172 75. LORANTHACEJE. [Loranthuff, 



Far. nov. coccinea. Branches stout, lenticellate. Leaves usually sub- 

 opposite, broad ovate, obtuse, thickly coriaceous, shortly petioled ; 

 lateral-nerves 5-6 pairs. Flowers in rather lax, axillary racemes. 

 Calyx urn-.shaped, limb often 5-1 -notched, very rugose outside. 

 Corolla-tube long, slender, 2^ inches, bright scarlet without ; lobes 

 short, light scarlet or greenish. Filaments scarlet. Fruit ovoid, 

 crowned with the calyx-limb. This variety has the racemes with 

 the flowers secund, but more lax than in L. longiflorus^, proper^ and 

 the corolla is always bright red or scarlet. The leaves are shortly 

 petioled and neither cordate or amplexicaul ; it is a stout parasite and 

 grows nearly exclusively on Tenninalia bellerica in North Kanara, 

 Flowers during the cold season Jan., Feb. Fruit ripe May, June. 



L. elastieus, Desrouss. in Lamk. Encycl III. 599; FL Br. I, 5. 216; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FI. 10'.). Throughout the Koukan and North 

 Ivdnara, very common on mango trees, near the sea-coast. The corolla 

 lobes coil elastically. Fl. July, Aug, Fr. April, May. A common species. 



L. lageniferus, Wight Ic. t. 30(5 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 218; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. F\. ] lU. Bimdtjali, M. Hills of the Koukan, common in the 

 deciduous forests of North K^nara, near Dandeli, growing on Adina cordi- 

 folia, Fl. Apl., May. Fr. July, Aug. The bell-shaped involucre distin- 

 guishes this species from all others growing in the Bombay Presidency. 



L. trigonus, Wight. & Arn. Prod. 386 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 219 ; on the 

 ghats of the South Konkan and North Kdnara, common on the Supa 

 ghats, growing on Eugenia jambolana, Dalbergia latifolia and Ziziplms 

 xyloyyra. Flowers small, acicular. Fruit orange, shortly pedicelled, 

 crowned with the calyx-limb Fl, Dec, Feb, Fr, ripe May. 



L. lonlceroides, Linn, Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 473 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 221 ; Dalz, & 

 Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 110. Throughout the pi'esidency, common in the 

 Konkan and North Kivnara growing on many different trees. Fl. Mch,, 

 May. Fr, K.S. 



L. capitellatus, W, & A. Prod, 382; FL Br, I, 5.221; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl, 109. From the Konkan, southwards. In North Kanai-a, 

 on the Supa ghats, growing on Artocarpus inteyrifoUa I have never 

 seen it on any otlier tree; it may be however only a variety of L. lonice- 

 oic/e.--, Linn. Fl, Feb., May. Fr, R. S. 



VISCUM, 



Shrubs with opposite leaves or leafless. Flowers axillary, uni- 

 sexual. Petals 3-4, sessile. Anthers on the petals, opening by many 

 pores. Ovary inferior. Fruit succulent. Embryo 1-2 in each seed, 

 in fleshy albumen. 



Leafy shrubs. 



Large shrub, branchlets augular V. orienlah. 



Dwarf tufted shrub, branches stout, short V, cupUeUatum. 



