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LXXXVII. LOEANTHACEiE 
sessile ; ovule solitary. Berry containing a single seed. — A small 
Order inhabiting temperate and tropical regions. 
Flowers coloured, f-2 in. long, 2-sexual . . . . .1. Loranthus. 
Flowers green, less than ^ in. long, 1-sexual . . . .2. Viscum. 
1. LORANTHUS. From the Greek lor on, a thong, and anthos, 
a flower, referring to the narrow corolla-lobes. — Tropical and 
temperate regions. 
Robust shrubs, the Simla species usually growing on oaks. 
Leaves thick, opposite, rarely alternate.. Flowers 2-sexual, shortly 
stalked, in clusters or racemes. Calyx-limb short, truncate. 
Corolla slender, tubular, curved, 4- or 5-lobed. Stamens attached 
near the mouth of the corolla-tube. Style long ; stigma terminal. 
Flowers tomentose. 
Buds sharply pointed 1. L. cordifolius. 
Buds globose 8. L. vestitus. 
Flowers glabrous. 
Corolla 4-lobed . 2. L. elatus. 
Corolla 5-lobed . . . . . . . . 4. L. longiflorus . 
1. Loranthus cordifolius, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 209. Young 
parts tomentose. Leaves opposite, stalked, usually cordate, broadly 
ovate, 2-3 in., both surfaces tomentose or the upper nearly glabrous. 
