644 
Anabasis 
phyllophora, 
Anabasis setifera, 
Calligonum 
polygonoides, 
Viscum articulatum, 
Pudu, pan. 
LORANTHACES. 
HeB. 1. v;.226. 
Himalaya, 
3-6,000 ft., 
east of the Ravi. 
S mla, the Glen 
(Collett). 
Chamba. 
Viscum japonicum, 
LORANTHACER. 
Hebel. y.226. 
Himalaya, 
5 7,060 ft. 
Simla, the Glen 
(Collett). 
Matiana. 
Euphorbia Tirucalli, 
Erhedra vulgaris, 
cr gerardiana, 
var. saxatilis, 
Amsamia, budshur, 
chewa. 
GNETACER. 
Ry Lv. 640 
& 863. 
Himalaya, 
7-12,000 ft. 
Shali (Collett). 
Plants of the Punjab. 
LEAFLESS PLANTS. 
SHRUBS. 
PETALS NONE. 
see Shrubs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 
see Shrubs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 
see Shrubs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
- perennial, parasitic on trees, such as Cordia vestita, 
Purus Pashia, Cornus capitata, much branched, green, main 
stem rounded, branches flat, streaked, furrowed length- 
wise, contracted at the knots, hanging down, internodes 
1-2 in. long ; flowers minute, green, clustered at the top 
of the joints, male and female in the same cluster, sessile, 
.groups of 8, two or several groups at a joint, male flowers 
calyx 3 or 4-parted, lobes thick, soon falling off, anthers 
broad, sessile, united to the calyx lobes, female flowers, 
calyx as in the male, stigma sessile; berry ;}, in., yellow, 
smooth, juicy, 1-seeded, sticky. 
like the last species, but parasitic on ( ercus incana, 
Tlex dipyrena, Rhus, Olea, Rhododendron, er ct, only 6 in, 
high, branches fleshy, flat; jomted, joints 3-3 in., not groov- 
ed, calyx lobes nersistent, crowning the berry. 
see Shrubs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 
small, stiff, smooth, a’most erect, branches green, 
slender, finely crooved, often curved, membraneous sheath- 
ing scales at the joints take the place of leaves; flowers 
minute in the axils of upper bracts of small cones, bracts 
united, opposite bracts not margined, lower empty, male 
and female cones on different plants, male cones solitary 
or in pairs, more rarely in clusters of 8, flowers 8-4 pairs, 
calyx short, tubular, thin, flattened, 2-lobed, stamens 
united, forming a column projecting from the calyx with 
a top of 5-8 round anthers, female cone solitary, bracts 
2-3 pairs, flowers one or two, the flower is a single sessile 
erect naked ovule of two coats, the inner coat protruded 
as a stylo ; fruit } in. long, ovoid, pink or red, sweet, edih!e 
seeds onc or two enclosed in the juicy bracts. 
