96 G. King* — On the Species of Lorantlius indigenous to PeraJc. [No. I, 



sliglitly curved, tubular, inflated at the base of the limb, lobes of the 

 limb 6, reflexed, sub- spat hulate, keeled externally, the tips thickened ; 

 anthers half as long as the lobes, linear, basifixed, with a slight process 

 at the union with the filament ; style filiform, as long as the stamens ; 

 stigma truncate ; berry "5 in. long, ovoid, bright yellow at first, black 

 when ripe ; length of corolla- tube 2-5 in., of limb '6 in. 



At elevations under 500 feet, H. H. Kunstler (King's collector), 

 Nos. 2669, 2760, 6009, 8460. 



This comes near L. formosus, BL, but has much larger leaves, which 

 have rounded (not acute) bases as in that species. The corolla also 

 differs. Mr. Kunstler describes this as a very handsome species, the tube 

 of the corolla being of a rich yellow, the limb bright green externally 

 and dark red inside. It is a large species, plants of it often reaching 8 

 to 10 feet in length. 



18. L. diantliiis, King and Scort. MSS. Quite glabrous, the young 

 shoots terete, thin, scarcely swollen at the nodes, the bark pale ; leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, entire, shortly petiolate, opposite, exactly lanceolate 

 rarely ovate-lanceolate, the apex acuminate ; midrib and primary nerves 

 slightly visible when fresh, rather distinct when dry ; length of blade 3 in. 

 to 5 in., breadth *75 in. to 2'5 in. ; petioles slender, "2 in. long ; cymes 

 axillary, sessile, 2-flowered ; bracts at base of cyme 2, decussate, ovate- 

 acute ; bracteoles of the individual flowers united into a short, thick 

 annulus which surrounds the base of the flower ; calyx-tube smooth, 

 cylindric, the limb short, truncate ; corolla narrowly tubular, inflated 

 and boldly 6-angled just under the limb, clavate in bud ; limb with 6 

 twisted, reflexed, oblanceolate or sub-spathulate lobes which are keeled 

 and inflated at the base ; anthers basifixed, linear, one-third of the 

 length of the lobes of the limb ; style filiform, as long as the stamens ; 

 stigma small, capitate : fruit globular, smooth, '5 in. in diara., crowned 

 by the calyx-limb ; length of corolla tube 2' 5 in. ; of limb '75 in. 



At elevations under 500 feet ; Scortechini, Nos. 76 and 604a ; 

 King's Collector, Nos. 1870, 6446. 



This species comes near formosus, BL, from which the sessile, 2- 

 flowered cymes, single, decussate pair of bracts, the annulus formed of 

 the united bracteoles, and the globular berry are the best characters to 

 distinguish it. This also must be near L. meluitangensis, Korth., of 

 which I have seen no specimen. The tube of the corolla of this species 

 is described as scarlet, and the lobes of the limb as green, with purple 

 edges and a pale line along the anterior surface. The late Father 

 Scortechini left a drawing of this species, to which I have added the 

 details. He left no MSS. name for the species, but, from a note on 

 the drawing, he appears to have considered it to be L. formosus, Bl. or 

 near it. 



