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CXXIV. LORANTHACE^E. 
[Loranthus. 
Flowers i or more in a cup-shaped bract; 
sepals usually 2 . . . . . 7. Arceuthqbium 
Anthers opening by many pores; flowers in axillary 
threes or flattened heads. 
Leafy or leafless and with flat jointed stems; 
anthers combined with perianth lobes . 8. Viscum 
Leafy tomentose scurfy; anthers not combined 
with petals; flowers in small heads. . 9. Notothixos 
1 . LORANTHUS, Linn. 
Parasitic shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, fleshy, cori¬ 
aceous. Flowers in racemes, spikes or panicles axillary (rarely 
terminal) bracts small at base of calyx-tube, no bracteoles. Calyx- 
limb short, truncate. Corolla gamopetalous or petals free, lobes 
4 to 6; tube often split down one side. Stamens as many as lobes; 
anthers basifixed; style filiform; stigma capitate. Fruit drup¬ 
aceous crowned by persistent calyx. Seed albuminous in glutinous 
pulp. Tropics of Old World. 
Petals free, 5; flowers in racemes or spikes. 
Racemes involucrate at base .... 
Racemes sunk in base of branchlet. 
Leaves acute; petals rather thin 
Leaves blunt; petals very thick 
Racemes not involucrate nor sunk 
Petals free, 4 ; racemes rusty-pubescent 
Petals 4; flowers in sessile clusters. 
Branches stout, 4-angled; flowers large 
Branches rather slender terete; flowers very small, 
yellow ....... 
Corolla gamopetalous. 
Corolla 4-lobed; young parts red-tomentose or 
scurfy. 
Leaves oblong; flowers single or racemes few- 
flowered ...... 
Leaves elliptic, tomentose beneath; cymes 
dense, fascicled ..... 
Leaves elliptic, glabrous beneath when old; 
cymes lax, few-flowered .... 
Leaves elliptic or sub-orbicular, glabrous be¬ 
neath when adult; cymes umbellate tomen¬ 
tose ....... 
Corolla 5-lobed. 
Leaves densely orange-tomentose beneath 
Leaves glabrous. 
Racemes under -6 in. long, mealy; leaves 
very thick ...... 
Racemes over 1 in. long, mealy pubescent; 
leaves very thick ..... 
Leaves coriaceous; racemes glabrous; corolla 
i*6 in. long ...... 
Leaves very coriaceous, large ; racemes glabrous ; 
corolla 3 in. long, rose-pink 
Corolla 6-lobed. 
Pedicels i-flowered ; corolla 3*9 in. long . 
Pedicels 2-flowered; corolla 2 in. long 
(1) L. pulcher 
(2) L. heteranthus 
(3) L. crassipetalus 
(4) L. pentapetalus 
(5) L. coccineus 
(6) L. productus 
(7) L. Lobbii 
(8) L. obtectus 
(9) L. ferrugineus 
(10) L. malaccensis 
(n) L. estipitatus 
(12) L. casuarinse 
(13) L. crassus 
(14) L. pentandrus 
(15) L. longiflorus 
(16) L. grandifrons 
(17) L. Scortechinii 
(18) L. Duthieanus 
