320 LORANTHACE^:. [Lorautkns. 



1. L. vestitus, Wall. ; Brandis 396. Vern. Pand, Hind. 



A parasitic shrub. Wood reddish white, compact, close-grained, 

 moderately hard. Pores very small, arranged in rounded groups or 

 patches, which are uniformly distributed. Medullary rays short, fine to 

 broad ; the distance between the rays several times larger than the trans- 

 verse diameter of the pores. 



North-West Himalaya from the Eavi to Sikkim up to 7,000 feet, Khasia Hills. 



Growth slow, about 14 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 51 Ibs. per cubic foot. It 

 grows often to a large size, and is extremely common in some parts of the Himalaya, 

 especially on the Oaks, Q. incana and Q. dilatata. It is also found on (Jdina, 

 Sckleickera, Randia, Machilus and other trees. 



Ibs. 



H 3033. Theog, Simla, 7,000 feet (on Q. dilatata) 



H 2938. Below Naldehra, Simla, 5,000 feet (on Q. incana) . . 51 



2. L. longiflorus, Desr.; Brandis 397; Kurz ii. 321; Gamble 66. 

 L. bicolor, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 548. Vern. Panel, amut, Pb. ; Bdnda, C. P. ; 

 Patha, Banda ; Bara manda, Beng. ; Proosti, Lepcha ; Ajeru, Nep. ; 

 Yelinga wadinika, Tel. ; Kaurak, Bhil. 



A parasitical shrub. Wood reddish, moderately hard. Pores very 

 small, very numerous. Medullary rays short, fine to very broad. 



Outer Himalaya from the Jhelam eastwards, ascending to 7,500 feet, Bengal, 

 Central and South India, Burma, Andaman Islands and Ceylon. 



The commonest species. It has large, handsome, scarlet flowers. It grows on most 

 trees ; in North India on Mlelia, Bauhinia, Albizzia, Mallotus, the Mango, Peach 

 and Pear ; in Oudh on Bassia, Buckanania, Diospyros ; in Sikkim on Sal and 

 Albizzia; in the North- West Himalaya on Oak. 



H 3061. Koti, Simla, 6,000 feet (on Q. dilatata). 



ORDER XCI. SANTALACEJE. 



Contains 4 genera of Indian trees or shrubs : viz. Pyrularia, Henslowia, Osyris 

 and Santalum. 



Henslowia heterantJia, Hook. f. ; Kurz ii. 328 ; Gamble 67, Vern. Ajeru, Nep., 

 is a large mistletoe-like shrub, sometimes parasitic, sometimes terrestrial, of the North- 

 East Himalaya and the hills of Martaban. Osyris arborea, Wall. ; Beddome clxxxi. ; 

 Brandis 399 (O. Wightiana, Wall.) Vern. Bakardharra, baJcarja, Kumaun; Popli, 

 Belgaum ; Jhuri, Nep., is a shrub of the Himalaya from Simla to Bhutan ascending to 

 7,000 feet, Western Ghats and Ceylon, said by Aikin in Wallich's List to have a red- 

 brown, hard, compact and fine-grained wood. 



1. PYRULARIA, Mich. 



Contains 2 species. P. Wallichiana, Meissn. ; Beddome t. 304. Vern. Benduya, 

 Kan., is a small tree of Coorg, the Wynaad and Ceylon, with a light-coloured, curiously- 

 grained wood. 



1. P. edulis, A. DC.; Gamble 66. Vern. AmpU, Nep.; Safhyi, 

 Lepcha. 



A small or moderate-sized thorny tree. Bark thin, grey. Wood 

 white, moderately hard, close-grained. Pores small and very small, in 

 oblique bands of softer tissue. Medullary rays line and broad, numerous, 

 prominently reticulated on a radial section. 





