3380 LORANTHACE Æ. Viscum, 
oblong, obtuse, thick and coriaceous, 3-nerved ; nerves (in the dried state) 
scarcely conspicuous on the one side, a little prominent on the other.— 
Wight ! cat. n. 1221.—V. Wightianum, Wall.? L. n. 6877 (partly ?) 
The flowers have fallen off; they appear to have been sessile around the 
tumid joints. 
1169. (4) V. Wightianum (Wall.:) stem and branches terete, a little swollen 
at the joints, verticillate or dichotomous: leaves flat, broadly oval, obtuse, 
very thick and coriaceous, 3-nerved ; nerves (in the dried state) obscure on 
the upper side, quite hid within the substance of the leaf and not at all pro- 
minent on the under.—Wall.! L. n. 6877 ; Wight! cat. n. 1222. 
In this likewise the flowers have fallen off, but they appear to have been 
as in the last, to which species it is closely allied, although apparently dif- 
fering in the foliage : our specimens of both are however very imperfect. 
1170. (5) V. capitellatum (Sm. :) stem and older branches terete ; younger 
branches obscurely 4-angled or compressed, all verticillate or opposite: 
leaves obovate or spathulate, obtuse, tapering at the base, concave upwards, 
fleshy, obscurely 3-nerved : peduncles axillary, lower ones about 3 together 
(or 6 in a verticil), upper often solitary, nearly as long as the leaves, beers d 
a head of 3-6 sessile flowers: berries oval.—« ; leaves all perfect.—Wight 
cat. n. 1223.—V. capitellatum, Smith in Rees’ cycl. ; DC. prod. 4. p. 279.— 
V. mangiferæ, v oM in Wall.! L. n. 6878.—5 ; almost all the leaves abor- 
tive (or caducous ?).— Wight! cat. n. 1224. 
1171. (6) V. ramosissimum (Wall.:) entirely or almost leafless, much 
branched : stem and branches terete, verticillate or opposite, younger branches 
usually long and slender: leaves (when present) narrow oblong, 3-nerved: 
flowers usually 3 together, axillary, sessile or nearly so: berries almost glo- 
bose.— Wall. ! L. n. 6876 ; Wight! cat. n. 1225. 
- 1172. (7) V. grossum (Wight :) leafless : stems terete, sparingly dichoto- 
mous ; branches terete, jointed, equal between the joints: flowers fascicled 
[eom joints.— Wight! in Wall.! L. n. 6879; cat. n. 1226.—— Dindygul high 
1173. (8) V. angulatum (Heyne:) leafless: stems and older branches te- : 
rete or obscurely many-angled, dichotomous ; younger ones opposite or ver- | 
ticillate, 4-angled, jointed, equal between the joints: flowers sessile, oppo- 
site or verticillate at the joints: berries nearly globose.— Wall. ! L. n. 497 ; 
DC. prod. 4. p. 283 ; Wight! cat. n. 1227.— Dindygul hills, at an elevation 
of 2500 feet. ignore oe ygul " 
_ 1174. (9) V. attenuatum (DC. :) leafless : branches dichotomous, or ape 
site, or verticillate, compressed, jointed : articulations elongated, slightly an 
amg ans attenuated from their apex to the base, ten or more times longer 
n broad, striated longitudinally: flowers 3-5 together on each side of the 
apex of the joint : berries globose.— DC, prod. 4. p. 284 ; Wight ! cat. n. 122 
—V. Yea Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 764 (not Linn.); Waill.! L.n. 496. 
We have a plant very similar to this from Jamaica, gathered by the late 
Dr Wright, and named by him y. opuntioides, but which we do not find de- 
scribed in De Candolle's prodromus ; it principally differs from the Indian 
species by the articulations not striated. ; , 
1175. (10) V. moniliforme (Blume :) leafless: stems terete at the base; — : 
branches opposite or fascicled, compressed : articulations obovate-oblone: ee 
tapering at the base, 3-4 times longer than broad, costate along the mi 
but not striated: flowers sessile at the apex of the joints, opposite or 1n pu 
posite fascicles of 3 together, sometimes nearly verticillate.— Cha 
Schl. in Linnea 3. p. 202; DC. prod. 4. p. 284 ; Wight! cat. n. 1229. dde 
Perhaps we are wrong in referring our plant to Blume's species; We VER 
principally from the remark made by Chamisso and Schlechtentdal, that the 
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