1887.] G. King — On the S])ecies of Lorantlius indigenous to PeraJc. 97 



19. L. evenius, Bl. Fl. Javae Loranth. t. 16 ; L. avenis, Bl. Bijdr. 

 663. ; Korthals Verhand. Loranth. 85 ; DC. Prod. IV, 397 ; Elytranthe 

 avenis^ G. Don. Syst. iii, 426. 



Found only once in Perak by Fatlier Scortechini : extends also to 

 Sumatra. 



20. L. platyphyllus, nov. spec. Quite glabrous. Young branches 

 4-angled ; leaves opposite or sub-opposite, thinly coriaceous, subsessile, 

 broadly ovate-rotund or sub-orbicular, edges entire or unequally and' 

 remotely crenate, the apex obtuse, the base cordate ; primary lateral 

 nerves about 4 pairs, curving, somewhat distinct on both surfaces, the 

 midrib rather prominent ; length and breadth of blade about 4*5 in. ; 

 petiole less than '15 in. long, stout ; racemes very short, axillary, about 

 4-flowered ; bract single, bracteoles minute, coalescing into a sinuate- 

 edged cup less than a quarter of the length of the cylindrical, truncate, 

 calyx-tube ; corolla large, curved, tubular, expanding slightly upwards, 

 6-angled and inflated below the apex, clavate when in bud ; limb 6- 

 cleft, the lobes spreading, linear-lanceolate or sub-spathulate, blunt and 

 inflexed at the tips, each with 2 ridges on the inner surface, inflated 

 and keeled at the base ; filaments adherent to the tube ; anthers linear, 

 basifixed ; tube of corolla 3'5 in. long ; limb '8 in. ; style filiform, as 

 long as the stamens ; stigma small, sub-capitate ; fruit unknown. 



Found only once by Scortechini, who has not noted the exact 

 locality. 



A species recognisable at once amongst the Asiatic species of Ma- 

 crosolen by its large sub-sessile, nearly orbicular leaves. 



b. racemulosae. 



21. L. amjjullaceus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I, 552, ii, 189, and Ed. Carey and 

 Wall, ii, 209 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V, 220 ; DC. Prod. IV, 296 ; Kurz 

 For. Fl. Burm. ii, 316; Wall. Cat. 502. L. suh-uml>ellatus,B\.B{\diY. 

 662 and Fl. Jav. Loranth. t. 18 ; L, sphaerocarpus, Bl. Bijdr. 661 and 

 Fl. Jav. Loranth. t. 17 ; DC. Prod. IV, 297 ; Macrosolen pallens, sphae- 

 rocarpus and oleioides, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i, Pt. 1, 830, 831 j Elytranthe 

 sphceroidea, Don. Gard. Diet. IV, 127. 



On Ulu Bubong, at elevations from 500 to 1000 feet : Kunstler, 

 Nos. 7866 and 10697. This species, as limited by Sir J. D. Hooker 

 in his Flora of British India, is distributed from Bengal, Assam, and the 

 Khasia Hills to Penang, Malacca, and Singapore. I agree with Hooker 

 in considering it as probably a mere form of L. glohosus, Roxb. ; and, 

 if this view be correct, the synonymy of glohosus should be reduced 

 here. The Wallichian species pollens (Cat. 523), carinulatus (529), 

 sub-glohusus (538), oleifolius, (524), viridiflorus, (512), are all forms 

 of the same widely distributed and therefore variable plant. 

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