422 JO URNAL, BOMB A Y NA TUBAL HISTOR Y SOCIETY, Vol. X, 



Natural Order. 



Genus and Species. 



Vernacular or English 

 name, use, habitat, &c. 



79. Loranthacese (The 

 Mistletoe Order.) 



Loranthus Wallichianus, 



Schultz. 



obtusatus, Wall 



scurrula, Limi 



pulverulentusjTFaZZ. 

 cuneatus, Heyne.... 

 elasticus, Desrouss. 

 involucratus, Roxb. 

 lageniferus, Wight. 



„ loniceroideg, Linn 

 Viscum angulatum, Heyne 



80. Santalaceas (The 

 Sandalwood Order.) 



81. Balanophorese ... 



Osyris arborea, Wall 



Balanophora indica, Wall 



82. EuphorbiaceBB (The 

 Spurgewort Order.) 



Euphorbia pycnostegia, 



Boiss, 



„ elegans, Spreng 



,, hypericifolia, Linn 

 ,, neriif olia, Z/«m .. 



„ fusifonnis, Ham... 



The name Banda or Van- 

 da is commonly given 

 by the H ill people to all 

 these parasitic plants. 



Bandguli. 



Bandguli. Involucre 5-lob- 

 ed, lurid purple, long 

 tubular corolla, of light 

 colour, anthers exserted. 



Jalindar.Indian Mistletoe. 



Lotal. 



For a description of this 

 strange plant, see Mrs. 

 Hart's " Note on a 

 supposed Root-Parasite 

 found at Mahableshwar 

 in October, 1885." 

 (Journal, vol. I, p. 75.'-) 

 The plant is found in the 

 wood above the Dhobi's 

 Waterfall in November. 



The bracts are about half 

 an inch long. 



Dudh mogra. 



Thor. The Candelabrum 

 tree. 



Kirkind. Roots large, ten 

 inches long. Leaves 

 fleshy, radiant, reddish. 

 The flowers appear in 

 delicate pink cymes 

 before the leaves. 

 Common on the Golf 

 Ground, Mahableshwar, 

 and on the Ghat 

 Plateau. Matheran. 



* The late Mx, W. E. Hart gave the following description, from memory, of the speci- 

 mens collected by him. " My specimens approach the description of B. indica nearer than, 

 any of the others." (See Hooker, vol. V, pp. 237, 238.) "The root-stock was tuberoas or 

 warty. The peduncle-scales yellowish, * * * They lay close on the peduncle, and * * were 

 imbricate, but separated at the upper extremities. The heads were certainly globular and 

 uni-sexual ; reddish-brown in colour. The flowers were dioecious, wliite in colour. The 

 stamens of the male flower united into a central column of conical shape. The peduncles 

 were of all lengths , from 1 to 6 inches high, and decidedly thick for their length. The 

 heads were of all sizes from marbles to bagatelle balls." , . , •-■_" _-~" 



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