Planis of the Punjab. 65 
SHRUBS WITH Opposite ExsTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Meriandra 
strobilifera, 
Kafur-ka pat. 
LABIATA. 
BeBe li. 650. — 
Himalaya, 
5-6,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Loranthus 
cordifolius, 
LORANTHACER, 
fe is.) ve 209% 
Himalaya, 
1-5,000 ft. 
Giri Valley (Collett). 
Dehli. 
Loranthus elatus, 
LORANTHACER. 
Bebe lve 212. 
Himalaya, 
5-10,000 ft. 
Theog (Collett). 
Loranthus vestitus, 
LORANTHACER. 
Hebe tov. 212. 
Himalaya, 
5-7,000 ft. 
Simla, the Glen. 
Dehr (Collett). 
Loranthus 
longiflorus, 
Panda, banda, amut. 
LORANTHACEA. 
iH Boley a4: 
The Plains to 
7,000 ft. 
Basantpur, Sutlej 
Valley (Collett). 
Koti, Karnal. 
PETALS UNITED. 
small, woolly, smelling of sage, branches somewhat 
angled ; leaves 8-4 by 3-14 in., thick, oblong or lance- 
olate, shortly toothed, two portions projecting back- 
wards in points, velvety and closely wrinkled above, white 
woolly beneath, stalk very stout, + in. long ; flowers white, 
small, in large circular clusters crowded in erect woolly 
4-sided spikes with floral leaves (bracts), small, sessile, 
ovate, overlapping, calyx 2-lipped, corolla 4-lobed, 
spreading, stamens 2, short, stout, protruding, style bifid ; 
nutlets brown, smooth. ‘The leaves are used as a gargle in 
sore throats in Indian medicine. 
perennial, woody, stout, parasitic usually on oaks, white 
felted ; leaves 2-8 in., broadly notched at the base, stalked, 
both sides felted or upper smooth; flowers 2-1 in. long, 
shortly stalked, in axillary clusters, calyx short, not tooth- 
ed, corolla brown felted without, pale pink or yellow within, 
slender, tubular, curved, lobes 4, short-pointed, stamens 4, 
style long, purple, stigma club-shaped, tip conical ; berry 
4in., top-shaped. 
like the last species, but smooth except the rusty 
velvety buds, leaves 3-6 in., not notched at the base, 
flowers 1-14 in., red below, green above, calyx slightly 
4-toothed, corolla lobes linear, reflexed. 
like the last species, but leaves ovate-oblong or ovate- 
lanceolate, 2-3 in., smooth above, rusty felted below when 
old, flowers 2 in., brown felted without, smooth purple 
within. 
like the last species, but smooth everywhere, leaves 
sometimes alternate, 5 by 24 in., usually oblong-ovate, 
flowers 14-2 in. in racemes, not clusters, red below, yellow 
green above, lobes 5, berry crowned with the calyx. This 
and the preceding species of Loranthus are parasitic on 
and very destructive of Acacia, Mangifera, Melia, Morus, 
Pyrus, and Quercus. 
