Vtsann.'] LoranthacecB. 471 



With leaves (sometimes none in 3). 



L. oval-spathulate i. V. ORIENTALE. 



L. lanceolate 2. V. monoicum. 



L. obovate 3. V. capitellatum. 



Leafless. 



Stem slender, cylindrical . . . . 4. V. RAMOSISSIMUM. 

 Stem much flattened. 



Joints long, oblong-linear . . . 5. V. articulatum. 



Joints short, obovate . . . . 6. V. japonicum. 



1. V. orientale, Willd. Sp. PL iv. 737 (1805). 



Moon Cat. 68. Thw. Enum. 136. C. P. 412. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 224. Bl. Fl. Javte, Loranth. tt. 24, 25. 



Stems very much branched, cylindrical or angular, thickened 

 at the nodes, twigs very slender, glabrous; 1. numerous, \-\\ 

 in., oval-spathulate, tapering to base, rounded at apex, glabrous, 

 thick, 3- or 5 -veined, petiole very short, obscure; fl. on short 

 ped., usually in shortly pedunculate clusters of 3 at the nodes; 

 cal.-limb quite absent; pet. usually 4, triangular, acute, de- 

 ciduous; ov, oblong, much warted; fruit not seen ripe. 



Throughout the island and up to 7000 ft., but especially in the dry 

 region ; rather common. Fl. January, September ; green. 



Also in India, Burma, Malaya, China, Australia. 



Our plant seems to lae V. verruaclostini, W. & A., of S. India, which 

 is maintained as distinct in Fl. B. Ind. Dries dark brown or black. 



2. V. monoicum, Roxb. Fl. hid. iii. 763 (1832). 

 Fl. B. Ind. v. 224. Griff". Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 631. 



Laxly branched, Stems slender, cylindrical, slighth" thickened 

 at the nodes; 1. rather distant, \\~2\ in., lanceolate, often fal- 

 cately curved, tapering to both ends, acute, scarcely coriaceous, 

 finely 3- or 5-veined, petiole very short, obscure; fl. on short 

 ped., 4-12 in clusters, nearly sessile at the nodes, bracts trun- 

 cate, apiculate, pet, 3 (or 4); fruit (not seen ripe) oblong, 

 truncate. 



Intermediate region at about 3000 ft.; rare. Ella, Uva (1890); 

 Kiripanagala, Lagalla. 



Also in Peninsular India, Khasia, and Burma. 



Dries pale yellowish-brown. 



3. V. capitellatum, Svi. ift Rees, Cyclop, xxxvii. (1820). 

 Thw. Enum. 136. C. P. 1638. 



Fl. B. Ind. v. 225. 



Small, branches tufted, 6-12 in. long, rather stout, angular 

 or somewhat compressed, pale yellowish-green, branchlets 

 numerous, opp., short, horizontal ; 1. few (often not developed), 

 J-f in., sessile, obovate-spathulate, conduplicate, recurved, often 

 bilobed at apex, very fleshy; fl. sessile, in threes (or pairs), 

 very small, terminating short, stout, divaricate, compressed 



