354 LORANTHACE^. 



nerves slender : stalks ^ to % inch. Spikes on the lower 

 and now leafless parts of the branches in the axils of the 

 fallen leaves, 2 to 4 inches, pendulous. Pedicel % inch : 

 bract 1/20 inch : bracteoles absent. Ovary i/io inch. 

 Corolla H inch, in bud club-shaped, splitting eventually 

 almost to the base into five, fairly straight petals; red 

 in the lower part, yellowish above; always standing 

 erect even when the raceme hangs down. Fruit H inch. 



Nilgiris : at the lower limits of our area. Kotagiri, Nedu- 

 wattum. Pulneys : in sholas on the downs. Fyson 1750, 2731. 

 Bourne 1507, 1402, 1162, 1162.* 



Gen. Dist. Deccan hills. 



Loranthus cuneatus Heyne ; F.B.L v 214, I 31. Dis- 

 tinguished by its alternate, small, wedge-shaped, erect, 

 often clustered leaves and its slender, curved, yellowish 

 green flowers. Branchlets slender. Leaves Yz to ij^ 

 inches, obovate cuneate, very obtuse, alternate but fre- 

 quently in bunches of three or four by development of 

 those of the axillary buds, glabrous, one-nerved, always 

 erect. Flowers two or three together, in bunches at the 

 leaf-axils, on stalks of % inch : bract small : no bracteoles. 

 Calyx-tube or ovary, 1/12 inch. Corolla I inch ; lobes Y^ 

 to Y2 inch, slender, reflexed. Anthers linear. Fruit % 

 inch, surmounted by the small calyx-teeth, t. 232. 



Nilgiris : abundant near Coonoor and Kotagiri on 

 Dodonoea viscosa ; near Ootacamund. Pulneys : not collected 

 from the downs but at lower levels. Fyson 663, 1710,* 2085. 

 Bourne 4654, 2079, 657. 



Loranthus ncclghcrrcnsis Wight and Arnott ; Herh. 

 Wight 26 ! ; F.B.L v 2l6, I 40 ; Scarlet L. Easily 

 recognised here by the dense bunches of slender crimson- 

 scarlet flowers. Stem as thick as the finger : bark 

 brown with wide-gaping cracks (.? extra-large lenticels) : 

 nodes swollen : youngest branches round, red. Leaves 



