Loranthus* PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 205 



1 L. bicolor, Roxb. Corom. ii. 19. tab. 139. 

 leave* opposite; oblong, smooth. Racemes axillary. Corals. 

 irregular, five-cleft. Stamens five. Berry oblong. 



Sung. <^t, Vanda,* g^rp^ft, Vriksliadnnee, f^TJTWT, V " k * 

 shubhukshq, and ?"t5*?>"1>T> Vrikshurooha. 

 Hind, and Beng. B«ra-manda. 



Yeliiaga-wadinika of theTelingas; (wadinika means parasitical.) 

 Is always found growing upon the branches of various kinds of 

 trees, and is very ramous. Flowers during the greatest part of the 

 year, and is highly ornamental. -f* 



Trunk scarcely any. Branches numerous, ascending, woodv; 

 barkzrey. — Leaves nearly opposite, sessile, orvery short-petioled, from! 

 oval to linear-lanceolate, waved, entire, reclined, veins scarcely any ; 

 from three to five inches long, and from half an inch to an inch and 

 halt' bro^d Racemes axillary, single, simple, sub-erect, many-flow- 

 ered. — Flowers in size and appearance very much like those of the 

 honey suckle. Bractes, a small, concave, cordate one, pressing on the 

 b;ise of the germs on one side.— Calyx, there is no other perianth 

 of the fruit than the above-mennoned bracte; that of the flower is 

 cup-shaped, entire, permanent.— Carol one-petalled. Tube long, a 

 little curved, swelling from the bottom to within a third of the 

 mouth, then contracting a little ; border five-parted, upper fissures 

 much the deepest; segments linear, reflexed towards one side. — Fi- 

 laments five, from the base of the segments of the corol, short. An~ 

 titers linear. — Germ inferior, naked. Style length of the corol. Stig- 

 ma clubbed. Berry inferior, crowned with the remaining calyx, 

 oblong, smooth, pulpy, one-celled. — Seeds single. 



Obs. This is a handsome looking parasite, bearing a great num- 

 ber .of very beautiful flowers; its foliage also looks very well. All 



* Sir "William Jones thought Vunda to be the general term for all parasitic plants. It 

 is probable that all the names here cited are so. Ed. 



t It is one of the most common plants in Bengal, where it is chiefly found growing on 

 mangoe trees, frequently in such abundance as to disfigure them, and to be with difficult/ 

 rooted out. At Stlhet it is called Pat-reem and is in great repute as a remedy against ye« 

 Here J complaints N. W. 



