1380 CXIV, LOEANTHACEiE. [LorantJius. 



sinuate-toothed. Petals 5 or 6, free, narrow, about lin. long, not dilated at the 

 end. Anthers adnate, linear, very narrow.— i. indicus, DC. Prod. iv. 305, not 

 of Desr. 



Hab.: Islancls of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Broim; Gilbert Eiver, F. o. Mueller; N.E. 

 Coast, A. Cwininyham, R. Brown (both with long narrow leaves).— Bcnt/i. 



The variations in the leaf appear to be the same as in the ease of L. longiflorus and L, 

 pendulus, but not having seen the sessile cordate and the narrow petiolate leaves on the 

 same specimen, I am unable to say whether they represent distinct varieties or different 

 ages or parts of the same individual. The species is also in Timor, whence De CandoUe 

 had the specimen in which he thought he had identified Desrousseaux' L. indicus, above 

 j-eferred to L. loiifii/lorus. Cuming's n. 1945, from the Philippine Islands, may also be the 

 same, and it so, the species has a wide range in the Archipelago, but is not, I believe, in 

 Continental India. — Benth. 



11. I., sanguineus (blood-red), F. r. M. Fragm. i. 177, and Hep. 

 Biirdek. F.x-ped. 13 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 393. Glabrous and more or less 

 glaucous, usually pendulous. Leaves mostly opposite, oblong-linear to linear- 

 lanceolate and falcate, obtuse, 3 to (jin. long, thick, obscurely veined or veinless. 

 Flowers axillary, the common peduncle bearing 3 or 4 umbellate divaricate 

 branches, as in L. pendulus, but each with only 1 flower. Calyx-border very 

 short, truncate. Petals 5 or 6, free, narrow, about l^in. long, the slightly 

 dilated apex of the bud remarkably angular. Anthers adnate, linear. Stigma 

 capitate, much larger than in the allied species. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



12. L. bifurcatus (twice forked), Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 393. Glabrous and 

 more or less glaucous, Leaves mostly opposite, linear-lanceolate, falcate, obtuse 

 or almost acute, 4 to Sin. long, thick, often 8-nerved. Flowers axillary, the 

 common peduncle twice-forked, each branch bearing a single flower, without any 

 in the forks. Calyx-border reduced to a scarcely conspicuous line. Petals 5 or 

 6, free, narrow, about lin. long, the buds dilated at the base to a diameter greater 

 than that of the calyx-tube, and clavate, but not angular at the end. Stigma 

 not large. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R, Brown. Allied to L. sanguineus axii L. pendubis, 

 differing from both chiefly in the ramification of the peduncle. — Benth. 



13. I>. linophyllus (leaves at times hoary or woolly), Fenzl in Hue;/. Enum. 

 56 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 893. Quite glabrous or the young shoots inflorescence 

 and flowers, or the inflorescence only, hoary-tomentose or almost woolly. Leaves 

 opposite, terete and usually slender, like those of L. Uncarifolius, or sometimes 

 thicker, but never flat, mostly 2 to Sin. long, but sometimes above 4 or under 

 l^in. Flowers in axillary or lateral cymes, the common peduncle very short, 

 bearing an umbel of 3 or 4, rarely 2 rays; each with a partial cyme of 3 or rarely 

 5 flowers, as in L. pendulus. Calyx-border scarcely prominent, truncate. Buds 

 slender, clavate at the end. Petals free, 9 to 10 lines long. Anthers adnate, 

 oblong-linear. — Miq. in PI. Preiss. i. 279 ; L. Preissii, Miq. I.e. 283, Bebr in 

 Linnpea, xx. 625 ; L. Casuarinw, Miq. I.e. 279 ; L. scoparius, Miq. I.e. 280. 



Hab.: On the Casuarinas along the banks of the Brisbane Eiver, Moreton Bay, Warwick, 

 and many other localities. 



14. I., pendulus (hanging), Sieh. in DC. Prod. iv. 294, mid Mem. Lor. t. 1 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 394. Glabrous. Leaves mostly opposite, from obovate 

 oblong-cuneate and about 2in. long, to linear-lanceolate attaining sometimes 

 lOin. or even more, thick and usually 3 or 5-nerved, sometimes 

 sessile, broad and cordate. Flowers in axillary cymes, the common peduncle 

 short, bearing an umbel of 3 or 4 rarely 2 rays, each with a partial cyme of a 

 rarely 5 flowers, the central one sessile, or rarely all pedicellate. Calyx-border- 



