552 cxii. lobanthaoejE. 



limb 3-4-lobed, the lobes usually deciduous. Stanieus '3-4 ; anthers 

 broad, sessile, adnate to the perianth-lobes, dehiscinjj; introrsely by 

 nmnerous pores, the cells coutlucnt. 0\ary in female tlowers inferior, 

 1-celled ; ovule solitary ; stigma sessile or subsessile, large, pulvinate. 

 Fruit a succulent berry with soft \iscid mesocarp. Seed adnate to the 

 pericarp ; albumen copious, fleshy ; embryo terete, enclosed in the 

 albumen, solitary, or sometimes 2 embryos in each seed. — Distkib. 

 Temperate and tropical ; species about 30. 



Branches leafy (sometimes leafless in Vi^cuni capUcUatum). 



Leaves exceeding 1 in. long. 



Leaves obliquely ovate or falcate, acute 1. V. m&iioicum. 



Leaves equally elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse 2. V. orientate. 



Leave.s less than 1 in. long, obovate-spathulate or sub- 

 orbicular, sometimes 3. V. capilcllafum. 



Branches leafless. 



Young branches 4-angled, not swollen noi- contracted at the 



nodes 1. / '. angulafum. 



Stems and branches flattened, contracted at the nodes 5. V. artictdahim. 



1. Viscum monoicum, lloxh. Fl. Ind. v. 3 (1832) p. 763. A large 

 shrub ; branches terete, slender, slightly thickened at the nodes. Leaves 

 scarcely coriaceous, Ig-S by ^-If in., obliquely ovate or lanceolate, 

 often falcately curved, acute, base tapering into a short often obscure 

 petiole ; basal nerves 3-5, prominent. Flowers mona-cious, 3-12 

 together, in axillary sessile or shortly pedunculate fascicles ; bracts 

 truncate, apiculate. Corolla-segments 3 or 4, triangular-oblong. Berry 

 oblong, narrowed at both ends, \-^ in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 224 ; 

 GriflP. Icon. PI. As. t. 631 ; Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 3, p. 471 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 368;' Prain, Bang. PI. p. 912; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p, 246. — Flowers : Sept. 



Rare. S. M. Countuy : Londa, Woodroio.—'DiwY\n]\. India (Onde, Sikkini, Khasia 

 Hills, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



2. Viscum orientale, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 737. Stems 

 much-branched ; branches terete or angular and grooved, sometimes 

 whorled, thickened at the nodes; twigs slender, glabrous. Leaves 

 numei'ous, I5-2 by ^-1 in., elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, 

 base tapering into a short often obscure petiole ; basal nerves 3-5. 

 Flowers in axillary sessile or shortly pedunculate clusters of 3-5, 

 monoecious. Calyx-limb quite absent. Corolla-lobes 3 or 4, triangular, 

 acute, deciduous. Berry ovoid or subglobose, \ in. long. Albumen 

 green, biconvex, firm ; embryo minute, comma-shaped ; radicle green, 

 sliglitlv thickened at the top. Fl. B. L v. 5, p. 224; Blume, Fl. Jav. 

 Loranth. tt. 24, 25 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 471 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, ]). 292 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 368 ; 

 Prain, Beug. PI. p. 912 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 247.— 

 Flowers : Sept.-Jan. 



N. Kanara and Konkan Ghats. Tvan.ara : Nilkund Ghat, IVoodrow; Nilkund 

 Ghat (N. Kanara) in evergreen forests growing on Torniinalia paniculata and also on 

 Loranthus loniccroides, '/'a/irV— Distkib. India (Bengal, Behar, Chittagong, Birma, 

 W. Penin.snla) ; Ceylon, Malay Islands, China, New Guinea, Australia. 



3. Viscum capitellatum, Sm. in Eees, CUjcJop. v. 37 (1819) n. IS. 

 A dwarf shrub foi'uiing lulls 6-12 in. in diam. ; branches stout, terete 

 or angular; branchlels luanerous, opposite, short, horizontal. Leaves 



