LORANTHUS. 
LOQUA'CIOUSNESS,/ The fame as 
LOQUA'CITY, f. Too much talk.—Why loquacity is 
to be avoided, the wife man gives fufficient reafon ; for 
in the multitude of words there wanteth not fin. Ray, 
LO'RA, a woman’s name. 
LO'RA, a town of Spain, in the province of Seville : 
eight miles north of Carmona. 
LO'RA, a caltle of Weftphalia, in the county of Ho- 
henftein, which gives name to a lordthip late belonging to 
the king of Pruifia: three miles fouth-eaft of Bleiche- 
rode, eighteen north of Muhlhaufen. 
LO'RA, a river of Chili, which runs into the Pacific 
Ocean in lat. 34-. 46. S. 
LO'RA, a town of Chili, on a river of the fame name : 
eo'5 miles fouth of Valparayfo. 
LO'RAH, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahart twenty- 
five miles weft-fouth-weft of Rotnfgur. 
LO’RAMENT,/. [loramentim, Lat.] A large thong 5 
a band made of thongs. Cole. 
LORAN'CA, a town of Spain, in New Caftile : eight 
miles fouth of Huete. 
LORA'NGA, a river of Africa, which runs into the 
Straits of Mozambique in lat. 17. 30. S. 
LORAN'THUS,/. [from the Gr. a ftrap, and 
a flower: the corolla being cut into ftraps.] In bo¬ 
tany, a genus of the clafs hexandria, order monogynia, na¬ 
tural order of aggregatae, (caprifolia, JuJf.) The generic 
characters are—Calyx : perianthium of the fruit inferior; 
margin entire, concave ; of the flower fuperior, or the 
margin entire, concave. Corolla : petals fix, oblong, re- 
volute, equal. Stamina: filaments fix, awl-fhaped, fatt¬ 
ened to the bafes of the petals, the length of the corolla; 
antherae oblong. Piftillum: germ oblong, between the 
two calyxes,' or inferior; ftyle Ample, the length of the 
ft rune ns ; Itigma blunt. Pericarpium : berry oblong, one- 
celled. Seed: oblong.— EJJential CharaEler. Germ in¬ 
ferior; calyx none; corolla fix-cleft, revolute ; ftamina 
at the tips of the petals ; berry one-feeded. 
Thefe are moftly parafitical fhrubs ; the leaves thickilh, 
often oppolite, but fometimes alternate. Flowers axillary, 
fometimes but feldom terminating, corymbed or fpiked, 
or on one-fiovvered pedicels ; fome five-petalled, five- 
ftamened ; fome one-petalled, the petals being united at 
the bafe. Jullieu fuggefts, that the genus might perhaps 
be divided, by reftoring the name of Lonicerato fuch fpe- 
cies as have fix flamens, and giving that of Loranthus to 
tho.fe which have five. Some of thefe plants were named 
Scurruia by Browne, from Jcurra, a parafite; on account 
of their drawing nourifhment from other trees. 
Species. 1. Loranthus bicolor, or two-coloured loran¬ 
thus, deferibed and figured by Dr. Roxburgh. It is the 
yellinga wadinika of the Telingas: tuadlnika means pa- 
ralitical. Trunk fcarcely any; branches numerous, af- 
cending, woody ; bark grey. Leaves nearly oppolite, fef- 
file, very Ihort petioled ; below oval, oblong, or lanced ; 
above linear-lanced, waved, entire, reclined ; veins fcarcely 
any ; from three to five inches long, and from half an 
inch to an inch and a half broad. Racemes axillary, Tin¬ 
gle, fimple, efefif, many-flowered’; flowers in fize and ap¬ 
pearance very like thole of the honeyfuckle ; corolla one- 
petalled ; tube long, a little curved, fwellingfrom the bot¬ 
tom to within a third of the mouth, then contracts a lit¬ 
tle; border five-parted, upper fifl'ure much the deepeft ; 
fegments linear, reflected ; filaments five, from the bale of 
the fegments of the corolla, fiiort; antherae linear. Germ 
beneath naked; ftyle the length of the corolla; ftigma 
headed. Berry below crowned with 'he remaining calyx, 
obio-ng, fmooth, pulpy, one celled ; feed Angle. This 
beautiful parafite, which is reprei'ented in the annexed 
Plate, is a native of the coalt of Coromandel, growing 
noon the branches of various trees ; it is very famous, 
and flowers during the greatett part of the year ; the flow¬ 
ers numerous and beautiful; its foliage is alfo beautiful. 
Dr, Roxburgh adds, that the upper part of the branch of 
the tree on which this parafite grows Toon periljacs. 
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z. Loranthus tetrapetalus, or four-petalled loranthus: 
peduncles one-flowered, fubfolitary; leaves ovate, obtufe, 
iubfeflile. Leaves oppofite, quite entire. There is a An¬ 
gle flower on eafch fide by the leaves, making four at each 
joint, and fo along the whole Item. Native of New Zea¬ 
land. 
3. Loranthus fcurrula, or Cninefe loranthus: pedun¬ 
cles one-flowered, heaped ; leaves obovate. Leaves op¬ 
pofite, petioled, quite entire, fmooth, a little broader on 
one fide than on the other. Flowers axillary, three to fix," 1 
each on its proper pedicel. Native of China, the Philip¬ 
pine iflands, and the coaft of Coromandel, where it flowers 
daring the wet feafon. 
4. Loranthus uniflorus, or one-flowered loranthus: ra¬ 
cemes quite fimple. Leaves fuboval, blunt, with a final! 
point, entire, very fmooth, coriaceous, petioled, oppofite, 
frequently irregular. Flowers final!, inodorous. Native 
of St. Domingo, ifl woods; flowering in November and 
December. 
5. Loran-thus glaucus, or fen-green loranthus: pedun¬ 
cles axillary, one-flowered ; leaves ovate, glaucous. Na¬ 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. 
6- Loranthus Europaeus, or European loranthus: ra¬ 
cemes Ample, terminating; flowers dioecous. This has 
the ftature of Vifcum album, or miftletoe: flowers male 
and female on feparate plants; berry yellow, containing- 
one feed. Native of Auftria, parafitical on oaks ; alfo of 
Siberia. 
7. Loranthus Americanus, or American loranthus: ra¬ 
cemes fomewhat branched, cymed ; flowers nodding; 
leaves ovate, dift'orm. Branches fubdivided, leafy, fmooth, 
pale green, brittle. It climbs over the higheft trees in 
Jamaica, Martinico, &c. efpecially the Coccoloba grandi- 
folia, with the root adhering firmly to the bark like mif¬ 
tletoe. If a large bough, on which it grow.s, be cut oft’, 
the next day it withers and periflies. 
8. Loranthus emarginatus, or margined loranthus: ra¬ 
cemes axillary, Ample; leaves wedge-ftiaped, ovate, emar- 
ginate. Native of Hifpaniola. 
9. Loranthus occidentalis, or eaftern loranthus: ra¬ 
cemes fimple; flowers irregular. Branches divaricating, 
fubdivided, loofe, round, rugged, brittle. Native of South 
America and the Weft-India Illands. Carthagena, Ja¬ 
maica, &c. on trees ; flowering in April and May. 
10. Loranthus loniceroides, or lonicCr-like loranthus i 
flowers aggregate-capitate. This has long flexuofe 
branches ; and is a native of the Fall Indies. 
Gasrtner has a fpecies of this genus, which he names 
Lonicera Zeylanica. He fays, that it is not Loranthus loni¬ 
ceroides; which has the flowers feflile in a peduncled um¬ 
bel ; and that it does not agree with Loranthus Ameri- 
canus, which has fpherical berries difpofed in a cyme; 
whereas in this the berries are oval in a much-lengthened 
raeerse. The corolla is fix-cleft, and it has fix itamensi 
The embryo is inverted, and has only one cotyledon, 
which is almoftas long as the albumen, luhfufiform, folid, 
and without any veftige of a divifion. In the cavity of 
the albumen of old berries there is often a white pellucid 
cryftallized refin like camphor. 
1:. Loranthus ftelis: racemes trichotomous; pedun* 
cles three-cornered; flowers equal. Native of Soutlp. 
America, and the Society ifles. 
12. Loranthus parvifolius, or fmail-leaved loranthus: 
peduncles axillary, trifid; pedicels one-flowered ; leaves 
ovate, entire. 13. Loranthus pauciflorus, or few-flowered 
loranthus : peduncles trichotomous, ftiorter than tbs 
leaves; leaves obovate. Natives of Jamaica. 
14. Loranthus pentandrus, or five-itamened loranthus: 
racemes fimple; flowers five-cleft; leaves alternate, pe T 
tioled. Branches dilated at the leaves, which are of tl« 
fame form with thofeof the bay, with fcarcely any nerves?. 
Native of the Fait Indies. 
15. Loranthus falcatus, or flckled loranthus: racemes 
few-flowered, axillary; leaves linear, blunt; laterally-, 
Tickled, glaucous. Leaves fickle-Siaped, with the edgef 
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