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CXX1V. LORANTHACEvE. 
[. Elyiranthe. 
late green edged purple. Fruit globular, *45 in. through. Hab. 
Larut (Scortechini and Kunstler); Relau Tujor (Wray). 
(16) E. Wrayi Kew Bulletin, 1913, p. 46; Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 386. 
Stout terete branches. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, thick, 
oblong-lanceolate, blunt, base narrowed, reddish green, 6 in. 
long, 275 in. wide; midrib and 5 to 6 pairs of nerves conspicuous 
on both sides when dry. Flowers in pairs in a thick short axillary 
peduncle; bract broad ovate; bracteoles united in a truncate 
cup. Calyx-tube cylindric, -i in. long; limb tubular as long. 
Corolla 2 in. long; tube red, narrow, tubular angled, dilate below 
lobes; lobes yellow, base green, narrow lanceolate acute. Hab. 
Rare, Perak, Upper (Wray). 
4 . LEPEOSTEGERES, Blume. 
Parasitic shrubs. Leaves opposite or sub-opposite, coriaceous. 
Inflorescence of a sessile head surrounded by sheathing imbricate 
involucral bracts lengthening upwards. Flowers few or many, 
sessile on a flat receptacle. No floral bracts, bracteoles o to 4. 
Calyx-tube short. Corolla elongate, sometimes cleft to base, 
slender, lobes 5 to 6 reflexed. Stamens 5 to 6 insert in corolla 
mouth; anthers basifixed. Fruit as in Loranthus. Species 6 or 7, 
chiefly Borneo and Java. 
Inflorescence 5 in. long; corolla-tube very narrow . . (1) L. Beccarii 
Inflorescence 2 in. long; corolla-tube stout . . . (2) L. Kingii 
(1) L. Beccarii Gamble, Journ. , 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 381. Loran¬ 
thus Beccarii King, ibid. lvi. ii. 98. 
Creeping glabrous, 20 to 30 ft. long; young branches 4-angled. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 3 in. long, 2>5 in. wide; 
petioles *5 in. long. Inflorescence on old wood; heads cone- 
shaped, 3 in. long; bracts 1 in. wide, rounded at tip, red. Flowers 
3 in. long, very slender, about 20, deep red. Fruit globose, -3 in. 
long. Hab. Mountain forests at 2000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Perak, 
Bujong Malacca; Thaiping Hills; Batang Padang (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Borneo. 
(2) L. Kingii Gamble, Journ. vis. Soc. Beng. l.c. 382. Loran¬ 
thus Kingii Scort. King, ibid. lvi. ii. 99. 
Branches stout, terete. Leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 
base round; nerves inconspicuous; 4 to 5 in. long, 2-25 to 275 in. 
wide; petioles *25 in. long, stout. Heads 4-angled, 1 to 1-5 in. 
long; bracts narrowed at tip, red, *2 in. across, keeled; flowers 
4 to 6; bracteoles linear-lanceolate. Calyx-tube angular, 6-toothed. 
Corolla scarlet, 2 in. long, broad; lobes -25 in. long, lanceolate 
acuminate. Fruit ovoid, elongate. Hab. Pahang, Kwala Tenok, 
Tahan River. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca, Bukit Sadanen; 
Selandor. Selangor, Sempang. Perak (Burkill), Thaiping Hills, 
Gunong Hijau (Scortechini); Ulu Batang Padang (Wray). 
