94 G. King — Oh the S2)ecies of Lorantlius indigenous to Perah. [No. I, 



Wall. Cat. 514 : Korth. Yerhand. Loranth. 80 ; Blume FI. Javae, Loranth, 

 33, t. 10 : L. farinosus, Desr. in Lamk. Encycl. iii, 697 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 Ed. Carey and Wall, ii, 221; Griff. Notul. IV, 616, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 

 620, f . 1, 2 ; Dendrophthoe pentandra and farinosa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I ; 

 pt. 1, 818, 819; Elytranthe farinosa, G. Don. Gen. Syst. IV, 427. 



Very common in all parts of the province at low elevations (Kunstler, 

 Nos. 4931, 7538, 7767 ; Scortechini, No. 605) ; distributed northwards 

 through Burmah and Chittagong as far as Sylhet, and southwards in the 

 Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago generally. Sir J. D. Hooker reduces 

 to this species L. rigidus, contractus, and Finlaysonianus, Wall. Cat. 

 Nos. 531, 6864, and 6871. 



13. L. Scortechinii, nov. spec. Glabrous, the young branches thick, 

 terete, scarcely swollen at the nodes, the bark reddish ; leaves coria- 

 ceous, petiolate, in verticels of about 6, oblong-lanceolate or oblong- 

 elliptic, the apex shortly caudate-acuminate, the base attenuate ; mid- 

 rib prominent on both surfaces, nerves invisible in fresh, obscure in 

 dry, specimens, about 15 pairs, sub-horizontal ; length of blade 7 to 8 

 inches ; breadth 2'25 to nearly 3 inches ; petioles stout, 1*25 in. ; 

 racemes with a thick, pitted, woody axis little more than 1-5 in. long, 

 axillary ; flowers numerous, crowded ; bract minute, cochleate, clawed ; 

 calyx tube cylindric, the limb irregularly dentate ; corolla curved, tubu- 

 lar, slightly expanded upwards and 6-angled near its junction with the 

 6-cleft limb ; lobes of limb linear, slightly expanded at the base, about 

 a fifth of the length of the tube ; anthers linear, obtuse, about half as 

 long as the lobes ; style as long as the stamens ; stigma globose, 

 small ; corolla tube 4 in. long, limb 1 inch. 



At elevations under 1000 feet, not common : Sortechini, No. 90b ; 

 Kunstler (King's collector), No. 6020. 



This is a fine species, and is distinguished amongst Asiatic Dendro- 

 pthoes by its large, verticillate leaves. The corolla is of a pale yellow, 

 the lobes of the limb being tinged with green : the stigma is red. 



14. L. Butliieanus, nov. spec. Young shoots terete, not swollen 

 at the nodes, bark pale pinkish, sparsely lenticellate ; axis of inflores- 

 cence and bracts minutely pubescent ; other parts quite glabrous ; leaves 

 coriaceous, alternate opposite or in verticels of 3, petiolate, oblong- elliptic 

 or elliptic-lanceolate with sub-acute apex and attenuate base, midrib 

 and nerves invisible in the fresh, slightly visible in dry, specimens ; 

 length of blade 2*5 to 3 inches, breadth "75 in. to 1 in., petiole '4 in. 

 long ; racemes slender, axillary, shortly pedunculate, about 6-flowered ; 

 bract small, cochleate, clawed ; bracteoles ; calyx-tube cylindric, the 

 limb, short, truncate, waved ; corolla tubular, bright red in colour, 

 curved, inflated upwards, constricted at the base and at the apex when ia 



