CXII. LORA]SrTHA.0BJE, 547 



nearly so, opposite, |-2 by g-lg in., elliptic-obloug, obtuse, clothed 

 when young with biiff mealy tomentum, base rounded or subcordate; 

 nerves few, obscure. Flowers axillary, solitary oi* 2-3 together, in 

 rusty-toDientose fascicles wliich are sessile or on very short peduncles; 

 bracts ^ in, long, oblong, obtuse, toinentose or pubescent with orange- 

 red hairs. Calyx ^ in. long, subglobose, densely pubescent with short 

 orauge-red hairs ; limb not produced above the ovary, densely pubes- 

 cent at the top. Corolla reaching | in. long, rusty-tomentose, split on 

 one side; tube cyliudric, slightly curved; lobes 4, spathulate-oblong, 

 subobtuse, thick, concave, i-i in. long. Anthers ^ in. long, narrowly 

 linear. Style 4-sided, exserted ; stigma capitate. Pruit -^ in. long, 

 pyriform, tomeutose. Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 290 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 368.— Flowers : Nov. 



Kare. Konkan: Stocks'.; Savautvadi jungles, Kanitkarl; Mazgaon Hill near 

 Savautvacli, Kanitkarl — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



5. Loranthus gibbosus, Talbot, Trees, Bomb. ed. 2 (1902) p. 289. 

 A large shrub with scaly tomentose long pendent branches. Leaves 

 alternate, 1-2| by ^-If in., ovate or obovate, obtuse, grey- or riisty- 

 tomentose beneath, glabrescent above ; nerves 4-5 pairs ; petioles i in. 

 long, stout. Flowers in axillary l-5-flo\vered fascicles ; bract tomen- 

 tose. Calyx-teeth very short. Corolla | in. long, curved, inflated and 

 gibbous near the base ; tube split on one side ; lobes 5, reflexed, oblong; 

 pedicels j\ in. long. Fruit pink, ovoid, j in. long. Albumen green, 

 with the teeth connate into a conical point, but marked witli wliite 

 lines and slightly sw ollen round the radicle, presenting the a]ipearance 

 of a grape-seed ; embryo witli a globose or ovoid smooth radicle, dark- 

 green in color (Talbot). Loranthus tomentosus, Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 1 

 (1894) p. 171 (noi of Heyne); Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 368.— Flowers : Oct.-Feb. Verk. Dade. 



Konkan and N. Kanara Ghats growing on Phyllanthus emblica and more i-arely 

 on Mussffinda frondosa, Talhot. Kanaka : near Gairsoppa Falls, growing on Phyl- 

 lanthus emblica, Woodroiu. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



The description is that of Mr. Talbot. I have seen no specimens of the plant, 

 which is near L. tomeniosa, Heyne, a Nilghiri and Ceylon plant, 



6. Loranthus elasticus, Desrouss. in Lamh. Encyc. Method, v. 3 

 (1789) p. 599. Much-branched, glabrous ; branches dicliotomous, 

 pendulous, terete, swollen at the joints, the young ones green. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile or nearly so, very thickly coriaceous, l5-4 by |-1| in., 

 ovate, elliptic, suborbicular or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, dark-green and 

 smooth above, glaucous beneath, base usually acute, the very young leaves 

 often red ; nerves 3-5, obscure. Flowers sessile, fascicled at the nodes ; 

 bracts red, broadly ovate, about ^ in. long. Calyx red, g in. long; 

 tube globose ; lindj cylindric, entire, about J^ in. long. Corolla 1 in. 

 long, the lower part in bud obtusely 5-angled, the upper part cylindric ; 

 tube split, gi-eenish-white with bright green veins ; lobes 5, spirally 

 coiled, narrowly linear, longer than the tube. Stamens 5 ; filaments 

 red ; anthers § in. long, narrow. Style very long, red ; stigma fusiform. 

 Berry subglobose or ovoid, sessile, pink, \ in. long ; albumen white, 

 5-toothed at the apex ; embryo club-shaped, the radicle-end covered 

 with minute knobs {Talbot). "F1. B. I. v. 5, p. 216 ; Grab. Cat. p. 86 ; 



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