Loranthus, HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 185. 
1 L., bicolor Corem, pl. 2. N. 139. 
Leaves, opposite, oblong, smooth, Racemes axiliene 
Corols irregular, five-cleft. Stamens tive. Berries oblong. 
Beng. Bura-manda. 
Vanda.is the Sanscrit name. Sir William Jones 
thought this the general term for all Parasitic plants, , 
Compare with Loranthus longiflorus, and also with 
falcatus, Willd... 
Teling. Yellinga:wodinaka (wodinaka means parasi- 
tical.) 
Itis always found growing upon the branches. af vari- 
ous kinds of trees, and is, very ramous., It flowers during , 
the greatest part of the year, and is highly ornamental. _. 
_ Trunk scarcely any. Branches numerous, ascending, 
woody, bark grey. , Leaves nearly opposite, sessile, or 
very short-petioled, from oval to linear-lanceolate, waved, 
entire, reclined ; .veins scarcely any ; from three to five 
inches long, and from one to one and a half broad. Ra- 
cemes axillary, single, simple, sub-erect, many-flowered, 
Flowers in size and appearance muchlike those of the ho- | 
ney suckle, Bractes a small, concave, cordate one, press- 
es on the base of the germs on one side. Calyx there is no 
other perianth of the fruit, than the above mentioned 
bracte ; that of the flower, cup-shaped, entire, permanent. ' 
Corol one-petalled, Tube long, a little curved, swell-) 
ing from the bottom to within a third of the mouth, it then 
Contracts a little; border five-parted, the upper fissure — 
much the deepest ; segments linear, reflexed towards one 
Side. Filaments five, from the base of the segments of the. 
corol, short, .Anthers linear. Germ superior, naked. Style 
the length of the corol, Stigma clubbed. Berry inferior, 
Crowned with the remaining calyx, oblong, smooth, pul- 
PY, One-celled, Seed single. iy 
-This.is a handsome looking parasite, bearing a great. 
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