Elceagnus.] cxxm. el^agnace^. 149 
tube as many as lobes (in males at base of perianth and twice as 
many). Ovary i-celled; style filiform; stigma lateral. Fruit 
a drupe or nut, covered with the thickened perianth-tube. Species 
about i6, mostly temperate regions. 
ELi£AGNUS, Linn. 
Shrubs (or trees) with silvery scales. Flowers bisexual, axillary 
in fascicles or racemes, tube campanulate or funnel-shaped; lobes 
4, valvate. Stamens 4. Fruit a drupe. Species 12, Europe, 
Temperate and tropical Asia, Australia, N. America. 
(1) E. latifolia Linn. Sp. PI. 121; Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. lxxv. 268. , .... 
Bushy climber; branchlets and leaves beneath covered with 
rusty silvery scales. Leaves membranous to coriaceous elliptic 
or elliptic-lanceolate, very variable, 2 to 4 in. long, 1-2 to 2 in. 
wide. Flowers bisexual or male greenish white in fascicles or 
racemes *8 in. long, lengthening. Perianth campanulate, *2 to '3 in. 
long Fruit ellipsoid, -4 to -8 in. long, orange with white spots; 
eatable. Hab. Penang Hill, on the roadside near the Bungalows. 
Dislrib. Indo-Malaya, China. 
A large mass of this has been here for many years, but I do not think it 
is indigenous. 
Order CXXIV. LORANTHACE IE. 
Parasitic shrubs on trees or on other Loranths; much branched. 
Leaves usually opposite, coriaceous, sometimes 0. Flowers bi- 
or uni-sexual, sometimes large and showy; racemose, spicate, 
fascicled or capitate, usually bracteate and with two or more 
bracteoles. Calyx small adnate to ovary; limb very short or o. 
Petals 3 to 8 valvate, free or connate in a tube. Stamens as many 
and opposite petals, and adnate to them; filaments slender or o; 
anthers opening by slits or rows or pores. Ovary inferior, i-celled; 
style short or long; stigma simple. Fruit a pulpy viscid drupe. 
Seed 1 with no distinct testa. Chiefly tropical, whole world 
(Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxxv. iii. 35 °)■ 
Flowers bisexual, often large. 
Calyx-tube supported by a bract, no bracteoles. 
Anthers basifixed • ••••• 
Anthers dorsifixed • 
Bracts and 2 bracteoles. 
Anthers basifixed . . * * 
No bracts, bracteoles o to 4. Inflorescence a 
cone-shaped involucrate head 
Flowers unisexual, very small. 
Anthers 2-celled opening longitudinally. 
Leafy plants; flowers in jointed spikes 
Leafless jointed ; plants very small. 
Flowers in axils of scales hairy at base; sepals 3 
1. Loranthus 
2 . Lox ANTHER A 
3. Elytranthe 
4. Lepeostegeres 
5. Ginalloa 
6. Korthalsella 
