CXXIV. LORANTHACEAL 
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Loranthus.] 
2 in. long; lobes 6, spathulate. Hab. Rare. Singapore, Bukit 
Timah. Perak (Scortechini). 
2 . LOXANTHERA, Blume. 
Shrubs. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers in short cymes from 
axils; bract ovate, embracing base of calyx-tube. Calyx cylindric; 
limb irregularly cleft. Corolla very long contracted above base 
and above insertion of filaments; lobes 6, linear-spathulate, 
reflexed. Stamens 6; filaments slender; anthers linear, dorsifixed. 
Ovary cylindric; style filiform; stigma clubbed. Fruit as in 
Loranthus. Species 2, Malaya. 
(1) L. speciosa Blume and Fisch. FI. Jav. Loranthacece, li. t. 20 
and 23c; Gamble, Journ. i 4 s. Soc. Beng . l.c. 369. Loranthus 
speciosus King, ibid. lvi. ii. 95 (not of Bl.). 
Glabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate or elliptic-ovate, acute or 
blunt, base narrowed blunt, coriaceous, nerves very obscure, 
midrib prominent; 3 in. long, 1-5 to 275 in. wide; petioles stout, 
*25 in. long. Cymes axillary or sub-terminal, about 1 in. long. 
Calyx -14 in. long, widely expanded at top. Corolla 5 in. long, red, 
narrowly funnel-shaped to stamens then constrict; lobes i-6 in. 
long, spathulate, twisted. Hab. Malacca (Griffith). Muar River 
(Curtis). Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. Java, Sumatra and Borneo, 
3 . ELYTRANTHE, Blume. 
Bushy shrubs. Leaves opposite, coriaceous. Flowers few in 
spikes, racemes or pairs with one bract and two bracteoles often 
connate in a cup. Calyx-tube cylindric; limb small. Corolla- 
tube more or less cylindric or funnel-shaped; lobes 6 or 5, reflexed. 
Stamens 6 or 5; anthers basifixed. Ovary enclosed in tube; 
style slender; stigma capitate. Fruit as in Loranthus. Species 
many, Indo-Malaya to New Zealand. 
Flowers in spikes; bracts and bracteoles free, large. 
Glabrous; spike peduncled; flowers large, white. 
Scurfy puberulous; spikes small, sessile; flowers 
small, brown ...... 
Flowers in racemes; bracts and bracteoles shorter 
than calyx-tube. 
Corolla 3 in. long. 
Leaves ovate acuminate; corolla red tipped 
green ....... 
Leaves ovate acuminate; corolla yellow . 
Leaves orbicular cordate; corolla red 
Leaves ovate acute not cordate; petals linear 
acute ....... 
Corolla 2 in. long; leaves rather thin, lanceolate 
blunt; flowers red ..... 
Corolla about 1 in. long; leaves lanceolate; 
corolla red. 
Corolla slender; leaves coriaceous . 
(1) E. albida 
(2) E. Maingayi 
(3) E. formosa 
(4) E. Kunstleri 
(5) E. platyphylla 
(6) E. tubseflora 
(7) E. rubra 
(8) E. avenis 
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