Ginalloa.'\ Loranthacece. 473 



narrowed at both ends especially at base, fleshy ; 1. absent ; 

 fl. very small, nearly sessile, 1-6 at the nodes; pet. persistent; 

 fruit not seen. 



Upper montane zone, above 6000 ft. Hakgala ; Pedurutalagala ; 

 Horton Plains. Fl. Sept. 



Mountains of India, and in China, Japan, Mauritius, Australia. 

 Often on Syviplocos, Eurya^ and other shrubs or small trees. 



3. NOTOTHXXOS, Oliv. 



Dichotomously branched shrub, parasitic on branches of 

 trees, young parts woolly, 1. opp., tomentose beneath, fl. very 

 small, unisexual, moncecious, in terminal spikes ; cal.-tube 

 adnate to ov., limb absent ; pet. (perianth-leaves) 4, persistent ; 

 anth. 4, sessile at base of pet. but not adnate to them, many- 

 celled, opening by pores. — Sp. 5 ; i in Fl. B. Ind. 



The other species of the genus are Australian. 



N. fioccosus, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 104 (1864). [Plate 

 LXXX.] 



Viscum fioccosum, Thw. Enum. 418. C. P. 3654. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 227. 



Branches slender, cylindrical, young parts densely covered 

 with pale pinkish-brown wool; 1. small, \-\\ in., oval or 

 ovate-oval or rotundate, acute or rounded at base, obtuse at 

 apex, glabrous and bullate above, finely and densely woolly 

 beneath, rather fleshy, petiole short ; fl. sessile, few, in whorls 

 on very short woolly spikes ; pet. acute, spreading ; cal.-tube 

 densely woolly; fruit \ in., ovoid, capped with persistent pet., 

 smooth, pale yellow or white. 



Moist low country below 1500 ft., rather rare. Near Ratnapura; 

 Kukul Korale; Reigam Korale; Hiniduma abundant; Palewatu, &c., 

 Pasdun Korale. Fl. April, Sept. ; greenish -white. 



Endemic. 



Viscum toinentosum, Moon Cat. 68, from Kalutara, is probably this. 



4. GINAX.I.OA, Korth. 



Slender shrub, parasitic on branches of trees, stem jointed, 

 1. opp., glabrous, fl. few, minute, unisexual, in very lax terminal 

 spikes; cal.-tube adnate to ov., limb absent; pet. (perianth-1.) 

 3, persistent; stam. not adnate to pet, 2-celled. — Sp. 4; 3 in 

 Fl. B. Ind. 



G. spathulifolia, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 103 (1864). 

 Viscum spathiilifolium., Thw. Enum. 136. C. P. 336. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 228. 



