Loranthas.] 75. LOnANTHACEiE. 171 



Flowers pubescent or tomentose. 



Fruit ovoiil, pale red. Flowers fascicled ... ... L. tomeiitogus. 



Fruit pyrifonu. Flowers solitary ... ... .. L. Stocksii. 



Flowers glabrous. Corolla lobes not elastic. 



Leaves small, cuneate. Flowers fascicled ... ... L, cunealus. 



Leaves large, oblong, elliptic. Flcjwcrs racemose, yellow, 



with green lobes. Calyx-limb entire... ... ... L. longiftorue. 



Corolla lobes elastic ... ... ... ... ... L. elastieus. 



Flowers 4-5, enclosed in a large bell-shaped involucre, 



ebracteolate ... ... ... B. lageni/eru.'*. 



Flowers in axillary clusters. Branches triquetrous. 



Leaves mtjstly in verticels of 3 ... ... ... L. trigonua. 



Flowers in decussate spikes. Bracts and bracteoles 



large, orbicular, deciduous. Calyx-tube truncate. 



Anthers niultilocellate. 



Corolla curved, 1-2 inches L. loniceroidet. 



Corolla straight, 2-§ inch ... ... ... ... L. capiteUatus. 



Ij. Wallichianus,Schultz. Syst. VII. 100; Fl. Br. I. 5. 20^; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 109, Banda, M. Tliroughout the Konkan and 

 North Kanara, parasitic on locundi (Memecyhm amplexicaulp, Roxb.) and 

 Other trees. Common in the forests near Karwar. Fl. ApL, June. 

 Fr. Aug. Sept. 



L. obtusatus, Wall. Cat. 52'; ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 20-5 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 109. North Kanara and Konkan ghats, common on jamba {Xylia, 

 dolabrifonnis, Benth.) and other trees on the Supa ghat deciduous forests. 

 Fl. Feb., ApL, June,'julj. 



L. scurrula, Linn.; Fl. Br. 1.5. 208; L. hiodrlleioides, Desrouss. ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 110. Thi'oughout the presidency, common in 

 North Kanara, often growing on Z^esr* .5afti6MCJ;ia, Dillenia pentagijna and 

 Pterocarpws marsupium. Fl. Nov. Feb. Leaves opposite. 



L. pulverulentus, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. 221 ; 

 Fl.Br. 1.5. 211; Brandis For. Fl. 396. Konkan, Stocks. Fruit large 

 club-shaped, Kurz. In the Central Provinces on BiUea frondosa, Brandis. 



L. tomentosus, Heyne in Roth. Nov. Sp. 191 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 212. 

 Common in the deciduous forests of the North Kdnara ghats near 

 Yellapur, very common on Phyllantlms emhlica and MiisscBuda frondosa, 

 Fl. Nov., Feb. Fr. Apl., May. Leaves alternate, calyx toothed. 



Ii. Stocksii, Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 5. 213. Konkan, Stocks. Leaves sessile, 

 opposite. Fruit pyriform. 



L. cuneatus, Heyne injRoth. Nov. Sp. 193. Throughout the Konkan 

 and North Kanara, common near Yellapur, a dense shrub on Termiiialia 

 paniculata. Fl. N07., Dec. Leaves small, cnneate. 



L. longiflorus, Desrou.ss. in Lamk. Encycl. III. 498 ; Dalz. &, Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 110 ; Brandis For. Fl. 397 ; L. bicolor, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 548! 

 Var, falcafa. Kurz. For. Fl. II. .321 ; Var. amplexifolia. Thw. Enum. 

 134 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 86. Banda, cainguli, Vern. Throughout the 

 presidency. Parasitic on many tree? in North KAnara. The var, amplexi- 

 folia often grows on Flacoiirtia mO;itana and the var. falcata on Careya 

 arborea. 



