LoranthuB. PENTandria MONogynia? 2H 



A delicate, shrubby parasite ; found in the Silhet district growing 

 on Aterrlioa Carambola. 



8. L. peiitapetalus, R. 



Leaves opposite, from lanceolate to oval-cordate, and obliquely 

 attenuate, smooth. Rucemes axillary. Flowers pentandrous ; petals 

 five, willi enlarged, three-sided base. 



A laigp, very ramous, shrubby plant, found growing on various 

 trees in the forests of S/lhet. Flowers appearing about the begin- 

 ning of the rains in June. 



Branches and branchlets columnar and qtiite smooth. — Leave* 

 opposite, petioled, from lanceolate to ovate. cordate, obliquely atte- 

 nuate from the middle to the apex, entire, smooth, from three to 

 four inches long, and about two broad. — Racemes axillary, solitary, or 

 paired, straight, simple, often as long as the leaves, smooth. — • 

 Flowers very numerous, short-pedicelled, small, scattered, red. — 

 Bractes; an obliquely oval one embraces the base of the germ on the 

 outside. — Calyx superior, rather small, sub-entire, smooth. — Petals 

 five, the base of each swelled out into a fleshy, three-sided body, 

 giving to the bottom of the corol a globular form and meeting in the 

 centre, leaving only a small aperture for the style ; above tongue- 

 shaped, and recurved — Filaments five, inserted on the petals ; anthers 

 obovate — Germ oblong, one-celled, and containing one ovule, pen- 

 dulous from the top of the cell. Style four-sided, jointed, or appear- 

 ing so near the middle. Stigma a little en urged. Beriies oblono-, 

 smooth, greenish-yellow, one-seeded. 



Addition by N. IV. 



While I was in Nipal I received perfectly fresh specimens of thig 



exceedingly beautiful species from the valley of A'oa/co/e, where it 



blossoms in February and March; they agree in every respect with 



those from Sj'lhet. Younger branches alternately compressed.— 



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