64. HORACES. [ 4 Ficrs. 



A small or mocL-sized tree easily recognized by its short 

 petioled leaves with a semi-sagittate base. Kecepts in pairs 

 or clusters on long (often several feet) usually leafless droop- 

 ing branches, especially near the root. 



Common, esp. near nalas and on cool northern slopes. Recepts bono 

 " of the year, ripe May-June. Evergreen, or leafless in May. 



L. 6-15'' long, ell. or oblong-lanceolate, entire or serrate. BtipuUt 

 f-1*. RecepU |-£", red-brown or quite white, eaten. 



Lac is often cultivated on the branches, sold at as. 2 per seer in 



-6. P. gibbosa, Bl. Snb-sp. parasitica. 



A large epiphyte frequently becoming an independent tree, 

 with large sub-rhomboid leaves 2J-8* very hispid above and 

 paler pubescent beneath with 4-5 prs. prominent sec. n. above 

 the 3-nerved base. Recepts J-§* diam. fascicled or in pairs 

 densely hispid, with prominent umbo. 



Chiefly on the Porahat plateau in Singbhnm ; on gneiss rocks at 

 Tati;heria (Hazaribagh) ; Kuru ghat (Palaman). 



Ft. Feby. -April. 



L. with few large reticulations and inconspicuous ones between. Peti. 

 rr - 



Snb-sp. cuspidifera, Miq. (Sp.) Var. 



A large epiphyte, or erect with obovate or ell. leaves up to 8* by 3|* 

 very stiff, hispidulous beneath, cuspidate or acuminate, base euneate. 

 Receptg £", 1-2 axillary or from leaf soars, pyriform, puberulou3, narrowed 

 into slender pubescent pedicels £-5" long which have 3 minute «w»i»*t« 

 bracts at their base. S. P. , January. 



7. F. scahdens, Roxb. Madhur lata, 8. 



A shrub creeping or climbing on rocks or trees with ovate 

 acute leaves 2* by 1* to 4" by 2f. Recepts ? by Jf yellow- - 

 ish-brown, pubernlous or hicpid, umbo small depressed at 

 top, pedicel J*. 



Valleys in Singbhnm ; Manbhum Campbell ; and S. P., but rare ; 



Parasnath, on northern side, common. Becepts Jany.-May. 



New shoots rusty. L. pale beneath between the very reticulate smmk 

 green nervules; base rounded 3-nerved, about 2-5 pes. see. n. above 

 the basal, looping within the margin. Petiole J-f \ 



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