546 CXII. LORANTnACK^. 



2. Loranthus obtusatus, Wall Cat. (1828) 526. Braudies 

 stout, lentici'llate ; bark pale. Leaves subopposite, coriaceous, 2|-4| 

 by H-3 in., broadly ovate or elliptic, (jbtuse, entire, waved, glabrous, 

 sliiniug, the midrib in young leaves usually red : petioles ^ in. long. 

 Flowers (including calyx and corolla) ^-| in. long, in axillary many- 

 flowered racemes whicb are solitary or 2-3 together and shorter than 

 the leaves; pedicels ^-^ in. long, slender, red; bract oblique, ovate, 

 concave, J^ in. long. Calyx i in. long, somewhat tubercular outside ; 

 tube subcylindric, slightly constricted at the mouth ; limb very short 

 but distinct. Corolla red outside, dark-purple inside ; tube with 4 

 prominent angles, readily splitting along the angles ; limb 4-clet't, one 

 of the divisions deeper than the other's, the lobes obovate-oblong, rounded 

 at the apex, thick and fleshy. Stamens 4 ; anthers black ; pollen whitish. 

 Style 4-sided; stigma large, capitate. Berry } in. long, ovoid, truncate 

 at the apex, somewhat tuberculate. M. B. I. v. 5, p. 205 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 86 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 109; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 289; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 308.— Flowers : Feb.-May. 



Konkan: Ghats, Talbot. Deccan : Maliableshwar, Cooke], Woodrotvl; Rotuuda 

 Ghat, Mahableshwar, Graham. Kanaka: N. Kanara Ghats on Xylia dolabriformis, 

 Myristica attennata, and other trees, Talhot ; Supa Ghats in deciduous forests, Talhot. 

 — DiSTRiB. India (VV. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



3. Loranthus Scurrula, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (17G2) p. 472. 

 Much-branched; branches terete, copiously lenticellate ; young parts 

 rusty-tomentose. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, l|-3 by 1-2 in., broadly 

 elliptic, obtuse, glabrous or nearly so above, more or less rusty-tomentose 

 beneath, penninerved, base I'ounded or subacute, sometimes subcordate : 

 petioles ^-^ in. long. Flowers (including calyx and corolla) variable in 

 length, i-1 in. long, in shortly pedunculate rusty- or grey-tomentose, 

 axillary short subracemose fascicles (often 2 or more from an axil) ; buds 

 terete, clavate at tip; pedicels usually short, slender; bract ^ in. long, 

 ovate, concave, oblique, tomentose, suhciliate. Calyx somewhat wedge- 

 shaped, grey- or rusty-tomentose, yV— ^ iii- ^O"^ : 'ii"b truncate, entire, 

 very shoi't. Corolla slendei', usually curved, terete, greenish-yellow, 

 tomentose; lobes 4, narrowly elliptic, acute. Filaments long, flattened, 

 purple ; anthers i in. long, narrowly linear. Stigma capitate, fusiform. 

 Beri'y ^-| in. long, pyriform, tomentose. Albuuu'n pink, obtusely 

 quadrangular at the i*adicle-end, the other end terminating in a hard 

 elougat(Ml })oint, surrounded with a green sticky layer: embryo green, 

 fusiform ; radicle not distinguishable from the tigellus {Talhot). Fl. B. 

 I. V. 5, p. 208 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 465; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 289; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 368; Prain, 

 Heng. PI. p. 910. Loranthus hwhUeoides, Desrouss. in Lamk. Encycl. 

 Method, v. 3 (1789) p. 600 ; Grab. Cat. p. SC)-. Dal/,. & Gibs. p. ll(i.— 

 Flowers : Oct. -Feb. 



Konkan: Law'., Storks]; Savantvadi, KaiiUkarl Df.ccan: Wiirra below Maiia- 

 bleshwar, C'ookc]; ranehgani, Woodrotv]; Nasik, ///u'ci? ! S. M. Coi'nthy : Eelgauin. 

 Bit'htc, 'AH7 ! ; Ranif^h.U, Gibson ! Kanaka : coniiuon in N. Kanara, often growing; im 

 Leea SHTnbucina, Dillcnia pentagyna, and rtcrocarjius Marsupiuni, Taltiot ; Nilkuiid 

 Gliat, 'ra/tiii/, '2>'<0] — DisTiiiii. CoMimdn throiigliout India; Ci\>Mon. 



4. Loranthus Stocksii, Bool: f. FL B. T. v. 5 (1886) p. 213. 

 Stems and branches Ici-i'te, more or los'^ hnticfllate. Leaves sessile or 



