1887.] G. King—On the Species of Lorantlius indigenous to Perak. 99 



sessile, snb-globose when young, afterwards strobiliform and much elon- 

 gate ; the bracts large, numerous, imbricate, coloured, from oblong to 

 semi-orbicular, obtuse, the inner 2 to 3 inches long, the outer gradually 

 shorter, all empty ; calyx short, cylindric, truncate ; corolla, 3 to 3'5 in. 

 long, the tube splitting into 6, very narrow, linear segments which are 

 united for about "5 in. at the base, and then again slightly just below 

 the twisted, reflexed, linear, obtuse segments of the limb ; anthers 

 linear, pointed, basifixed, '5 in. long : style filiform ; stigma small, 

 rounded, exserted slightly beyond the anthers ; fruit sub-angular, globose, 

 •3 in. in diam. 



Rare in the province ; occurring at elevations under 2000 feet. 

 Scortechini, 1208 ; King's Collector, ISTos. 5793 and 7956. Found also in 

 Borneo by Sig. Beccari (Herb. Becc. P. B. 1171). 



This is the finest of all the Asiatic species of Loranthus. The enor- 

 mous bracts are of a pale red colour ; the tube of the corolla is of a 

 deep claret purple, while the reflexed limb is yellow. The whole in- 

 florescence is about 6 inches long and forms a most striking object. 



25. Lorantlius Kingii, Scortechini MSS. Young branches pale, 

 terete, swollen at the nodes, slightly lenticillate when young, otherwise 

 quite smooth ; leaves coriaceous, petiolate, opposite, exactly ovate- 

 lanceolate, smooth and with the nerves invisible on both surfaces, the 

 midrib prominent below ; length of blade 3 in. ; breadth 1*25 in. to 1.5 

 in. ; petiole about '5 in. ; capitula sessile, axillary, strobiliform, 4 to 6- 

 flowered ; bracts large, empty, coloured, keeled., in two series, an outer 

 and an inner ; the outer of 6 to 7 decussate pairs, the uppermost of which 

 IS linear- oblong, obtuse, 1*5 in. long, the lower pairs gradually smaller 

 and more or less acute ; the inner series of a single lanceolate pair ; 

 bracteoles round each individual flower 4, linear- lanceolate, about '75 

 inch long; calyx very short, 6-toothed; corolla narrowly infundibu- 

 liform, curved below the middle, 1*75 in. long, split nearly half-way 

 down on one side, and cleft at the apex for about one-fifth of its entire 

 length into 5, lanceolate, acuminate, reflexed teeth ; anthers basifixed, 

 linear, subulate, with a slight process at their bases ; style filiform, 

 about as long as the stamens ; stigma small, sub-capitate ; fruit elongated 

 ovoid, crowned by the remains of the calyx- tube. 

 * Perak ; Scortechini, No. 1251. 



The late lamented Father Scortechini left only a single specimen of 



this with me. It appears, however, to agree with an imperfect specimen 



in the Calcutta Herbarium from Malacca (Herb. Maingay No. 695). 

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I take the present opportunity of describing two new species col- 

 lected by Mr. H. O. Forbes in Sumatra — both handsome plants, be- 

 longing respec tively to the sections Loxanthera and Lepiostegeres. 



