cxii. lorantha.oh;e. 553' 



few (sometimes not developed), |-1 in. long and often as broad as long, 

 very fleshy, sessile, obovate-spathulate or suborbicular, concave above, 

 sometimes 2-lobed at the apex, base cuneate, obscia-ely 3-nerved. 

 Flowers very small, sessile, in threes or pairs, terminating short stont 

 divaricate compressed opposite or whorled peduncles. Calyx-limb a 

 fleshy ring. Corolla-lobes 3, triangular, subacute, fleshy, deciduous. 

 Berry about | in. long, ovoid-oblong, slightly rough with small pro- 

 minences, pale-greenish or nearly white. Albumen green, fleshy, 

 covered with an outer sticlty laver ; embryo minute with a globose 

 radicle-end {Talhot). El. B. I. v. 5, p. 225 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 471 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 292; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 368.— Flowers : Sept.-Dec. 



Kanaka : Yellapur, Woodrow ; Sindole (N. Kannra), Ritchie, 1769 ! ; on tiie 

 N. Kaiiara Ghats, often parasitic on other Loranthacew, also on Terininaha pani- 

 culata, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



4. Viscum angulatum, Heyne, ex DC. Prodr. v. 4 (1830) p. 283. 

 Leafless ; main stem terete or nearly so : young branches numerous, 

 4-aiigled, jointed, the nodes not swollen nor contracted. Flowers 

 minute, sessile, solitary or whorled at the nodes. Perianth-lobes 

 deciduous. Berry globose. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 225 ; Dalz. k Gibs. p. 110; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 292; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 368. Viscum ramosissimum , Wight, Icon. t. 1017 {not of 

 Wall.) ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 368.— Flowers 

 apparently during most of the year, Vern. Jahmdcw. 



KoNKAN : Aniboli Ghat, Cookcl Deccan : Mahabieshwar, Cooke I Woodrow, H. M. 

 Birdwood. S. M. Country : Chorla Ghat, growing on Linociera intermedia, Balzcll 

 ff- Gibson. Kanara : common on the Ghats on many different kinds of trees, Talbot. 

 — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Java, Australia. 



5. Viscum articulatuxn, Burm. Fl. Ind. (1768) p. 311. A leafless 

 pendulous much dichotomously branched shrub ; branches jointed, the 

 internodes 1-2 by Vo^-j in., linear, flattened, slightly narrowed at each 

 end, readily disarticulating, pale-green (turning yellowish-brown when 

 dry and then longitudinally furrowed). Flowers minute, 3-4-merous, 

 very shortly pedicellate, 1-6 together in fascicles at the nodes, each 

 with a large cup-shaped bract at the base. Perianth-lobes small, 

 triangular, deciduous. Berry ^ in. in diam., globose, smooth, greenish- 

 yellow. Fl. B. I. V. 5, p. 226 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 472 : Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 293; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 368; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 912 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, 

 p. 246. Viscnm attenuatum, DC. Prod. v. 4, p. 284 ; Grab. Cat. p. 85. — 

 Flowers : June- Aug. 



KoNKAN : Law], Graham. TiBCcx^ ^.'Lv^no\\, Woodrow, Kanifkar\ S. M. Country 

 on Biospt/ros Melanoxylon in the Dharwar district, Talhot. — Distrib. India (Himalaya, 

 Assam, Khasia Hills, Birma, Central Provinces, W. Peninsula); Ceylon, Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago, Java, Australia. 



Vab. dicliotoma, Kurz, For. Fl. v. 2 (1877) p. 325. Much stouter; 

 internodes thicker and broader, often 4 in. broad. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 226. 

 Viscum dichotomum (sp.), Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 142. 



Kanara : Ushele (N. Kanara), Ritchie, 333 ! 



