Visaim.] 75. lokanthace^. ]73 



Branches terete, long, slender. Leaves or few ... V. ramosissimum. 



Leallcss. 



Brandies angled, not contracted at noiles ... ... V. an;/ukUiim, 



Brandies flattened, contracted at nodes ... ... V. articulatum. 



V. orientale, WiUd. Sp. PL TV. 7.'J7; Fl. Br. I. 5. 224; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 393. North Kjinaru and Konkau f^luits, common near the Nilkund 

 ghat in evergreen forests, growing on Tenia uaUa paniculata. Fl. Sept., 

 Jany. Leaves 3-5-longitudinal nerved. 



V. capitellatum, Sm. in Kees' Cycl. XXXVII ; Fl. Br. 1. 5. 225. On 

 tlio North Kanara ghats, commonly parasitic on other Loranthacece 

 also on Tdrininalia 'paniculata, Fl. Nov., Dec. Fr. Jan. Leaves thick 

 spathulate. Flowers on fascicled peduncles. I have a variety of this or 

 another species with much thinner ovate leaves and Bessile, fascicled 

 flowers, growing on Loranthut< trigonus, Wgt. No. 1G19, prop. herb. 



V. ramosissimum, Wall. Cat. 0876 ; Fl. Br. I. .5. 225. From the Kon- 

 kau southwards, Fl. Br. I ; on the lower slopes of the Bababudeu hills of 

 Mysore on Flacourtia Ramontchi. Fl. H.S. Fr R S. Leaves linear, few. 



V. angulatum, Heync MSS. DC Prod. IV. 283; Fl. Br. I. 5. 225 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 110; V. attenuntwn, Brandis For. Fl. 394. 

 Very common on the ghats from the Konkau southwards on many 

 different kinds of trees. Fl. apparently throughout the year. 



V. articulatum, Burm. Fl. Ind. 311 ; Brandis For. Fl. 394; Fl. Br. I, 

 5. 226. Throughout the presidency, not common, growing on Diospijros 

 melonoxylon in the Dharwar district. Fl. June, Aug. Fr. Dec, Feb. 



Orddr 7Q>. SANTALACE^. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves entire, alternate or opposite 

 without stipules. Flowers reg"ular, hermaphrodite or unisexual. 

 Perianth superior or inferior, 3-S -toothed, lubed or partite. Sta- 

 mens 3-6, opposite to perianth lobes. Disc various. Ovary infe- 

 rior, 1-celled, with a free central placenta, bearing 2-5, pendulous 

 ovules. Fruit a nut or drupe. Seed globose, albumen copious. 



Tree. Leaves opposite. Disc of scales between the 



stamens .. Santaltju. 



Shrub. Leaves alternate. Disc angled between 

 the stamens ... Osvris. 



Spinous tree. Leaves alternate. Filaments 2-fid. 

 Disc annular Sclkropyrdm. 



SANTALUM, L. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, coriaceous. Flowers in 

 terminal and axillary cymes, bisexual. Perianth tube campanulate 

 with a concave disc adhering to the base. Ovary at first free at 

 length ^ inferior, 1-celled with 2-4 pendulous ovules, attached near 

 the base of the central placenta. Drupe globular, fleshy ; endocarp 

 ribbed. 



