548 CXII, LOKAKTHACEiE. 



Dalz. & Gibs. p. 109; Wight, Icon. t. 343; Woodr. in Joiirn. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 368.— Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



Balzell -without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan: Graham, Talhof \ Vingorla, 

 Bitchie, 338 !, Balzell tf- Gihson ; Banda road, Kamtkar ! Deccan : Mabablesbwar, 

 Cooke I Kanaka: very covnmon on mango-trees in N. Kanara, Tajhoi \ Kzila naddi, 

 Bitchie, 338! — Distkib. India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



7. Iioranthus cuneatus, Heyne, in Roth, Nov. PI. Sjj. (1821) p. 193. 

 Branches long, slender, numerous ; bark grey, lenticellate. Leaves sub- 

 fleshy, alternate (sometimes in fascicles of 2 or 3), l-lg by g-^ in., 

 obovate, entire, rounded at the apex, glabrous, base cuueate, decurrent 

 into a short petiole ; midnerve branching before it reaches the apex of 

 the leaf. Flowers 2-5, in axillaiy sessile or pedunculate fascicles ; 

 pedicels short, slender ; bract ^ in. long, ovate, subacute, concave, 

 oblique. Calyx ^-1 in. long, more or less tomentose ; tube subcylindric ; 

 limb ^^ith 5 triangular somewhat irregular lobes about J^y in. long. 

 Corolla reaching about 1| in. long, greenish -yellow outside, orange 

 inside ; tube straight or slightly curved, 5-ribbed, split dow n the back, 

 slightly gibbously inflated above the middle ; limb with 5 linear- 

 lanceolate spreading or recurved lobes nearly | in. long. Stamens 5, 

 exserted beyond the corolla-tube ; filaments dark-red, swollen at their 

 insertion on the corolla; anthers very narrow. Style exceeding the 

 stamens, green; stigina red. Berry red, |-| ia. long, obconic, truncate, 

 crowned by the calyx-teeth. Albumen green, teetli at top minute, 

 pointed ; embryo club-shaped, furrowed ; radicle thick, rounded {Talhot). 

 Fl. B. I. V, 5, p. 214 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 110 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 466 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 290; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 368.— Flowers : Apr.-May. 



Konkan: Law\, DnlzeU \ ; Matberau, Cooke \ Deccan: Mabablesbwar. very 

 common on the Corkscrew or Rotunda Ghat (tbe old road to Bombay), Couke] 

 S. M. Country : Parva Gbat, Balzell 4- Gibson ; Belgaum Hills, Rildue, 1084 ! 

 Kanara : common near Yellapur on Terminalia paniculata, Talbot, 261 ! ; also on 

 Odiua Wodier and Vitex altissima, Taltjot. — Distrim. India (W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



8. Loranthus longiflorus, Desrouss. in Lam. Encyc. Metliod. \. 3 

 (1789) p. 598. A large bushy usually glabrous brancb-parasile ; bark 

 grey, smooth ; young parts glabrous or nearly so. Leaves thick, cori- 

 aceous, usually opposite, 3-7 by |~4 in., very variable in shape and 

 venation, ovate, elliptic, or linear-oblong, obtuse ; midrib prominent, 

 usually red, the secondary nerves obscure ; petioles ^-| in. long, stout. 

 Flowers in short spreading stout axillary unilateral racemes often 2 

 from an axil ; pedicels short; bract -^ in. long, broadly ovati\ subacute, 

 concave. Calyx ^ in. long, more or less hoary-tomcntose : tube cylindric ; 

 limb cupular, truncate, or shortly 5-toothed. Corolla 1-2 in. long, split 

 at the back ; tube curved, slightly widoiied u])vvards, scarlet or orange or 

 less commonly pink or white ; lobes 5, linear, j| in. long, reflexed, green 

 or yellowish. Anthers linear, equal in length to the free ])ortion of the 

 filament. Style slender, quadrangular ; stigma rather small, subglobose. 

 Berry \-k in. long, ovoid-oblong, pink, smooth, crowned by the cup- 

 shaped calyx. Albumen white, copious, with 5 linear teeth at the top 

 surrounding the green embrvo which resembles a small nail .] in. long 

 with a flattened head (the radicle) (Ta/^-oO. Fl. B. I. \ . 5, p. 214 ; Grab. 



