550 OXII. LORANTHACE^. 



the cup-sliaped cal)fx-limb. Embryo with a light-green wartecl superior 

 radicle and covered by the \\^hite 4-5-toothed albnmen ; cotyledons 

 conferruminate {Talbot). El. B. I. v. 5, p. 219 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 291 ; A\^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 368.— 

 Elo\'iers : Nov.-Eeb. 



KoNKAN : on tbe Ghats of the South Konkau, Talbot ; Banda, Woodruiv. 

 S. M. Country: Belgaum, highest point of N.E. hills, Bifchie, 335! Kanara: 

 Kumbarvacia, Talbot, 1209 ! ; common on the Supa and Siddapur Ghats growing 

 on Eugenia jambolana, Ficus glomerata, Dalbergia latil'olia, Zizyphus xylopjra, and 

 Ficus mysorensis, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. PeninsuLi), apparentl}- endemic. 



10. Loranthus lageniferus, Whjht, Icon.{\SAO){/^0(). Branches 

 stont, terete, jiale, with large lenticels. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 opposite or alternate, l|-5 by l^-^ in., elliptic or suborbicniar, obtuse, 

 glabrous, base rounded or subcordate ; petioles g-^^ in. long. Elovvers 

 in fascicles on the naked branches ; peduncles g-j in. long, each 

 surmounted by a campanulate 5-lobed reddish involucre |-1| in. long, 

 containing about 5 sessile or subsessile flowers ; lobes of the involucre 

 short, unequal, deltoid-ovate. Calyx g in. long, more or less foment ose; 

 limb short with triangular lobes. Corolhi lj-l| in. long, green or 

 green and red, straight, slightly dilated above the middle ; limb with 

 an annular enlargement outside just above the base of the lobes ; lobes 

 \ in. long, linear-oblong, narrow, subacute, concave. Eilaments as long 

 as the anthers; anthers linear-oblong, g in. long. Stigma capihite, 

 somewhat pear-shaped, pink. Eruit not seen. Differs from all the 

 other Bombav species of Loranthus by its campanulate involucre. 

 El. B. I. V. 5,"'p. 218 ; Grab. Cat. p. 86 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 110 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 291 : AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 368. — Elowers : ipr.-June. Veun. Bdmhjidi. 



Konkan: Law\; Matherau, Couke\; Bassein Hills (Thana district) on Holarrhcna 

 antidysenterica, Ryanl Deccan : Lanoli, Kajiitkarl, Woodrorv. S. M. Country: 

 Castlerock, Woodrow. Kanara : deciduous forests of N. Kanara near Dandeli, 

 growing on Adina cordifolia, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula), apparently 

 endemic. 



11. Loranthus capitellatus, Wight S,- Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 382. 

 Branches light-colored, the young branches oval in cross section. 

 Leaves generally opposite, subcoriaceous, 2|— 1 by 1-1 1 in., elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, shining, base acute, decurrent into a 

 sliort petiole which is sharply keeled at the back. Elowers 3-4 

 together, sessile or nearly so on very short peduncles in the opposite 

 leaf-axils ; bract g in. long, brondly ovate or suborbicular, apiculate, 

 glabrous ; bracteoles 2, similar to the bract. Calyx i in. long ; limb 

 cylindric, nearly trinicate. Corolla usually straight, reaching g in. 

 long, divided io rather below the middle into (S equal linear or linear- 

 spathulate lobes tipped with purple ; tube slightly dilated below the 

 lobes. In bud the lower half of the corolla is white, half the remainder 

 green, and the top of the bud purple ; after expansion the green portion 

 becomes red. Stamens ; anthers multi-locellate. Style slightly 

 exceeding the stamens ; stigma subglobose. Berry ellipsoid, j? in. long, 

 capped with tlu^ cylindric calyx-lind) which gives the fruit a botlle- 

 sliaped appearance, blacK', shining. El. B. 1. v. 5, p. 221 ; Dalz. it Gibs. 

 p. 109; Wight, Icon. t. 304; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 470; Talb. Trees, 



