DiELS—LORANTHACEAE. 251 
(siccis) prominulis praedita, 4-6 cm. longa, o°8-1°8 cm. lata. 
Flores extra-axillares pauci fasciculati, pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi. 
Bracteae obsoletae. Calyx bracteola triangulari adpressa suf- 
fultus, circ. 3 mm. longus, ore undulato paulum ampliatus, 
breviter ciliatus. Corolla glabra aurantiaco-kermesina, leviter 
curvata, cylindrica; tubus 15 mm. longus, superne circ. 2°5 
mm. latus, basin versus ad 3 mm. dilatatus ; limbi lobi 4 coch- 
leariformes 4-5 mm. longi, 1°5 mm. lati. Stamina 4, filamenta 
purpurascentia circ. 2 mm. longa, antherae 2°5cm.longae. Stylus 
20-25 mm. longus. Fructus flavus ovoideus. 
“ Banks of Mekong between Bati and Tsekou. Alt. 6000 ft. 
Tibet. 1904.”’ G. Forrest. No. 453. 
' “Plant of 1-3 ft. Flowers orange crimson, fruit yellow. 
Parasitical on many plants, but mostly those of the genera 
Prunus and Salix. On these in open situations amongst scrub 
on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 10’ N. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. May 1g06.”’ G. Forrest. No. 2215. 
‘“ This species is widely distributed in Yunnan. I have col- 
lected it in most valleys from Yunnanfu north to Tsekou 25°-28°. 
Most commonly parasitical on the Peach and a species of Salix. 
Alt. 4-10,500 ft. April—July.” 
A distinct species, as far as I can see, not closely allied to any 
of the species described from India. 
Loranthus caloreas, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Planta o*6-1'2 m. diamet. Rami valde nodosi verrucoso- 
asperi, cinereo-corticati. Folia parva, ad ramulos abbreviatos 
nodiformes fasciculata, breviter petiolata vel subsessilia, coriacea, 
glabra, oblanceolata vel oblonga obtusa, (sicca) praeter costam 
enervia, I°5-2 cm. longa, 2°5—5 mm. lata. Flores supra folia 
ad apices ramulorum pauci vel bini fasciculati, brevissime (1—2 
mm.) pedicellati. Bracteae minutae late reniformes. Bracteola 
calyci appropinquata subovata, apice obtusa saepe ustulata, 
‘6-2 mm. longa. Calyx ovoideo-cyathiformis, limbo in lobulos 
diruptus, 2-2°5 mm. longus. Corollae tubus curvatus et basi et 
apice attenuatus, intense scarlatinus, 2-2°5 cm. longus, limbi lobi 
4 demum reflexi, saturate virides, circ.0°5—0°6 cm.longi. Antherae 
mrertae edentatae, 3°5 mm. longae. Stigma capitatum parvum. 
lant of 2-4 ft. Flowers bright scarlet, limb of perianth 
bright green. Parasitical, forming dense brilliantly coloured 
masses on conifers only, in pine forests on the eastern flank of 
the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 15’ N. Alt. 911,000 ft. July 
1906.”’ G. Forrest. No. 2600. 
Allied to L. Balfourianus, Diels, but the leaves are smaller, 
nearly veinless, the branches very rough and grey-barked, the 
corolla-tube more curved, the free segments green. 
