HEXAND. MONOG. 703. Loranthus. 579 
703. LORANTHUS. Gfrw; inferior: calyx o-. corol 
6~deft, revolute : ftamuia placed on the tips of the 
petals; berry 
Peduncles i-flowered, chi tiered : leaves obovate. 
China. Eaft Indies. Roxb. CoromanJ. p. ii. t. h.g. 
Shrub parafitical :• leases oppoiice, downy beneath. 
Flowers 4-petalled, 4 at each joint of the tlem, whorled: 
leaves oblong, oppolite, nearly fellile. 
New Zealand. Lea^i'cs obtufe, ftiortcr than the flowers. 
Peduncles axillary, i-flowered : leaves ovate, glaucous. 
The Cape. '■Thunb. frodr. 58, WiUd. 2. p. 252, 
Leaves ovate-roundifli : peduncles axillary, 2-fiowered: 
corol tubular, curved. 
Eaft Indies. Lamarck, encycl. 3./. 5741 
Peduncles axillary, trifid ; pedicels i-fiowered: leaves ovate, 
entire. 
Jamaica. S^j^artz prodr, Fi.ind- ecc. 1./. 628. 
Racemes axillary, many-flowered : leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, acute. 
Eaft Indies. Roxb. Corr.mand. 2. p. 20. t. I 39. 
Flonvers leaning one way ; corol with a long tube. 
Racemes axillary, few-flowered: leaves linear, obtufe, la- 
terally falcate, glaucous. 
Madras. Fio^ucers falcate, fulvous. 
Racemes very fimple, as long as the leaves: peduncles r- 
flovvered, elongated: leaves obovate, obtufe, mucronate. 
St. Domingo. Jacq. Amer, 98 tab. 69. 
Racemes fimple, terminal ; flowers dioecous. 
Auftria. Jacq. Auftr. t. 30. Flench, ic. t. 248, 
Caljx obfolcteiy 6-toothcd ; berry ycllowiill. 
Flowers 5-malc: leaves lanceolate, nervelefs, nearly felTile; 
fpikes termif.al : bracles bearing the flow'crs. 
Peru. Lamarck, encycl, 3. p. 573. 
Spike terminal, covered with linear-lanceolate braftes. 
Leaves ovate : flowers axillary, cluftered, 4-cleft: caly.x 
truncate : fruit turbinate. 
Eaft Indies. Lamarck, encycl. 3.^. 574. 
Leaves elliptic, pubefeent underneath. 
Leaves ov'ate-rounded : peduncles axillary, fafcicled : tube 
of the corol very long ; joints of the branches knotty. 
Peru. Lamarck, encycl. 3. p‘S 7 i' 
Leaves ovate, obtufe: flowers cluflercd, lateral j nearly fef- 
file, with long tubes. 
