352 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
funnel-shaped, under 2 em. long; leaves very 
coriaceous ba .. 13. ZL. crassus. 
Racemes 2—3 cm. long, Seay sabeacenee corolla 
ventricose at base, 1°5—2 cm. long; leaves thickly 
coriaceous... .. 14. DL. pentandrus. 
Racemes 4—7 cm. long, Oneeanet ; cores gradually 
enlarging, 4 cm. long; leaves coriaceous .. 15. L. longifiorus. 
Racemes 6—10 cm. long, glabrous; corolla inflated 
above the middle, 6- 8 cm. long; leaves very 
coriaceous, large. his hs .. 16. L. grandifrons. 
Corolla 6-lobed ; fruit cylindric. 
Pedicels 1-flowered (Sect. III. KIncELLA). 
Leaves oblong, over 15 cm. long; corolla 10 cm. 
long; anthers 8—10 mm. long Py .. 17. LZ. Scortechint. 
Pedicels 2-flowered (Sect. 1V. ARcutwvs). 
Leaves elliptic, under 8 cm. long; corolla 4—5 cm. 
long; anthers 2 mm. long : .. 18. DL. Duthieanus. 
1. Lorantuus PULCHER, DC. pre IV. 295 (1830). A large 
parasitic shrub growing in large masses on the stems of trees and 
reaching 6—8 {t. or more in height ; branchlets robust, terete, with 
greenish-grey, shining papery bark, uppermost angular; lenticels 
elongate, leafscars very prominent. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 
sometimes whorled, very coriaceous, glabrous ; lanceolate, ovate or 
elliptic oblong, long-acuminate at apex, acute to rounded at base ; 
upper surface dark green, lower paler, both light olive-brown when 
dry and minutely impressed punctate; margin recurved ; 8—20 cm. 
long, 2—8 cm. broad; midrib stout; main nerves about 6—10 pairs, 
nearly horizontal, short and interarching near the margin, rarely 
visible ; petiole stout, variable, 5—20 mm. long. Racemes or spikes 
subterminal or axillary, solitary or fascicled, densely-flowered from 
base to point, 10—30 cm. long; the bases surrounded by an involucre 
of linear tawny scales; rhachis stout; pedicels thick, up to 3 mm. 
long; bract boat-shaped, acute and ciliate at apex. Calyx urceo- 
late, 2—3 mm. long; limb annular. Corolla in bud 8 mm. long, 
constricted in the middle ; petals 5, red or the tips yellowish, linear 
oblong, acute at tip, recurved when open from the middle, the 
upper part above the stamens having, beneath the thin inner 
epidermis, a layer of long narrow unicellular hairs, otherwise 
glabrous. Stamens inserted on the middle of the petals with a 
rugosity below them; filaments flat, 1—2 mm. long; anthers 2 mm. 
long, the inner valves of the cells shorter than the outer which are 
curved at the top. Ovary short; style somewhat stout, 6 mm. 
long; stigma hardly capitate. Fruit subcylindric, truncate at apex, 
5—6 mm. long, pericarp greenish-sticky within. Seed toothed at 
