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base of the ovary. Peduncles^ ovaries and calyces hoary 

 with short dense wool. Calyx superior, distinctly five- 

 toothed. Corolla above two inches long, slightly tomentose 

 without, pale rosy with a greenish limb ; tube gibbous below, 

 contracted a little above the base, then widening upwards 

 till it suffers a second contraction before expanding into the 

 limb, which is about a fourth the length of the tube, five- 

 parted, with reflexed segments. Stamina five, erect. Style 

 longer than the stamina. Stigma clavate. Berry crowned 

 with the calyx, hoary, and mealy, ovate, one-seeded. 



Obs. — This beautiful species comes nearest to L.farinosa, 

 Lam. but differs in the pubescence of the young leaves and 

 branches, and the much greater length of the tube of the 

 corolla." 



LORANTHUS PATULUS. (W. J.p 



*' Leaves opposite, elliptic-ovate, smooth ; flowers on long 

 pedicels, paniculate-racemose, axillary or below the leaves ; 

 tube of the corol acutely six-angled, equal in length to the 

 segments of the limb. 



Found in the interior of Bencoolen. 



Branches smooth. — Leaves opposite, petioled, elliptic- 

 ovate, rather obtuse, sometimes sub-acute, entire, smooth, 

 coriaceous ; about three inches long. — Flowers paniculate- 

 racemose on long divaricate pedicels, axillary or below the 

 leaves. The racemes are shorter than the leaves from which 

 they spring. Bractes two or three, embracing the ovary 

 like a calycle. Calyx an entire margin. Corolla green, 

 tipped with light red and with a purplish tinge towards the 

 base, tube clavate, dilated upwards, acutely six-angled ; limb 

 six-parted, segments as long as the tube, narrow, revolute. 

 Stamina six, erect. Style as long as the stamina. Stigma 

 capitate. Berry sub-globose, one-seeded." 



* Roxb. op, cit. 2. p. 214. 



