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5. ViscUM ARTICULATUM, Burm. FI. Ind. 311 (1768). A leaf- 
less pendulous much di-trichotomously or verticillately branched 
parasitic shrub nearly black when dry; branches terete, branchlets 
jointed at the nodes and easily separating when dry, the internodes 
(articles) flattened, longitudinally (about 5-) ribbed and narrowed at 
the ends, each article at right angles to its neighbour, but twisted 
near the base so that all appear to be in one plane, 1°5—3-5 cm. 
long, 2—4 mm. broad. Flowers very minute, in axillary fascicles 
(often only one) of triads of which the central flower is usually ? the 
outer ones o', triads supported by a pair of connate cup-shaped 
bracts, the 2 again bibracteolate, the bracteoles 1 mm. long; 
perianth-lobes 3—4, triangular, acute, persistent, those of ¢ reflexed, 
those of 2 erect. Anthers adnate to the bases of the perianth-lobes, 
at first joined in a central mass, afterwards separate and with very 
minute pores. Ovary cylindric, smooth; stigma small, rounded. 
Berry globular, smooth, glassy-white or yellowish, about 3 mm. in 
diam. DC. Prodr. IV. 284; Migq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I.i. 806; Kurz. For. 
Fl. II. 305 (excl. citation of Brandis For. Fl.); Hook. f. F!. Br. Ind. V. 
226; Engl. & Prantl Naturl. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 140; Koord. 
Exkurs. Fl. Jav. II. 167; Cooke Fl. Bomb. II. 553. ‘Vz. fragile, Wall. 
Cat. 498 B. V. compressum, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. II. 861; DC. lc.: 
Blume Fl. Jav. Loranth. t. 24. WV. aphyllum, Griff. Notul. IV. 634 
and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 630. 
PENANG: on Penang Hill, J. Scott! ; at 300—750 m. alt., King’s 
Collector 1686!; on Government Hill, Curtis 2151!. Mawacca: 
Maingay K.D. 697!; Cuming 2258!. Sincapore: at Chanchukang, 
etc., Ridley 8054! .—Duisrris. India, Burma, Java. 
6. ViscUM FLExUosUM, King M.S. in Herb. Calc. ex Gamble in 
Kew Bull. 47 (1913). A leafless pendulous much di-trichotomously 
branched parasitic shrub reaching 2—3 ft. in length, olive brown 
when dry; branches terete, yellowish; branchlets very slender, 
jointed at the nodes, the internodes (articles) slightly flattened, 
longitudinally 1—3-ribbed, linear, scarcely attenuate, each article at 
right angles to its neighbour but twisted so that all appear to be in 
one plane; 1:5—2°5 cm. long, 2 mm. broad. Flowers minute, in 
axillary pairs of triads or single, the triads supported by a pair of 
connate shallow bracts and consisting of a central 9 flower and two 
outer flowers of which one or both ¢; the 2 again bibracteolate, 
bracteoles *75 mm. long; perianth lobes 3—4, exceedingly minute, 
scarcely -25 mm. longer in 9 less in 3, erect, deciduous. Anthers 
