Lorantlms] XCVI. LOEAHTHACEiE 549 



(p) Spikes many-fld., pubescent. 



8. L. coccineus, Jack. Oachar. Pegu. Teiiasserim. Siam. Malay Penins. and 

 Archip. Similar to 6, but 1. usually alternate, racemes and fl. rusty-tomentose, fl.. 4- 

 merous. fr. ovoid, prolonged into a narrow neck, crowned by the 4-tootlied calyx. 9. 

 L. Hookerianus, Wight & Arn. Southern hills of the Peninsula.— Ceylon. Similar to 

 8, fl. J in long, fr. small globose, crowned with the cupular calyx. 10. L. WigMii 

 Hook. f. Courtallum. L. 1-1^ in., fl. J in. long. 



(c) One or two pairs of fi. on short axillary racemes. 



11. L. ligustrinus, Wall. Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, ascending 

 to 4,000 ft. Assam. Chittagong. Young shoots and inflorescence rusty pubescent, 

 L. opposite, the uppermost sometimes alternate, blade 1-3, narrowed into pet. J in. 

 PL \ in. long, pale pink outside, deep red within, on axillary racemes much shoi-ter than 

 the subtending 1., pedicels opposite, 2 pairs of fi. often with a terminal. 12. L. terrestris, 

 Hook, f . Similar to 11. Probably a root parasite, quite glabrous, racemes larger, often 

 •compound. 



C. Petals connate into a nsnaliy 4-lobed corolla, deeply cleft behind. Fl. 

 between \ and 1| in., in axillary fascicles, rarely racemose, calyx scarcely 

 produced beyond ovary, anthers narrow, cells indistinct. 



(a) L. glabrous or nearly so, fr. turbinate. 



13. L. elatus, Edgew. {L. umhelNfer, Brandis P. PL 397). Vern. Naratha, Jumna. 

 Plimalaya 5-8,000 ft. from the Sutlej eastwards. L. glabrous, coriaceous, ovate, acumi- 

 nate, base rounded or cordate, blade 4-6, pet. I in. PL 1-1^ in. long, on short axillary 

 racemes. 14. S. umbellxfer, Scliultes. Himalaya from Nepal eastwards, 2-5,000 ft. 

 Khasi hills, common. Similar to 13. Youngest shoots rusty pubescent. L. elongate- 

 elliptic, base acute, blade 2-5, pet, ^ in. PL red. 



(&) L. mealy or scurfy, usually strictly opposite, fr. pyriform or clavate. 



15. L. Scurrula, Linn. ; Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 140. Vern. JBindu^cH, Beiunr/li, Thana. 

 Common throughout India and Burma, not in the Punjab and Sind. In the Sub- 

 himalayan tract, ascending to 2,000, in the Burma hills to 4,000 ft. — Pound on many 

 different species, in Bombay common on Fferocarpus Marsupium, inSinghbum abundant 

 on Woodfordiaflorihuncla, — Ceylon. Malay Penins. and Archip. Young shoots, under- 

 side of young 1. and inflorescence densely clothed with grey or brown scurfy tomentum, 

 1. usually elliptic, base rounded, blade 1-5, pet. i-;^ in. PL -1-1 in. long,iin dense axillary 

 fascicles or short racemes, corolla slender, curved, greenish-yellow^, lobes 4, linear, short, 

 filaments purple, fr. pear-shaped J in. long. Exceedingly variable. 16. L. cordifolius, 

 Wall. North West Himalaya, ascending to 5,000 ft. Hazaribagh. Nilgiris. Ceylon. 

 Hardly specifically distinct from 15. Branchlets and leaves white-tomentose, 1. ovate, 

 base cordate. 17. L. rhopalocarpus, Kurz. Arakan, Pegu. Tenas&erim. Small, densely 

 hranched. L. sometimes alternate, obovate or cuneate, 1-2 in., fr. linear-club-shaped, 

 J-| in. long, apex truncate. 18. L. pulverulentus, Wall. Subhimalayan tract and outer 

 ranges ascending to 8,000 ft., from Chamba eastwards, Manipiir. Upper Burma. 

 Branches stout, shoots and young 1. densely clothed with soft fugacious tomentum. 

 L. ovate, blade 2-8, pet. J-1 in., sec. n. distinct. Racemes axillary, often fasciculate, 

 as well as fl. and fr. shortly white-tomentose, fl. slender, curved, 1-1| in. long, lobes 4, 

 short. Pr. clavate, J-J in long. 19. L. tHelocarpus, Hook. f. Chittagong. Shoots and 

 underside of 1. with fine tawny tomentum, 1. ovate, blade 2-3, pet. J in. Pr. club-shaped, 

 top rounded, tuberculate. 



(c) L. tomentose, opposite, fr. ellipsoid. 



20. L. vestitus, Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 230; Collett, Simla PL 439, fig. 142. North 

 West Himalaya, from the Ravi to the Sarda river, common on Quercus incana, Oudh 

 forests. Nepal. Xhasi hills. Branches stout, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and 

 inflorescence clothed with soft brown or tawny tomentum. P. ovate- or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, blade 2-4, pet. J in. long. PL J-| in., pedicellate, in sessile or pedunculate 

 fascicles, fr. ^-J in. long. 



D. Petals connate into a nsnaliy 5-lobed corolla. Fl. between | and 2| in. 

 long in axillary clusters or racemes (solitary in L. Stocksii). Calyx toothed, 

 produced beyond ovary. 



(a) M. glabrous, corolla-lobes shorter than tube. 



21. L. longiflorus, Desrousseaux ; Wigbt Ic. t. 302.— Syn. L. Mcolor, 

 Boxb. Cor. PL 1. 139. Vern. Eana, Kasbm. ; Parand, Kangra ; Ajeru, Nep. ; 

 FagacJia, Hazaribagb ; Kaurak, Bbil j Kainguli, Mar. ; Bindukli, Thana ; 

 Badanike, Kan. 



