552 XCVI. LOEANTHACE^ [Viscicm 



{a) Fl. fascicledj terminal in the forks of branches. 



1. V. album, Linn. Mistletoe. Yern. FerhiJvh, Rawalpindi; B'ml, Kulu : JRunath^ 

 Sntlej ; Mtirchu, Nep. Kuram valley, common on Olive and Quercus Ilex. Drosh, 

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

 Marta'ban hills, 5-6,000 ft. (Knrz). Fl. March-May. Afghanistan. — Europe, Western 

 and Northern Asia, Japan. A large green rounded hnbh, branches dichotomons, some- 

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

 1-2 in. long. Fl. dioeoions, sessile in clusters of S~5, in the bifurcations of branches, 

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

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



(6) Fl. in axillary sessile or pednncled fascicles. 



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Eoxb. Vern. Banda^ Farf/atcha, Beng. Oudh, north of Bahraich. Gorakhpur. 

 Sikkim, lower hills. Khasi hills. AVestern 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 i^- lo^g- A remarkable variety or distinct 

 species is V. Echjeicortldi^ Banda district on Zlzyphm, branchlets more robust, 1. broader, 

 thickly coriaceous. 



6. V. ovalifolium, Wall. Taongdong, Ava. Tenasserim. Andamans- Malay 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 Lorantlms. Ceylon. A dwarf, tufted shrub, tufts 6-10 in. 

 diam. L. spathulate or orbicular, |-1 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. Y. ramodmmum, Wight Ic, t 1017. 

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

 :angular. 



(6) Branchlets flat. 



10. V. articulatum, Buim. *, Collett Simla Fl. 440, Fig. 143.— Syn. F. aftemiatum, DC. 

 Brandis F. FL 394. Yern. Budn^ Hind. ; MurcJin, Nep. Outer Himalaya, from Chamba 

 eastwards, ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam. Ivhasi hills. Manipiir. Burma, Upiaer 

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

 Internodes linear, 1-2 in. long, J- J in. broad, striate and furrowed. Fr. ^ in. diam., 

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

 bract, perianth deciduous. 11. V. japoniciim, Thunb. — Syn. V. monil {forme ^ Wight Ic. 

 t. 1018; F. arh'cwf«/2w?i) Brandis F. FL 398. Kuram valley. Himalaya 5-8,000 ft., also 

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

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

 narrowed above the node ^-| in.' long, ^-^-^ in. broad, not furrowed. Fr. neaidy 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; EL Brit. Ind. v. 227. 



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

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

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

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

 1-celled, dehiscing by a traiisverse slit. $ perianth-tube adnate to ovary, 

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



