CXXIV. LORANTHACE^. 
Loranthus.] 
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(1) L. pulcher DC. Prod. iv. 295; Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 352. 
Big shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall or less; branches stout. Leaves 
opposite, very coriaceous, glabrous, lanceolate, oblong, or ovate 
long-acuminate, base round or acute; nerves 6 to 10 pairs, faint 
(sometimes invisible); 6 in. long, 2-5 in. wide or less; petioles 
thick, -2 in. long. Racemes 1- to 4-fascicled terminal, 6 in. long, 
densely floriferous nearly to base; pedicels very short with a long 
boat-shaped ovate bract at the base of the flower. Calyx urceo- 
late, -i in. long. Corolla -3 in. long, bright red; petals free linear- 
oblong, recurved from middle, upper part hairy. Fruit sub- 
cylindric, truncate, -25 in. long, red. Hob. Usually rather low down 
on trees above 2000 ft. altitude. The low country form (Province 
Wellesley) has thin leaves and more nerves. Pahang, Tahan 
River. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Province 
Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Penang (Porter, Phillips, etc.) at about 
2500 ft. altitude. Adang Group, Rawei island. Setul (bract 
curiously gibbous). 
var. Parishii Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. L. Parishn 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 205. L. perakensis Engl. Nachtr. 129. Leaves 
lanceolate, 3 in. long, -5 in. wide, or larger. Selangor, Bukit Kutu. 
Distrib. Tenasserim, Siam. 
var. sessiliflora Ridl. Leaves very coriaceous and fleshy ovate 
or elliptic; nerves very faint or quite invisible. Spikes 3 to 6 in. 
long rachis stout, red; flowers quite sessile, red, rather shorter; 
bracts smaller, cucullate with a gibbous point, edge ciliate. Hab. 
Pahang, Gunong Tahan, at 5000 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong 
Kerbau, at 4500 ft. altitude (Robinson). 
This might almost be made a distinct species, but pulcher varies con¬ 
siderably in length of pedicels, shape of bract and thickness of leaves, 
according to altitude. 
(2) L. heteranthus Wall. Cat. 537; Gamble, l.c. 353. 
Big shrub with stout branches. Leaves coriaceous alternate, 
opposite, elliptic to linear-lanceolate, narrowed blunt at tip, base 
attenuate; nerves 10 pairs but very faint, glabrous, midrib 
raised both sides; 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 1-3 in. wide; petioles -5 in. 
long Racemes 1 to 2, axillary and terminal about 6 in. long 
rising out of a shallow cup, red rather stout. Flowers solitary on 
distant pedicels *5 in. long or less with a boat-shaped bract *05 in- 
long at base of perianth. Calyx cylindric, -25 in. long; limb 
slightly spreading. Corolla slender, cylindric, 75 to 1 in. long, 
crimson; petals rather thin. Fruit urceolate, -4 in. long. Hab. 
From sea level to 3400 ft. altitude, Pahang, Kwala Pahang, 
Pianggu, Endau (Evans). Perak, Temengoh (on Durian trees); 
Haram Parah (Scortechini); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Larut 
Hills (Kunstler). Kedah Peak. Distrib. Burma, Siam, Borneo, 
Java, Sumatra. 
