Plants of the Punjab. 



65 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Meriandra 

 strobilifera, 



Kafur-]:a fat. 



Labiate. 



F. B. I. iv. 652. 



Himalaya, 



5-6,000 ft. 



Vallevs below Simla 



(Collett). 



small, woolly, smelling of sage, branches somewhat 

 angled ; leaves 3-4 by f-lj in 



thick, oblong or lance- 



olate, shortly toothed, two portions projecting back- 

 wards in points, velvety and closely wrinkled above, white 



woolly beneath, stalk very stout, \ in. 



long 



flowers white, 



small, in large circular clusters crowded in erect woolly 

 4-sided spikes with floral leaves (bracts), small, sessile, 

 ovate, overlapping, calyx 2-lipped, corolla 4-lobed, 

 spreading, stamens 2, short, stout, protruding, style bifid ; 

 nutlets brown, smooth. The leaves are used as a gargle in 

 sore throats in Indian medicine. 



Loranthus 

 eordifolius, 



Loranthacb^. 



F. B. I. V. 209. 



Himalava, 



l-5,000rt. 



Giri Valley (Collett). 



Dehli. 



Loranthus elatus^ 



Loranthace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 212. 

 Himalaj^a, 

 5-10,000 ft. 

 Theog (Collett). 



Loranthus vestitus, 



LORANTHACEiE. 



F. B. I. V. 212. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, the Glen. 

 Dehr (Collett). 



Loranthus 

 longiflorus, 



Panda, handa, amut. 



LoRANTHACEiE. 



F. B. I. V. 214. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 



Basantpur, Sutlej 

 Valley (Collett). 

 Koti, Karnal. 



perennial, woody, stout, parasitic usually on oaks, white 

 felted ; leaves 2-3 in., broadly notched at the base, stalked, 

 both sides felted or upper smooth ; flowers f -1 in. long, 

 shortly stalked, in axillary clusters, calyx short, not tooth- 

 ed, corolla brown felted without, pale pink or yellow within, 

 slender, tubular, curved, lobes 4, short-pointed, stamens 4, 

 style long, purple, stigma club-shaped, tip conical ; berry 

 ^ in., top-shaped. 



like the last species, but smooth except the rusty 

 velvety buds, leaves 3-6 in., not notched at the base, 

 flowers 1-1|- in., red below, green above, calyx slightly 

 4-toothed, corolla lobes linear, reflexed. 



like the last species, but leaves ovate-oblong or ovate- 

 lanceolate, 2-3 in., smooth above, rusty felted below when 

 old, flowers | in., brown felted without, smooth purple 

 within. 



like the last species, but smooth everywhere, leaves 

 sometimes alternate, 5 by 2| in., usually oblong-ovate, 

 flowers l-|-2 in. in racemes, not clusters, red below, yellow 

 green above, lobes 5, berry crowned with the calyx. This 

 and the preceding species of Loranthus are parasitic on 

 and very destructive of Acacia, IMangifera, Melia, Morus, 

 Pyrus, and Qucrcus. 



