Loranthus. | LORANTHACER. 315 
oe aa a Uoug = eapgt e " pias aeriny, peers corolla § to $ 
n. long; often large and conspicuous; leaves usually 
chorate, Perinat vos omens be seathe; ‘were fascicled 
very shortly spi . . L. tomentosus. 
. very thick- fi ea 1s, corda eor - ovate, beneath ru 
tomentose ; bract 3 times ee 8s the o nabs ea flowers long 
. Siamensis. 
+ All parts glab 
4 Racemes mas greyish tomentose; cor oie ‘}- 1 in. long, 5-merous, 
yellow or orange, the tube short, inflated, wesist tomentose 
outside . L. pentandrus. 
Racems se "yarely puberulous ; corolla 1-2 in. long, crimso 
coloured, ¢ bate, and somewhat inflated at the middle, 
aaa. ot reo 5-merou . L. longiflorus. 
+-++ Petals free fa the base ; corolla bright red or 
rimson. 
Flowers about 14 in. long, 6-merous; petals equal and elongate- LZ. Sage tts 
linear. lus 
Flowers wget about 4 lin. long, 5-merous, the petals dilated at the 
base and dite spoere ently : forge ovately inflated straight 
abe ; leaves tapering at the . L, pentapetalus. 
As former, but flowers 4-merous ; ned vounded or = cordate at the 
base . DL. coceineus, 
| * Brads tee leafy, may ‘eller a fee dhSicvel involucre 
: or united in a \-leafed one. Flowers crowded by 4 to 
6 and usually umbellate. 
L. involucratus, Roxb.—An evergreen, stout, parasitical 
ean, the young shoots often tawny-tomentose, the younger parts 
pale puberulous and inven d leaves opposite or nearly so, from 
ovate and cordate-ovate to oblong and elliptically oblong, on a 
rather slender petiole } to 4 in. long, sometimes somewhat unequal, 
entire, 3-4 in. long, more or less blunt, glabrous, coriaceous, but 
the nerves faintly visible ; flowers sessile, ‘nearly an inch long, spar- 
ingly puberulous, white, each supported by a large leafy bract, 
forming a eb hdrone 4-flowered, ae sessile involuer 
the tube ngs the towards the mouth, deeply 5-cleft, the lobes 
re revolute ; stamens 5; anthers oval; stigma 2-lobed ; berries 
ik Chittersne, 3 in forests. 
* Bracts minute or small, supporting each single flower 
without forming an tnvolucre. 
O Each flower 3-bracted, i. e., 1 bract and 2 bractlets Sree 
or united at the base. 
- L. globosus, Roxb sah ak ore + like all the other species. — 
Ne evergreen, small, branched, parasitical shrub, all parts quite 
glabrous ; leaves usually ea sicily alternate or by threes, on 
