Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 37) 
cate cup cleft opposite the bract, shorter than the 
calyx-tube (Sect. III. Buume3za). 
Bract 2 mm. long, bracteole cup 2—3 mm. long; leaves 
thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, acuminate at apex, 
rounded or shortly attenuate at base; corolla-tube 
deep red, lobes green with purple margins .. 13. £. diantha. 
Bract 3—4 mm. long, bracteole-cup about 3 mm. long ; 
leaves thickly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, obtusely 
acuminate at apex, attenuate at base; corolla-tube 
red passing into green, lobes yellow bordered with 
red .. ae ys As, .. 14. #. Wrayt. 
1. ELYTRANTHE aLBIpA, Blume FI. Jav. t. 22 (1828 2} a large 
parasitic glabrous shrub; branches stout with pale grey bark and 
prominent nodes; branchlets thick, terete. Leaves opposite, char- 
taceous or subcoriaceous; ovate or oblong, obtuse or obtusely acute 
at apex, broadly cuneate or attenuate, often unequally, at base; both 
surfaces dull bluish-green when fresh, greyish brown when dry; 6— 
12cm. long, 3—7 cm. broad; midrib moderately stout, prominent 
on the lower surface, less so on the upper; main nerves 10—12 pairs, 
irregular, spreading, early-branched, joined by the slender secondary 
nerves and irregularly areolate reticulation, prominent especially on 
the lower surface ; petiole rather slender, 1—2 cm. long. Flowers in 
2—6-flowered distichous spikes, single or clustered in the axils of the 
leaves or of fallen leaves; peduncles stout, about 1 cm. long or 
longer; rhachis stout, decussately excavated to receive the flowers, 
usually about 1 cm. long or less; bract boat-shaped, concave, keeled, 
obtuse, 6—7 mm. long; bracteoles 2, thinner, as long as the bract and 
produced beyond it. Calyx-tube cupular, short, truncate. Corolla 
tube white, constricted above the ovary, then enlarged, curved, 2—3 
em. long; lobes 5—6, slender, bluish without, pale pink within, re- 
curvedin flower, 1 cm. long, thickened ina band in the middle within, 
the tip acute. Stamens 5—6; anthers 1—2 mm. long, oblong, apicu- 
late; filaments broad,crimson,5mm.long. Ovary ovoid, style rather 
thick; stigma small, capitate. Fruit not known. G. Don Gen. 
Hist. IIT. 428; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I. i. 832; Engl. & Prantl Naturl. 
Pflanzenfam. III. i. 189; van Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. XLII. 439; 
Koord. Exkurs. Fl. Jav. II. 163. Loranthus albidus, Blume Bijdr. 
665; DC. Prodr. IV. 299; Korth. Verhand. Loranth. 87; Hook f. Fl. 
Br. Ind. V. 222; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LVI. ii. 98; Brandis. 
Ind. Trees 551. L. leucosiphon, Griff. Notul. IV. 623 and Ic. Pl. Asiat. 
tt. 619, 621—623. 
SIAMESE States: Trang, King’s Collector 1422!. PENANG: 
