Elyiranthe.] cxxiv. loranthace^e. 161 
(12) E. globosa Don, Gen. Syst. Diehl. Pl. iii. 426; Gamble, 
Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 377. Loranthus globosus Roxb. FI. Did. 
i. 550, ii. 187, and L. ampullaceus Roxb. ibid., l.c. 189. 
Usually quite glabrous. Leaves coriaceous opposite, alternate 
or 3 in a whorl, elliptic, ovate or lanceolate acuminate, base 
narrowed; nerves 5 to 6 pairs visible or not; 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 
3 in. wide; petioles *i in. long. Racemes solitary or paired, -5 in. 
long; pedicels slender. Calyx urceolate, limb cup-shaped. Corolla 
•4 in. long, angled cylindric dilate below the lobes in bud, cam- 
panulate when open with linear reflexed lobes, green and yellow, 
base black. Drupe ovoid, yellow, *2 in. long. Hab. Very common 
from sea level, Singapore, Tanglin. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Tapa 
(Wray); UluBubong. Tringganu. Penang Hill (Curtis and Wallich), 
Lankawi (Curtis). Perlis, Kanga. 
var. puberula. Inflorescence, puberulous. Hab. Singapore. 
Perak, Kwala Kangsa (Wray); Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Tringganu 
Pulau Ketam. Kelantan, Kwala Kelantan on Casuarinas. Dis~ 
trib. India, Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 
(13) E. Barnesii Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1913, p. 45; Journ. 
y 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 378. 
Shrub, branches terete, rough. Leaves coriaceous, opposite, 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, blunt acuminate, base round; 
nerves very faint; 3 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles thick, -15 in. long. 
Racemes *5 in. long, clustered on the enlarged nodes in axils and 
ends of branches, 4-to 5-flowered; bracteoles nearly free. Calyx- 
tube , ovoid, channelled. Corolla -4 in. long, slender, angled and 
dilate below, lobes linear acute, 6. Hab. Very rare, Pahang, 
K'luang Terbang (Barnes). 
(14) E. Robinsonii Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1913, p. 45; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 379. 
Straggling shrub. Leaves coriaceous, red above, green beneath, 
narrow-lanceolate acuminate at both ends; nerves indistinct, 
2 to 3 pairs; 275 in. long, *4 in. wide; petioles *05 to -i in. 
long. Racemes in sessile fascicles very small; bracteoles connate 
in a bifid lip. Calyx-tube ovoid, *07 in. long. Corolla bright 
orange red, clavate angled and dilate below the lobes; lobes 
linear-lanceolate, *2 in. long. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan 
(Robinson). 
(15) E. diantha Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 379. Loran¬ 
thus dianthus King, ibid. lvi. ii. 96. 
Shrub 3 ft. high; branches terete, slender. Leaves opposite, 
thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, long-acuminate, base round; nerves 
4 to 6 pairs with reticulations distinct when dry; 6 in. long, 1 to 
3 in. wide; petioles *1 in. long. Flowers in pairs in the excava¬ 
tions of a very short peduncle with an ovate acute bract and the 
bracteoles in a thick cup. Corolla narrow, tubular, curved, inflate 
and 6-angled below the lobes, 2 in. long, red, lobes twisted oblanceo- 
FI.M.P., 3. M 
