160 cxxiv. LORANTHACE.E. [. Elytranthe . 
lobed, *i in. long. Corolla-tube gradually dilate upward, 375 in. 
long; lobes 6, narrow-linear spathulate, -4 in. long. Stamens 6. 
Hab. Setul (Ridley). 
(8) E. avenis Don, Gen. Syst. Diehl. PI. iii. 426. 
Branches moderately stout below, slender at tips, rough. 
Leaves coriaceous, opposite, lanceolate, acute or blunt, base 
narrowed; nerves very obscure; 2-5 to 3 in. long, 75 in. across; 
petioles very short. Cymes short, 3-flowered, numerous, 1 to 3 
in an axil. Calyx cylindric, -07 in. long. Corolla very slender, 
•8 in. long, bright red. Hab. Mountains, Pahang, Kluang Terbang 
(Barnes). Perak, Thaiping Hills at 5000 ft. altitude; Gunong 
Bubu and Ulu Batang Padang (Wray). Kedah Peak at 3000 ft. 
altitude. Dislrib. Java; Sumatra. 
(9) E. papillosa Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1913, p. 45; Journ. 
As. Soe. Beng. l.c. 375. 
Branches rather slender, round, brown. Leaves opposite, 
coriaceous oblanceolate, tip round; nerves invisible; 1*25 in. long, 
•3 in. across; petioles -05 to -i in. long or none. Flowers yellow- 
orange in very short peduncled pairs 1 to 2 in an axil. Calyx-tube 
ovoid, *07 in. long, papillose. Corolla-tube cylindric, 6-angled, 
funnel-shaped in flower, *3 in. long, lobes 6, papillose spathulate. 
Hab. Very rare, Singapore, Kranji (Ridley). 
(10) E. retusa G. Don, Gen. Syst. Diehl. PI. iii. 325. 
A stout shrub about 2 ft. tall. Leaves thickly coriaceous 
opposite obovate-elliptic, tip round, base narrowed; nerves 5 to 8 
pairs very obscure; 2-5 to 3 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide; petioles 
■1 to *2 in. long. Racemes *5 to 1 in. long; flowers 5 to 7. 
Bracteoles forming a 2-lobed cup. Calyx cylindric, -i in. long, 
cylindric, dilate below rose pink; lobes linear green, tipped 
dark pink. Fruit ovoid, red at length black. Hab. On low trees 
usually by the sea; common. Singapore (Wallich); Changi on 
Rhodomyrtus ; Pulau Tekong. Malacca on Melaleuca (Maingay); 
Top of Mt. Ophir (Huflett, Ridley) on Dacrydium. Pahang, Pekan; 
Kwantan (Foxworthy). Dindings, Lumut on Eugenia. Tringganu. 
Dislrib. Java, Borneo. Native name : Dalu Dalu Hitam. 
This emits suckers from the branches so that it creeps on the branches 
of the host. 
(11) E. Lowii Gamble, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. l.c. 277. Loran- 
thus Lowii King, ibid. lvi. ii. 98. 
Branches rather slender. Leaves stiff coriaceous lanceolate 
or ovate, short acuminate, base round or slightly narrowed; nerves 
hardly visible; 1-5 in. long, -5 in. wide; petioles stout, -i in. long. 
Racemes puberulous, hardly -4 in. long, of 2 to 4 flowers in axillary 
clusters. Calyx *14 in. long. Corolla curved, 6-angled, slightly 
inflate at lobes, *4 to -6 in. long; lobes 6, sub-spathulate, tip 
thickened. Hab. Very rare and little known, Perak (Scortechini). 
