cxii. LORANTHACE.5;, 549 



Cat. p. 86; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 110 : Wiglit, Icon. t. 302 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V.3, ]). 468 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 290 ; Woodr. in Joiirn. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 368 ; Prain, Beug. PL p. 910 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 5, p. 92. — Flowers : Feb. — Mar. Vern. Bdndaul ; Betungli. 



KoNKAN : Law !, Stocks ! ; the comnionest species in the Konkaii. Dalzell cf- Gibson ; 

 couimon on mango-trees in Bombay and throughout the Koukan, Graham. Deccan : 

 Woodrow ; Poona, Cooke ! Gujarat : Bahell cf- Gibson. Kanara : parasitic on many 

 kinds of trees in N. Kanara, Talhof. — Distrib. More or less throughout India ; 

 Ceylon. 



This should strictly be called L. falcafa, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) p. 211. a uame 

 which is prior to L. longijiorus. 



Vab. 1. amplexifolia., Thwaites, Enum. (1859) p. 134. Leaves large, 

 sessile, 4-8 in. long, broadly elliptic-oblong or siiborbiciilar, almost 

 amplexicatil, base cordate ; veins often purple beneath {Trimen). In- 

 florescence often terminal. Fl. B, I. v, 5, p. 215 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 J). 468 : Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. Loranthus amplexifolius (sp.), 

 DC. Prodr. v. 4(1830) p. 305 ; Grab. Cat. p. 86.— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



Deccan: Khandala, Graham. S. M. Country: RamghAt, Ritchie, 995! Kanaka: 

 N. Kanara, often ou Flacourtia montana, Talbot. 



Var. 2, puhescens. Hook, f . Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 215, Leaves oblong or 

 elliptic-obloug. Corolla in bud, peduncles, pedicels, and calyx minutely 

 pubescent. Watt, Diet. Econ, Prod. 1. c, 



Konkan : Law'., Daheltl S. M. Country: Belgauiu, oa Flacourtia, Cbloroxylou, 

 and Garciuia trees, Ritchie, 1083 ! 



Vae. 3. falcata, Kurz, For. Fl. v. 2 (1877) p. 321. Leaves narrowly 

 linear, often falcate, 4-6 by |-| in. Flowers |-1 in. long. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 5, p. 215 ; AV^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. LorantJius falcatus, Linn. f. 

 Siippl. p. 211. 



Deccan : near Poona, Cooke ! Kanara : N. Kanara on Careya arborea, Talbot. 



Var. 4. coccinea, Talbot, Trees, Bomb. ed. 1 (1894) p. 172. Branches 

 stout, lenticellate. Leaves broadly ovate, shortly petiolate. Calyx A'ery 

 rugose outside; limb often 5-notched. Corolla-tube 2^ in. long, briglit 

 scarlet ; lobes short, light-scarlet or greenish. Filaments scarlet. Fruit 

 ovoid, crowned by the calyx-limb, hard, rugose. The teeth of the 

 albumen are longer and more slender tlian in L. longiflorus proper ; 

 embryo white, slender, gradually thickened at the radicle end which is 

 apiciilate {Talbot). — Flowers : Jan.-Feb. 



A stout parasite growing frequently on Terminalia bellerica in N. Kanara. The 

 description is taken from that of Mr. Talbot (Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 290). I have not 

 seen any speeimens of the variety. 



9. Loranthus trigonus, Wight Sf Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 386. 

 A robust glabrous tree-parasite ; branchlets often acutely 3-angled. 

 Leaves thickly coriaceous, opposite or whorled in threes, 3-6 by 

 1|-3| in., broadly elliptic, obtuse, glabrous, base rounded or acute ; 

 petioles ^-| in. long, stout. Flowers in short axillary or lateral 

 racemes or cymes I-I5 iu. long ; bract small, forming a shallow oblique 

 cup; pedicels -^-q in. long. Calyx jV^s ^"- lo"g; \n\-\h cupular, 

 truncate. Corolla | iu. loug ; tube dilated below the middle, straight; 

 lobes 5, linear, 5-5 in. long. Berry ellipsoid, | in. long, crowned by 



