100 G. King — On the S_pecies of Lorantlius indigenous to PeraJc. [No. 1, 



Loranthus (Sect. Loxanthera) Lampongtis, nov. spec. Branches terete, 

 scurfy when young, as are the peduncles, ultimately all parts glabrous : 

 leaves thickly coriaceous, opposite or sub-opposite, entire, petiolate, ovate- 

 oblong to broadly ovate, apex sub-acute, or acute, base rounded, rarely 

 sub-acute, the midrib very prominent and the nerves very indistinct 

 on both surfaces, length of blade 4 to 5 inches : petioles stout, about 

 •75 in. long ; flowers in pairs on crowded short, stout, bifurcate axil- 

 lary peduncles ; calyx tube short, cylindric, the limb truncate, irre- 

 gularly and obscurely sinuate, sub-crenate ; corolla nearly 1*5 in. long, 

 clavate in bud, the cylindrical tube slightly inflated about the middle, 

 cleft at the apex to about one third of its length into 6 linear-lanceolate 

 lobes ; stamens 6, the filament arcuate, dilated at the apex, and at- 

 tached to the back of the linear anther below its middle ; style fili- 

 form ; stigma minute, clavate : bracteole short, broad, minute. 



Lampongs, Sumatra : H. O. Forbes, No. 1737. 



The curved filaments and dorsifixed anthers put this unmistakeably 

 into the section Loxanthera. That section, however, as at present de- 

 fined, is 5-merous. The definition of it must therefore be altered to 5 or 

 6-merous. 



Loranthus (Sect. Lepiostegeres) Forhesii, nov. spec. Glabrous ; the 

 branches terete, with pale bark, swollen at the nodes ; leaves coriaceous, 

 petiolate, entire, opposite, ovate-oblong, sub-acute, the base rounded, or 

 slightly cordate ; midrib thick, prominent on the under surface ; the 

 nerves about 6 pairs, indistinct on both surfaces when fresh, slightly 

 distinct on the upper surface when dry ; length of blade 4-5 in. to 5-5 

 in. : breadth 2 in. to 2*5 in. ; petiole stout, '75 in. long ; capitula 4 to 6- 

 flowered, axillary, sessile, strobiliform, the bracts large, coloured, 

 keeled, in two series, an outer and an inner ; the outer series of 5 or 6 

 decussate pairs of which the upper pair are 2*3 in. long, the second 

 pair about half as long, and the outer pairs gradually shorter, all ob- 

 tuse ; the inner series of 2 pairs, narrower than the outer, acuminate ; 

 each flower surrounded by 4 linear-lanceolate, keeled bracteoles about 

 1 inch in length ; calyx tube very short, 6-toothed ; corolla tubular, 

 slightly widened above, the tube 6-angled, cleft for about one third of 

 its entire length into 6, lanceolate, acuminate teeth : filaments flattened, 

 grooved, adnate to the corolla-tube ; anthers linear, subulate, with a pro-* 

 cess at their bases : style filiform, as long as the stamens ; stigma small, 

 cylindric. 



Sumatra, near Kepala, at an elevation of 1200 feet. H. O. Ferbes, 

 Herb. No. 2844. 



Mr. Forbes found this superb species growing on a Leguminous 

 tree. The bracts he describes as being scarlet, and the corolla of a 

 brilliant lake colour. 



