Loranthus] XCVI. LORAXTHACE.E 551 



Malabar. Glabrous, ]. broad elliptic, 2-3 in. Jong, sessile or on sbort i>etioles. Bracts 

 connate into a coloured bell-shaped involucre, 1-1 1 in. long, fl. green and red, l§-2 in. 

 long, 5 in one involucre. 35. L. involucratus, Boxb. Sikkira Terai, ascending to 2,000 

 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. L. minutely pubescent, 1. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, blade 

 4-6, pet. {-'. in. Fl. villous, white, 4 in one involucre, J in. long, bracts free, as long 

 a- 11. 



III. Each 11. supported by 1 bract and 2 bracteoles. L. glabrous, opposite 

 or nearly so, corolla-segments 6, sometimes 5. 



A. Fl. in short fascicled racemes, corolla-segments as long as tube. 



36. L. trigonus, Wight & Am Ghats of the South Konkan and North Kanara, 

 common. Along backwaters in Travancore. Branchlets robust, triquetrous, 1. thickly 

 coriaceous, opposite or in whorls of 3, broadly elliptic, obtuse, blade 4-6, pet. stout, 

 J-i in. Fl. f-1 in. long, racemes often from the old wood. Bracteoles connate into a 

 small cup, corolla-lobes thick spathulate, stigma globose. 



37. L ampullaceus, lioxb. Vein. Jirli/marfi, Ass. Subhimal. tract from Nepal east- 

 wards, ascending to 2,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. Cachar. Chittagong. Burma, 

 Upper and Lower. — Malay Peninsula. China. L. opposite, elliptic, Made 3-5, pet. Jin., 

 sec, ii. slender. Fl. purple and yellow (Upper Burma. Smales), white (Boxb. MSS. 

 drawing 2229), S— j in. long. pedicels often very short, corolla-tube 6-angled, stigma 

 clavate, fr. ellipsoid or nearly globose, 38. L. globosus, Boxb., from the same localii ies 



- 37 and probably tin- sane- species, is supposed todirl'er by narrower l.,sec.n. obscure, 

 fr. globose. 39. L. Brandisianus, Kurz. Hills east of Toungoo 3,000 ft. L. rigidly 

 coriaceous, lanceolate, blade 4-6, narrowed into pet. J in. long, midrib prominent, sec. n. 

 obscure. Fl. 1 ', in. long, corolla sharply 6-gonous, stigma clavate. 40. L. hypoglaucus, 

 Kurz. Hills easi of Toungoo, 5-6.000 ft. L. elliptic-lanceolate, glaucous beneath, 

 sec. ii. obscure, blade : 'i i i i. I oi ig ", i ta i to H ei l into short petiole, fl. bright crimson, 1J-1J in. 

 long. Possibly ideni Leal with L. evenius, Bl., of Java. 



B. Fl. sessile, decussate on short 2-G-fld. spikes, rachis stout. 



(a) Bracts and bracteoles shorter than calyx, free portion of calyx tubulin-, 

 longer than ovary. 



II. L. loniceroides, Linn.; Wighl Ic t. 303. Batungli, Thana. Western Coast and 

 Western Ghats, from the Thana district southwards. Ceylon. L. coriaceous, ova te- 

 lanceolate to lanceolate, blade 3—1, pet. J— i in. Fl. red, 1—2 in. long, antlers exserted, 

 yellow, filaments green. 42. L. capitellatus, Wighl iV Am. ; Wight Ic. t. 804. Western 

 Ghats from Mahabalesh war southwards. Ceylon. Fl. A-l in. long. Possibly a var. 

 of II. 43. L. psilanthus, Hook. f. Sikkim, 1-6,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. Manipur. 

 Similar to 41, 1. larger, pet. longer, spikes often from the old wood, corolla very slender, 

 red and yellow. 



(b) Bracts and bracteoles longer than calyx, free portion of calyx shorter 

 than ovary. 



II. L. albidus, Blume. Mergui. Malay Penins. and Archip. L. thinly coriaceous, 



blade 1-5, pet. l-i in. Spikes with 1-3 pairs of fl., the rachis tbick. fl. immersed in 

 shallow decussate cavities of the rachis, which terminates in a bard pyramidal point. 

 Bracts and bracteoles coriaceous, J-J in. long. Corolla i I 1 , in. long, tubular, curved, 

 lobes half the length of tube. •!■">. L. Collettii, King. Shan bills plateau 5,000 ft. 



Collett). 1 1 1 1 1 - . ■ . i - 1 of Bhamo. 4.500 ft. (Mont. Hill). L. ovate-lam late, blade 6, 



pet. 1 in. One pair of large blood-red fl. 2-2 J in. long on stout peduncles ^ in. long, 

 rachis prolonged between the fl. into a broad conical tip, bracteoles Coriaceous, I 'load. 



truncate, enclosing the ovary, corolla-tube wide a1 b ted, afterwards 



gradually « idening. 



2. VISCUM, I. inn. ; PI. Brit. Ind. v. 223. 

 Glabrous parasites, branches dichot >us or trichotomous. I., opposite, 



often reduced to Scales. Fl. Unisexual, Small 01' minute, solitary or fascicle.) 

 al the nodes or in the leai axils. ,.•': perianth 3-4-tid., anthers liroad, 

 to perianth-lobes, cells numerous, opening by many pores. ? perianth-tube 

 adnate to ovary, stigma sessile or nearly so, large, pulvinate. Fr. succulent, 

 pulp viscid. Embryos sometimes 2-3 in each seed, terete, in tloslry albumen. 



Species 111), Kuropr, Asia. Africa. A list ral i:> . 



Vern. names used indiscriminately for several species: Bona, Banda, rami, Hind. : 

 dl'ii. Tarn. 



A. Leaves conspicuous, perianth segments deciduous. 



