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LXXXVII. LORANTHACEiE 
sessile ; ovule solitary. Berry containing a single seed.— A small 
Order inhabiting temperate and tropical regions. 
Flowers coloured, 2 in. long, 2-sexual . . . .1. Lorardhus. 
Flowers green, less than \ in. long, 1 -sexual . . .2. Viscum. 
1. LORANTHUS. From the Greek loron, 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 . . . . . . . . 3. L. vestitus. 
Flowers glabrous. 
Corolla 4-lobed . . . . . . . 2. L. elatus. 
Corolla 5-lobed . . . . . . . 4. L. longijlorus. 
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 
