396 LXV. LORANTHACEiE. [Loranthus. 



lower half converging into a four-sided, slightly expanding tube. Fila- 

 ments red, attached to the base of petals; anthers basifixed. Ovary 

 rusty-tomentose, campanulate, supported by an ovate, acute, semi-amplexi- 

 caul, adpressed bracteole, and topped by the narrow, entire calyx-limb ; 

 stigma capitate. Fruit ovoid, J in. long, truncate at top, brown when 

 ripe. 



Siwalik tract and outer Himalayan ranges from the Jumna to Sikkim, ascend- 

 ing to 4000 ft. Kasia hills. Fl. May- July. Generally parasitic, on Albizzia 

 Lebbeh, Olea, Litscea ; found (apparently) terrestrial by Dr Hooker in the 

 Kasia hills. 



2. L. pulvemlentus, Wall. 1. c. 221. Vern. Parand, Kamaon ; 

 Bdnda, C.P. 



A stout, woody parasite ; inflorescence, young shoots, and under side 

 of young leaves with dense yellowish-white, mealy, stellate tomentum. 

 Leaves deep-green, opposite, coriaceous, ovate, blade 5-7 in., petiole 1 in. 

 long; 8-10 main lateral nerves on either side of midrib. Flowers pale- 

 green, 1 in. long, thickly tomentose, on short pedicels, in lateral racemes 

 about 2 in. long, which are often fasciculate and axillary, or in the axils of 

 fallen leaves ; bracts none, but a small persistent bracteole at the base of 

 ovary. Corolla slender, tubular, curved ; segments linear, unilateral, about 

 one-third the length of the tube. Anthers basifixed, about as long as free 

 portion of filaments, cells adnate to a brown linear connective. Stigma 

 minute, capitate. Berry J in. long, club-shaped, mealy. 



Kamaon, ascending to 4000 ft., Nepal, Sikkim Terai and outer hills, Bhutan, 

 Central Provinces (on Butea frondosa), Konkan. Fl. Dec. -June. 



3. L. cordifolius, Wall. 1. c. 222 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 302. 



A stout, woody parasite ; branchlets, young shoots, inflorescence, and 

 under side of leaves soft-tomentose. Leaves opposite, broad-ovate, obtuse, 

 from a subcordate base, blade 2-3, petiole J in. long. Flowers 1 in. long, 

 outside with tawny or rusty stellate tomentum, on short pedicels, in 

 short lateral dichotomous corymbs; bracts none, but a small persistent 

 bracteole at the base of ovary. Corolla slender, tubular, straight or 

 slightly curved, segments 4, lanceolate, about one-third the length of tube. 

 Anthers basifixed, longer than free portion of filament, cells adnate to a 

 linear obtuse connective. Stigma club-shaped, with a pointed conical tip. 

 Berry club-shaped, J in. long. 



Kashmir (often abundant on dead tops of Platanus), Garhwal and Kamaon, 

 ascending to 5000 ft. Hazaribagh in Behar. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



4. L. vestitus, Wall. 1. c. 218, and PI. As. rar. t. 230. Vern. Pand, 

 KW.P. 



A stout, woody parasite ; branchlets, young shoots, inflorescence, and 

 under side of leaves with dense ferruginous tomentum. Leaves coriaceous, 

 opposite, ovate-oblong or -lanceolate, narrowed into a petiole J in. long ; 



