3. LIT8A2EA.] 6. LAUBACEJE. [ 4. Cassytha; 



L. pubescent and glaucous beneath with 7-12 prs. strong sec. n. and 

 raised parallel cross nervules. Umbelg 2-several in a cluster sometimes or 

 a very short common peduncle, 5-6-fld. Special peduncle, in F. £ — £ and 

 fruiting pedicels |-$". Sepals usually 5 linear-oblong nearly free. St. 9-13, 

 fil. hairy, reduced to 2-glandular staminodes in the F fl. 



The powdered bark is applied to brnises of the body and to fractures 

 in animals. The seeds yield an oil which is used medicinally, Campbell. 



3. L. nitida, Roxb. 



A straight small or mod.-sized glabrous tree branches 

 low down with large shining oblong to oblanceolate leaves 

 12 by 3£", and long slender-pedicelled umbels in axillary 

 racemes. Fr. \ " red when ripe, invested by the enlarged 

 fleshy perianth. 



Deep valleys in the Saranda forests, Singbhum. Fl. June. Fi. 

 Bept.-Oct. - iiTergreen. 



A very distinct and handsome tree. Branchlets 5-angled glossy as 

 are the leaves. Nervation faint. Petiole stout |-1". M. racemes 1-4''. 

 F. 1-2". Pedicels f\ 



Fls. about 4 in an umber. Peranth tube and filaments tawny 

 pubescent. Tepalx unequal glabrous very glandular, 

 It is said to be a useful timber tree in Silhet. 



4. Cassytha, L. 



1. C. filiformis, L. Alag Jari, S. ; Akasbel, Beng 

 Amarbel, H. 



A filiform leafless parasite attaching itsslf by means of 

 iiaustoria to Sal, Carissa and other bushes, resembling Cuscuta 

 but much greener. Fls. sessile T V white, with 3 broad, 

 ovate imbricating bracts at base, in spikes |-1J " long. 



Singbhum, Hazaribagh, Manbhum (along Barakha E.) and probably in 

 ,-ther ' districts, locally abundant esp. near Chorparan in Hazarifcagh 

 -hiefly on Carissa, Holarrhena, Zizyphus and Sal. Fl., Fr. most of the 

 year, esp. Sept-Dec. 



Stems pubescent or glabrous. Spikes pubescent from the axils of 

 scale-leaves. Outer perianth lobes small orbicular ciliate inner oblong 

 glabrous valvate. St. 3-seriate. First series petaloid with 2-cella 



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