lorantJtus. pentandria monogynia, 213 



oblong, attenuate-acute, remarkably convex and quite polished above; 

 in the former they are broader, obtuse, flat and somewhat remote.— 

 N. W. 



20 L. viridiflorm, Wall. 



Smooth. Leaves opposite, short petioled, lanceolate, tapering at 

 both ends, acuminate or obtuse. Racemes axillary, sub-fascicled, 

 with remote, pcdicelled, hexandrous, six-cleft, shortish flowers. 

 I ractes three under each ovarium. 



• have only found this species in the forest of Goukurrun in the 

 valley of Nipal, where it grows abundantly on trees. Time of blo3« 

 soming the hot season. 



Branches numerous, covered with ash-coloured, dotted bark ; the 

 primary ones sub-vertjcillate. — Leaves lanceolate, sometimes ovate- 

 lanceolate, mostly acuminate, with gibbous margins, about three 

 inches long, perfectly smooth, as is the whole plant; they are less 

 coriaceous than in most other species, and rather conspicuously reti- 

 culate. — Racemes axillary and from the vestiges of the fallen leaves, 

 solitary, or two or three together, sub-sessile, one-third shorter than 

 the leaves. — Flowers green, somewhat remote, scattered irregularly, on 

 peduncles, which are four lines long and jointed at the base. — Tube 

 of the corolla about an inch and half long, slightly ventricose, obtusely 

 six-cornered; limb divided regularly into six, rarely into five linear cla= 

 \ate, reflexed lacinia, which are nearly as long as the tube; their in* 

 •ide rugose, their extremity broadish-concave, acute. Filaments erect, 

 five or six, attached to the laciniae, decuirent to the base of the 

 corolla. Anthers small. — Ovary oblong, rounded at the base, and 

 supported by three persistent, ovate, unequal, concave, adpres'^ed, 

 sub-acute bractlets. Style filiform ; stigma rugose under the lens. 

 - — Berry small, ovate. 



SI. L* ligustrinus, Wall. 



Young parts and inflorescence villous. Leaves lanceolate, acu- 



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