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CXXIV. LORANTHACE^E. 
[Lomnthus. 
coriaceous, elliptic blunt, base shortly narrowed or round; nerves 
5 to 8 pairs, slender; i to 3 in. long, 75 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 
•15 to 2 in. long. Flowers in axillary fascicles of 2- to 6-flowered 
cymes densely rusty-tomentose. Calyx *2 in. long. Corolla *8 in. 
long, rather thick. Fruit ovoid-pear-shaped, densely tomentose, 
truncate. Hab. Very common. An orchard pest, growing on all 
kinds of trees, croton bushes, etc., Singapore. Malacca, Alor Gajah 
(Rurkill). Pahang, Pekan. Negri Sembilan, Tampin. Selangor, 
Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Changkat Serdang (Wray), Penang (all 
collectors); Tringganu (Yapp). Distrib Sumatra. 
(10) L. malaccensis Hook. ftt. F.B.I. v. 210; Gamble, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. lx. 361. 
Slender branched bush 2 to 3 ft. tall; branchlets scurfy-pubes¬ 
cent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, opposite, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 
tip rounded, base round when young, thickly red-scurfy beneath 
eventually glabrous, except midrib; nerves 4 to 6 pairs slender; 
1 to 2 in. long, *25 to 1 in. wide; petioles slender, *15 in. long. 
Flowers in axillary about 5-flowered lax cymes; peduncles -i in. 
long; pedicels about as long, slender, red-scurfy. Calyx pear- 
shaped, very small. Corolla brown-scurfy, slender clubbed, -4 in. 
long. Fruit obconic, reddish-brown,-3 in. long, scurfy. Hab. Open 
places, sea level to 300 ft. altitude, Johor, Sedenah. Pahang, near 
Pekan. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Ginting Bidai. Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler). Penang Hill at 2000 to 2500 ft. altitude. Kedah, Alor 
Sta; Kedah Peak (Robinson and Kloss). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. 
(11) L. estipitatus Stapf, Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. vol. iv. 221; 
Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 362. 
Branchlets slender. Leaves thinly sub-coriaceous, sub-opposite, 
elliptic or sub-orbicular, blunt or emarginate, base short cuneate, 
glabrous when adult, densely red-tomentose beneath when young; 
nerves 3 to 4 pairs; 1*5 in. long, 1 to 1*1 in. wide; petioles ^25 in. 
long, rather slender. Flowers in umbellate cymes; peduncles 
•4 in. long, red-tomentose; pedicels slender. Calyx ovoid sub- 
globose. Corolla-tube very slender, curved, clubbed, nearly 1 in. 
long, red-scurfy. Fruit oblong truncate, glabrous, -3 in. long. 
Hab. Rare, Perak, Gunong Haram (Scortechini). Distrib. Borneo. 
(12) L. casuarinaa Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, iii. 342; 
Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 362. 
Pendent shrub, branches slender; young parts covered with 
red orange tomentum. Leaves opposite, fleshy, ovate-lanceolate 
acuminate, base round or sub-cordate beneath red-tomentose; 
nerves 5 or 6 pairs, obscure; 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles *25 in. 
long. Flowers in axillary racemes 1 in. long, orange-tomentose. 
Calyx-tube short, cylindric. Corolla curved, cleft on one side 
half-way, 175 in. long; lobes 5, linear, -5 in. long. Fruit lageni- 
form rusty-tomentose. Hab. Local, Pahang on Casuarina trees 
at Sungei Meang, Pahang River (Ridley). 
