552 XCVI. LOEANTHACE.E [Viscum 



(a) Fl. fascicled, terminal in the forks of branches. 



1. V. album, Linn. Mistletoe. Vern. Perbikh, Rawalpindi; Mini, Kulu : Sunath, 

 Sutlej ; Hurchu, Nep. Kurain valley, common on Olive and Quercus Ilex. Drosh, 

 Chitral. Himalaya, Kashmir to Nepal 3-9,000 ft., also in the inner arid valleys. 

 Martahan hills, 5-6,^00 ft. (Kurz). Fl. March-May. Afghanistan. — Europe, Western 

 and Northern Asia, Japan. A large green rounded bush, branches diehotomous, some- 

 times whorled, jointed, terete. L. flat, cuneate-oblong or oblanceolate, apex rounded, 

 1-2 in. long. Fl. dioecious, sessile in clusters of 3-5, in the bifurcations of branches, 

 each cluster supported by a pair of fleshy, slightly ciliate, concave bracts. Perianth- 

 segments triangular, thick, deciduous. Berry white, J-J in. diam., almost transparent. 



(b) Fl. in axillary sessile or peduncled fascicles. 



2. V. orientale, Willd. Behar. Chutia Nagpur. Sambalpur. Western Peninsula. 

 Chittagong. Meiktila, U. Burma. Mergui. — Ceylon. Malay Penins. and Archip. 

 China, New Guinea, Australia. A large parasite, brauchlets usually angular and 

 grooved, often whorled. L. obtuse, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 1-2 in. narrowed 

 into short petiole, basal nerves 3-5. Fr. ovoid or nearly globose, J in. long. 3. V. 

 vermculosum, Wight & Am. Dindigal hills, 3,500 ft. Closely allied to 2, fr. linear- 

 oblong, warty. 4. V. orbiculatum, Wight Ic. t. 1016. Nilgiris. Similar to 2, main 

 branches strongly angular and grooved, 1. 1-li in. long, much waved. 5. V. monoicum, 

 Boxb. Vern. Banda, Pargatcha, Beng. Oudb, north of Bahraich. Gorakhpur. 

 Sikkim, lower hills. Khasi hills. Western Peninsula. L. thin, falcate, acute or 

 acuminate, blade 1-5 in. long, narrowed into short petiole, basal nerves 3-5, prominent. 

 Fr. oblong, narrowed at both ends, J— J in. long. A remarkable variety or distinct 

 species is V. Edgeicortliii, Banda district on Zizyplvus, branchlets more robust, 1. broader, 

 thickly coriaceous. 



6. V. ovalifolium, Wall. Taongdong, Ava. Tenasserim. Andamans. Mala3' Penins. 

 China. Branches stout, terete, 1. coriaceous, obtuse, elliptic or elongate-elliptic, 2-4 

 in., narrowed into a short petiole, basal n. 3-5. Fl. crowded in axillary frequently 

 spicate clusters. 7. V. capitellatum, Sm. Western Peninsula, chiefly on the west 

 side, often parasitic on Loranthus. Ceylon. A dwarf, tufted shrub, tufts 6—10 in. 

 diam. L. spathulate or orbicular, J-l in. long, fr. ovoid. 



B. Leaves as a rule "wanting. 



(a) Branches terete, angular or not. 



8. V. ramosissimum, Wall. Western Peninsula. Ceylon. Branches not angular, 

 long, slender, occasionally with a few 1. at the base of the main branches, fr. minute, 

 subglobose. 9. V. angulatum, Heyne. Syn. V. ramosissimum, Wight Ic. t 1017. 

 Western Ghats and adjoining hill ranges, from the Konkan southwards. Branches 

 angular. 



(b) Branchlets flat. 



10. V. articulatum, Burm. ; Collett Simla Fl. 440, Fig. 143.— Syn. V. attemiatum, DC. 

 Brandis F. Fl. 394. Tern. Budu, Hind. : Eurchu,~Ne\->. Outer Himalaya, from Chamba 

 eastwards, ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. Manipiir. Burma, Upper 

 and Lower. Centr. Prov. Western Peninsula. Ceylon. Malay Penins. and Archip. 

 Internodts linear, 1-2 in. long, J-§ in. broad, striate and furrowed. Fr. J in. diam., 

 sessile, in clusters of 4—6 at the nodes, each fr. supported by a shallow cup-shaped 

 bract, perianth deciduoixs. 11. V. japonicum, Thunb. — Syn. V. monili forme, Wight Ic. 

 t. 1018; V. articulatum, Brandis F. Fl. 393. Kuram valley. Himalaya 5-8,000 ft., also 

 in the inner dry valleys, commonly on Oaks. Nilgiris. Ceylon, above 6,000 ft. Mount 

 Ophir, Malacca : Mauritius. China. Japan. Australia. Internodes cuneate, much 

 narrowed above the node J— j in: long, jjj— J in. broad, not furrowed. Fr. nearly globose, 

 in dense clusters of 10-20 at the nodes, each cluster subtended by a pair of connate 

 bracts, perianth-segments 3—4, minute, persistent. 



Ginalloa Helferi, Kurz. Tenasserim. L. cuneate 3 in. long, tapering into the very 

 short pet., 5-nerved, tip obtuse or emarginate. Fl. minute, in slender spikes 1-2 in. 

 long, perianth-segments 3, anthers large sessile. 



3. ARCEUTHOBIUM, M. Bieberstein ; PI. Brit. Ind. v. 227. 



Small shrubs with fleshy articulate branches, parasitic on Conifers, each 

 joint terminating in a minute cup-shaped entire or bidentate sheath, -which 

 encloses the base of the next joint. Fl. dioecious minute, at the ends of branch- 

 lets ; S perianth 2-5-partite, anthers sessile on the inner face of the segments, 

 1-celled, dehiscing by a transverse slit. ? perianth-tube adnate to ovary, 

 minutely 2-dentate. Species 9-12, Northern Hemisphere. 



