Loranthus] XCVI. LOKAXTHACE.E 549 



(b) Spikes niany-fld., pubescent. 



8. L. coccineus, .Imk. Cachar. Pegu. Tenasserim. Siam. Malay Penins. and 

 Archip. Similar to 0, but 1. usually alternate, racemes and fl. rusty-tomentose, ri. I- 

 merous. fr. ovoid, prolonged into a narrow neck, crowned by the 4-toothed calyx. 9. 

 L. Hookerianus, Wight & Am. Southern hills of the Peninsula. — Ceylon. Similar to 

 ■ x . fl. J in long. fr. small globose, crowned with the cupular calyx. 10. L. Wightii 

 Hook. f. Courtallum. L. 1-1A in., fl. J in. long. 



c) One or two pairs of fl. on short axillary racemes. 



11. L. ligustrinus, Wall. Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, ascending 

 to 4,000 ft. Assam. Cliittagong. Young shoots and inflorescence rusty pubescent, 

 I., opposite, the uppermost sometimes alternate, blade 1-3, narrowed into pet. J in. 

 FL J in. long, pale pink outside, deep red within, on axillary racemes much shorter than 

 Hi" subtending 1.. pedicels opposite, 2 pairs of fl. often with a terminal. 12. L. terrestris, 

 Hook. f. Similar to 11. Probably a root parasite, quite glabrous, racemes larger, often 

 compound. 



C. Petals connate into a usually 4-lobed corolla, deeply cleft behind. Fl. 

 between h and If in., in axillary fascicles, rarely racemose, calyx scarcely 

 produced beyond ovary, anthers narrow, cells indistinct. 



a i L. glabrous or nearly so, fr. turbinate. 



IB. L. elatus, Edgew. (L. umbeUifer, Brandis F. Fl. 397). Vein. Naratha, Jumna. 

 Himalaya 5—8,1 .mi I ft. from the Sutlej eastwards. L. glabrous, coriaceous, ovate, acumi- 

 nate, base rounded or cordate, blade 4-6, pet. A in. Fl. 1— 1$ in. long, on sbort axillary 

 racemes. 14. S. umbellifer, Schultes. Himalaya from Nepal eastwards, 2-5,000 ft. 

 Khasi hills, common. Similar to 13. Youngest shoots rusty pubescent. L. elongate- 

 elliptic, base acute, blade '2-5. pet, A in. Fl. red. 



(b) L. mealy or scurfy, usually strictly opposite, fr. pyrifonn or clavate. 



15, L. Scurrula, Linn.: Boxb. Cor. PI. t. 140. Vein. Bindukli, Belutigli, Thana. 

 Common throughout India ami Burma, not in the Punjab and Sind. In the Sub- 

 i In van tract, ascending to 2,000, in the Burma hills to 4,000 ft. — Found on many 

 different species, in Bombay common on Pterocarpus Marsupium, in Singh bum abundant 

 ..ii Woodfordiafloribunda. — Ceylon. Malay Penins. and Archip. Young shoots, under- 

 side of young 1. ami inflorescence densely clothed with grey or brown scurfy tomentum, 

 I. usually elliptic, base rounded, blade 1-5, pet. j -Jin. Fl. A-l in. long, in dense axillary 

 Fascicles or short racemes, corolla -lender, curved, greenish-yellow, lobes \, linear, short. 



filaments purple, Er. pear-shaped \ in. long. Exc lingly variable. 16. L. cordifolius, 



Wall. NorthWest Himalaya, ascending to 5,000 ft. Hozoribagh. Nilgiris. Ceylon. 

 Hardly specifically distinct from 15. Branchlets and leaves white-tomentose. 1. ovate. 

 base cordate. 17. L. rhopalocarpus, Knrz. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. Small, densely 



branched. L. sometimes alternate, obovat ■ cuneate, L-2 in., fr. linear-club-shaped, 



in. long, apex truncate, 18. L. pulverulentus, Wall. Subhimalayan tract andouter 

 ranges ascending to 3,000 ft., from Chamba eastwards, Manipur. Upper Burma. 

 Branches stout, shoots and young I. densely clothed with sofl Fugacious tomentum. 



I., ovate, blade 2 K, pet. .'. 1 i Il„ sec. n. distinct. It:i"' - .1 \illar\ . often fasciculate, 



as well as il. and fr. shortly white-to ntose, fl. -lender, curved, I I:/ in. long, lobes I. 



short. Fr. clavate, J J in. long. in. L. thelocarpus, Hook. f. chittagong. shoot, and 

 underside of I. with fine tawny tomentum, L ovate, blade 2-3, pet. J in. Fr. club-shaped, 



minded, tulx'i'culate. 



(r) L. toinentose, opposite, fr. ellipsoid. 



20. L. vestitus, Wall. PL As. bar. t. 230; Collett, Simla FL 189, Bg. 112. North 

 Wesl Himalaya, from the Ravi to the Sards river, common on Querciu incana. Oudh 

 forests. .Nepal. F£hosi bills. Branches stout, branch lets, petioles, underside of L and 

 inflorescence clothed with soft brown or tawny tomentum. I., ovate- or elliptic- 



folate, blade 2 I. pet. \ in. lone. FL J ] In., pedicellate, in sessile or |H'duiiculate 

 fascicle-, fr. i-i. in. long. 



D. Petals aate into a usually 5-lobed corolla. Fl. between I and 21 in. 



long in axillary clusters or racemes solitary in /.. Stockfii). Calyx toothed. 

 |iroi luced beyond ovary. 



(a) Fl. glabrous, corolla-lobes shorter than tube. 



21. L. longiflorus, Desrousseaux ; Wight [c. t. 302.— Syn. L. bicolor, 

 Roxb. Cor. I'l. t. liin. Vera. Rana, Kashm. : Par and, Cangra ; Ajeru, Nep. : 

 I'ltt/iiilm. Eazaribagh ; Kaurak, Bhil; Kainguli, Mar.: Bindukli, Thana; 

 Badanike, Kan. 



