205 PENTANDBIA MONOGYNIA. Loranthus. 



that part of the branch oi the tree above where it grows, becomes 

 sickly and soon perishes. 



It should be compared with L. longijloras- ft differs from GaerU 

 net's Lonicera zeylanica in not having the calyx of the fruit, and in 

 having only five pans in the corol ; but in the lacemes they agree. 

 1 cannot reconcile it with L. fakatus of L nneus's supplement urn, 

 nor with L. hniceroides, Lain, for here the inflorescence bears no 

 resemblance to an involucred umbel. Neither can it be L. pentan* 

 druSy as there the leaves are alternate, with petiols nearly as long 

 as the racemes; in short I cannot well reconcile it to any of the 

 hitherto described species. It unites the two genera of Loranthus 

 and Lonicera.— In Bengal I have found it with leaves from five to 

 six inches long, and four or five broad. 



2. JL. Scurrula, Willd. spec. ii. 9,32,—Roxb. Coram, ii. 19. tab. 140. 

 leaves opposite, ovate, underneath downy. Flowers axillary, fas-* 



cicled. Corol irregular, four-cleft; stamens four. Berries turbinate. 

 The Telingas have no other name for this than Wadinika. 



It is also a parasitical shrub, but considerably smaller than the 

 last and much more scarce; grows upon branches, of trees in the 

 same manner. Flowers during the wet season. 



Leaves oppposite, petioled, cordate, scolloped, covered with soft, 

 white down underneath ; about two inches long, and one and half 

 broad. — Peduncles numerous, collected in the axib, one- or more- 

 fiowered.— Flowers considerably gnudler than in the last species, of 

 a rusty grey colour, and covered with grey farinaceous dns*. — Brae- 

 tes one, pressing on the germ as in the last. Calux of the fruit no 

 oiher than the bracte of the flower, as in the former.— Corol one- 

 petalled ; tube swelled towards the base. — Border four-paited, up- 

 per fissure deepest ; divisio?i linear, reflexed ; stamens four, the pistil 

 as in the last species. — Berry top-shaped, one-seeded. 



3. L. globosus s It. 



Leaves opposite, oblong, smooth ; spikes axillary. Corols regular, 

 six-cleft. Berries round, oval. 



