pilis stellatis perpaucis instructa, juventute 

 utrinque stellato-tomentella, supra ferruginea, subtus pallida, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque 6-7 intra marginem arcuatis pagina utraque 

 prominulis nervis transversis uti reticulatione laxa prominulis ; 

 petioli 1 cm. longitudinis vix attingentes, glabrescentes. Inflores- 

 centia axillaris, petiolis duplo vel triple longior ; bracteae parvae ; 

 pedicelli circiter 4 mm. longi, stellato-tomentelli. Receptaculum 

 anguste turbinatum, 4 mm. altum, 1'5 mm. diametro, densius stellato- 

 tomentellum. Calyx fere obsoletus. Corottae extra stellato- 

 tomentellae intra glabrae tubus 1*6 cm. longus, inferne parum 

 dilatatus, unilateraliter fere ad basin fissus, lobi 4, reflexi, lineari- 

 spatulati, acuti, 7 mm. longi. Filamenta 2*5 mm. longa, glabra, 

 paullo supra corollae loborum basin inserta, antheris circiter 2 mm. 

 altis. Stylus stamina paullo superans, stigmate parvo capitato. 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 452. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 820 parasitic on cultivated trees, 

 Nerium Oleander and Pomegranate (ex Kerr}. 



Loranthus Kerrii, Craib, a L. pentandro, Linn., corolla multo 

 majore rccedit. 



Ramuli teretes, lenticellati, cortice cinereo vel brunneo subnitido 

 obtecti. Folia opposita, subopposita vel alterna, oblique lanceolata, 

 late lanceolata vel ovata, apice obtusa, basi attenuata vel obtusa, 

 6-18 cm. longa, 3-12 cm. lata, rigide coriacea, utrinque glabra, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque 2-4 obliquis pagina utraque conspicuis, 

 nervis transversis subconspicuis ; petioli O'7-l cm. longi, maturi 

 crassi. Liflorescentia axillaris, petiolis duplo saltern longior ; 

 bracteae solitariae, vix 3 mm. longae ; pedicelli circiter 4 mm. 

 longi. Receptaculum cylindraceum, 3 mm. altum, 2*5 mm. diametro, 

 tomentellum. Calyx conspicuus, margine subtruncatus vel irregu- 

 lariter lobatus, 1'5 mm. altus, glabrescens. Corolla aurantiaca 

 (ex Kerr) extra tomentella, intra loborum summo apice tubique ima 



