912 BENGAL PLANTS. (Loranthus. 
Chittagong. 
A slender, bushy branch-parasite. 
1805. Loranraus ampuntuaceus Roxb.; F. I. i. 552, ii, 189; 
F. B. I. v. 220. 
Ohba on 
bush anal: -parasite. 
1806. ae a GLonosus Roxb.; F. I. i. 550, ii. 187; F. B. ae 
Foe). 
Th all the provinces 
A bushy branch- ‘cine Beng. Chhota-manda. 
809. Viscum Linn. 
Shrubs, semi-parasitic on trees; leaves opposite, flat and thick, 
or reduced to small scales or teeth. Flowers Pana" or mone- 
cious, fascicled or rarely solitary in axils or , rarely terminal, 
fascicles sometimes stalked ; "ieasle usually small ; bracteoles 2, 
ee or connate, rarely obs anet Perianth-tube in ¢ Howe 
short, solid, in ¢ hago adnate to ovary ; limb 3-4-lobed ; lobes 
usually deciduo Stamens He anthers broad, sessile, adnate 
to perianth- ioe: Ralls confluent ; dehiscence introrse by numerous 
pores. Ovary in ? flower inferior, 1-celled; ovule solitary ; stigma 
sessile or subsessile, large, pulvinate. Fruit a succulent berry; 
with soft, viscid mesocarp. Seed adnate to pericarp; albumen — 
copious, fleshy; embryo enclosed in the albumen, sometimes 2 
embryos present, terete. 
Branches lea ‘ 
Leaves ai aes ovate or falcate, acute or acuminate ......... monoicum. 
ves equally obovate, or elliptic- to linear-oblong, obtuse.. orientale. 
Branches leafless articulatum. 
1807. Viscum Monoicum Roxb.; F. I. iii. 763; F. B. I. v. 2243 
E. D. Vv. 154 
Chota Nagpur; Behar; W. Bengal; C. Bengal; Sundri- 
buns. 
A large, parasitic shrub. Hind. Kuchle-ka-malang; 
Santal. Pet chamra ban 
1808. Viscum ORIENTALE Willd. ; F. B. I. v. 224; E. D. Vv. 156. 
V. verticillatum F. I. iii. 764 
Chota Nagpur ; Behar; E. Benak: Chittagong. 
Vernac. Banda. 
