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CXXIV. LORANTHACEjE. 
[Elytranthe. 
Corolla under i in. long. 
Leaves oblanceolate; flowers 2 in a raceme, 
orange papillose ..... 
Leaves obovate; racemes of several flowers, 
pink and green ..... 
Leaves ovate or lanceolate acute. 
Leaves puberulous pedicels and bracts . 
Leaves glabrous; flowers green, yellow and 
black ....... 
Corolla-tube less than ’4 in. long; leaves lanceo¬ 
late. 
Racemes clustered, 4- to 5-flowered 
Racemes nearly sessile fascicled, 1- to 3- 
flowered, red, very small .... 
Flowers in pairs in excavations of a thick peduncle. 
Bracts moderate; bracteoles in a cup cleft oppo¬ 
site bract. 
Leaves thin coriaceous, base round lanceolate; 
flowers red, lobes green .... 
Leaves thick, base narrowed oblong-lanceolate; 
flowers red, lobes yellow .... 
(y) E. papillosa 
(10) E. retusa 
(11) E. Lowii 
(12) E. globosa 
(13) E. Barnesii 
(14) E. Robinsonii 
(15) E. diantha 
(16) E. Wrayi 
(1) E. albida Bl. FI. Jav. Loranthacece, t. 22; Gamble, Journ. 
/Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 371. 
Large stout shrub; bark grey. Leaves opposite, chartaceous to 
sub-coriaceous, ovate or oblong blunt, round or narrowed at base; 
nerves 10 to 12 pairs, fine, distinct when dry; 4 in. long, 2 to 2-7 
in. wide; petioles -5 in. long or less. Flowers in 2- to 6-fiowered 
distichous spikes clustered on thickened nodes below the leaves; 
peduncles *25 in. long. Bracts ovate, boat-shaped, -25 in. long. 
Bracteoles 2, thinner as long. Calyx cupular short. Corolla 1-5 in. 
long, cylindric, curved, white. Stamens, filaments crimson. 
Hab. On high trees in forest, Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca 
(Griffith, Maingay). Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Gunong 
Haram (Scortechini). Penang Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Southern 
Siam, Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 
(2) E. Maingayi Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 372. Loran- 
thus Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 222. 
Small slender scurfy shrub. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, 
oblong, obovate blunt, base narrowed; midrib prominent, nerves 
invisible; 2-75 in. long, 1*25 in. wide; petioles-25 in. long. Spikes 
sessile, rusty-scurfy 1 or more axillary, *2 in. long. Bract oblong, 
blunt; bracteoles 2, acute. Calyx-tube -07 in. long. Corolla 
•15 in. long, tube very short; lobes 6, linear acute. Hab. Rare and 
very inconspicuous, low down on small trees, Singapore, Krangi, 
in sandy woods by Mangroves (Ridley). Malacca (Maingay). 
(3) E. formosa Don, Hist. Diehl. PI. iii. 426. 
A big shrub glabrous. Leaves opposite, coriaceous ovate or 
elliptic ovate to lanceolate acuminate blunt, round at base; nerves 
sunk above and elevate beneath 6 to 8 pairs; 6 in. long, 1-5 to 
2 in. wide; petioles thick, -15 in. long. Cymes umbelled on short 
•1 in. long stout peduncles; pedicels as long; bracts and bracteoles 
