Loranthus. hexandria monogynia. 185 



1. L. hicolor. Coram, pi. 2. N. 139. 



Leaves opposite, oblong, smooth. Racemes axillary. 

 Coroh irregular, five-clel't. Stamens live. Berries oblong. 



Beng. Bura-manda. 



Vaiida is the Sanscrit name. Sir William Jones 

 thought this the general term for all Parasitic plants. 



Compare with Loranthus lonyijlorus, and also with 

 falcatus. Willd. 



Teling. Yellinga-wodinaka (wodinaka means parasi- 

 tical.) 



It is always found growing upon the branches of 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. 



This is a handsome looking parasite, bearing a great 

 number of very beautiful flowers ; its foliage also looks 



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