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NATUKAL HISTOKY. 



Natural Order. 



Genus and Species. 



Vernacular or English name, use, 

 habitat, &c. 



70 Thymelacese. 



71 Elasagnaceae 



72 Loranthaceee (Th< 

 Mistleto Order.) 



Lasiosiphon eriocephalus 

 Syn. L. speciosus, Herb 

 Co. 



Elasagnus latifolia, Syn. E, 



Kologa, Herb. Co.* 

 Loranthus Wallichianus ... 



Rameta. Plentiful on little Chauk 

 Point, Matheran, and common 

 on both hills. The bark, which 

 has a very strong fibre, is used 

 by the hill coolies for tying bun- 

 dies of grass and wood. Used 

 also for poisoning fish. 



Ambulgi. 



The name Banda or Vanda is 

 commonly given to all these 



* This beautiful species is very variable in habit, taking the form of either a bush, a 

 email tree or a climber (Hooker). At Matheran, it is generally found as a large 

 climber and is readily identified by its oblong, elliptic leaves, which are silvery-white 

 or rusty-red beneath. 



f Mr. W. E. Hart gives the following description, from memory, of the specimens 

 collected by him. " My specimens approach the description of B. indica nearer than 

 any of the others " (See Hooker, Vol. V. pp. 237, 238.) " The rootstock was tuberous 

 or warty. The peduncle-scales yellowish. * * * They lay close on the peduncle, and 

 * * were imbricate, but separated at the upper extremities. The heads were 

 certainly globular and 1-sexual, reddish brown in colour. The flowers were dioecious, 

 white in colour. The stamens of the male flower united into a central column of 

 conical shape. The peduncles were of all lengths from 1 to 6 inches high, and decidedly 

 thick for their length. The heads were of all sizes from marbles to bagatelle balls." 



