CXXIV. L0RANTHACE2E. 
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Viscum .] 
‘75 1 in. long, *25 in. wide. Flowers small. Fruit globular, white, 
•2 in. through. Hab. Common, parasitic on V. ovalifolium and 
Loranthi. Hab. Johor. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Simpang (Wray). 
Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur (Curtis). Distrib. India, Burma. 
(4) V. articulatum Burnt. FI. Ind. 311; Bl. FI. Jav. Loran- 
thacece, t. 24; Gamble, Journ. , 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 389. 
Bushy leafless parasite; branches terete, joints above flattened, 
longer and narrower than in V. dichotomum, 1-25 in. long, *13 in. 
wide. Flowers very minute, often solitary; anthers adnate to 
base of perianth. Drupe yellowish, -i in. through. The com¬ 
monest species, parasitic on Loranthi, especially L. globosus. Hab. 
Singapore, Chan Chu Kang, etc. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca. 
Penang Hill (Kling). Setul. Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Tringganu 
(Yapp). Distrib. India, Java. 
(5) V. flexuosum Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1913, P- 47 '> Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 389. , , , 
Much branched bush 2 to 3 ft. high with very slender branch- 
lets linear, hardly flattened, 1 in. long, -07 in. wide or less. Flowers 
minute. Berry globular, white, -08 in. through. Hab. Parasitic 
on Loranthus, Singapore, Tanglin (Murton, etc.); Fresh Water 
Isle (Ridley). 
Easily recognised by the extremely narrow branchlets. 
9 . NOTOTHIXOS, Oliver. 
Hoary or tomentose shrubs parasitic on trees or Loranihacece, 
dichotomously branched. Leaves opposite, sub-coriaceous. 
Flowers minute in terminal spikes or sessile and in a row of 3 
7 on a flattened receptacle, peduncled in the axils. Perianth-tube 
in male short and solid; in female adnate to ovary; lobes 4 - 
(rarely 3 or 5) triangular. Stamens at base of sepals on the maigins 
of a sinuate flat disc; anthers dehiscing introrse by pores Ovary 
inferior, crowned by a fleshy disc. Drupe viscid. Seed oblong. 
Species’about 5. Distrib. Ceylon, New Guinea, Australia. 
(1) N. malayanus Oliv. Hook. Ic. PI. t. i 5 I 91 Gamble, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 391. 
Young parts covered with greyish yellow tomentum. Leaves 
obovate, rounded at tip, base attenuate, scurfy beneath; nerves 
invisible, 3 from- base; 1 to 1-25 in. long, *5 in. across; petioles 
•2 in. long. Heads 5- to 7-flowered, -05 in. long; flowers in 1 
row, 1 or 2 male, the rest female. Perianth-lobes 4. Stamens 
very minute; filaments very short; anthers broad ovate. Drupe 
ovoid-oblong. Hab. Rare, Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). 
Excluded Species. 
N SUB4UREUS Oliver, Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 103; Gamble, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 390. Perak, Logon (Scortechini). Logon 
is in Australia, where Scortechini formerly collected. 
