466 LoranthacecB. [Loranthus. 



laterally compressed, split half way down on one side, 

 densely woolly outside, lobes 5, short, linear, obtuse, strongly 

 recurved ; fruit not seen. 



Var. /3, incanus, Trim. L. incanus, Moon Cat. 26. L. tomcfifosus, 

 var, nor/nalis, Thw. Enum. 135. C. P. 1642. 



Less tomentose, 1. often rotundate, bracts shorter than 

 cal., deciduous ; cal. pubescent not shaggy ; cor. rather 

 longer and narrower, densely pubescent but not woolly 

 outside. 



Low country, and up to 5000 ft.; rather rare. Uva and Maturata 

 (Thwaites); Bintenne. Var. ji, moist region, extending up to 7000 ft.; 

 rather common. Kalutara (Moon); Peradeniya; Ramboda; Hakgala ; 

 Horton Plains. Fl. February, July, November; pinkish or yellowish- 

 green, fil. crimson. 



Also in S. India. 



Dries brownish-orange. There are intermediates connecting var. /3 

 with the type. 



8. Xi. cuneatus, Hcyne i7t Roth Nov. Sp. 193 (1821). 

 Thw. Enum. 135. C. P. 2554, 1641. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 214. 



Branches long, slender, numerous, bark silvery-grey, lenti- 

 cellate, 1. small, i-i^ in., alt. {often in fascicles of 2 or 3), 

 subsessile or on very short petioles, cuneate-obovate, acute at 

 base, rounded, glabrous, midrib breaking up into branches 

 before reaching end of 1.; fl. on short glabrous ped., 1-4 in 

 clusters from axils of past and present 1., bracts half as long 

 as cal., broad, subacute ; cal. nearly glabrous, limb shortly 

 and irregularly toothed ; cor. -tube |- in., slender, slightly 

 gibbous at base, split to base down the back, lobes 5, linear, 

 \ in., acute, recurved ; stam. 5, erect, anth. very narrow ; fruit 

 ^ in., oblong, crimson. 



Low country in both regions ; common. Fl. all the year ; pale green, 

 stam. red. 



Also in S. India. 



Very destructive to fruit trees in Peradeniya Gardens. C. P. 1641 is 

 var. y of Thwaites, and differs in its narrower leaves and longer flowers 

 on hoary-tomentose pedicels. It is confined to the dry region. 



9. Za. sclerophyllus, Thiu. Eiium. 135 (1859). 

 C. P. 2442. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 214. 



Much branched, bark cracked, brownish-grey, young parts 

 very slightly fulvous-pubescent; 1. alt, I-3 in., spathulate- 

 oval, much tapering to base, rounded at apex, glabrous, very 

 coriaceous and stiff, more or less distinctly 3-nervcd, midrib 

 and margin often red, petiole short, obscure ; fl. on short 



