534 XCVII. SAI^TALACEiE [Santalum 



known, tlie Sandal seedling for a time lives independently, the i-oots being fiirnislaed 

 with minute root hairs, which disappear when it has attached itself to the roots of a 

 foster plant (Brandis in Ind. For. xxxix, 3, and M. Rama Rao same vol. 386), 



2. HENSLOWIA, Blume ; M. Erit. Ind. v. 232. 



Parasitic glabrous shrubs, sometimes probably root parasites, 1. alternate^ 

 fl. minute, supported by small bracts, unisexual or ^ and 9 • Males : stamens 

 5 or 6, inserted on the perianth-lobes, anthers didymous. Fertile ; perianth- tube 

 adnate to ovary, segments 5 or 6, stamens or short. Species about 12, India, 

 China and Ind. Archip. 



1. H. heterantha, Hook. f. & Thorns. Knmaon 4,000 ft. Nepal. Sikkim 2-7,000 ft. 

 Khasi hills. Manipur. Hills east of Toungoo 4-7,000 ft. L. variable, from ohovate 

 to orhicuJar, 1-3 in. long, narrowed into a short pet., hasal nerves 5-9. $ fl. sessile, 

 in pedunculate heads, fr. fascicled on pedicels I in. long with hracts at base and below 

 the fr. 2. H. grauulata, Hook. f. & Thorns. Silckim. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Similar 

 to 1, hranchlets densely pustulate, 1. ohovate to spathulate, basal nerves usually 

 more numerous, less distinct, fruiting pedicels covered the whole length with broad 

 imbricating bracts. A siaecimen from the Southern Shan hills, 5,000 ft. (Collett, May 

 1888), has hranchlets not pustulate and pedicels wdth bracts only at base and at apex. 

 3. H. varians, Blume. Mergui. Malay Penins. L. 3-nerved, elliptic-lanceolate. ^ H. 

 pedicellate, in short racemes, fr. up to I in. long. 



Osyris arborea, "Wall. ; Collett Simla Fl. 442, Fig. 144. — Syn. 0. WigJitimia, Wall. ; 

 Wight Ic. 1. 1853. Vern. Dahiii, Dalima, N. W. Himal. ; PopoU^ Lotal^ Mar. 5 Jluiri, 

 Nep. Outer Himalaya, ascending to 7,000 ft., from Kulu eastwards (not found in 

 Sikkim). Manipur. Upper Burma {Zaimg gyan) often in Eng forest. Central Prov- 

 inces. Western Peninsula. Ceylon. Tonkin. Yunnan. A twiggy shrub or small 

 tree, as a rule glabrous, hranchlets 3-sided, with prominent sharp angles. L. 

 coriaceous, elliptic or ohovate, 1-2 in. long, mucronate, nearly sessile. PI. minute, 3- 

 sometimes 4-merous. $ I in. across,»in axillary pedunculate 5~10-fld. clusters, perianth- 

 lobes triangularjStamens opposite the lobes, disk fleshy 3-lobed, the lobes alternating 

 with the stamens. ^ • solitary sometimes 2-3 together, axillary, on long, slender 

 peduncles. Perianth superior, obconical. Drupe yellow, i~| in. diam., seed one. A 

 remarkable variety, hranchlets, leaves and inflorescence densely pubescent, $ fl. 

 J in. across in small sessile cymes, on the Satpura range. Sandstone hills north 

 of Bori 2,500 (D. B. Deo. 1876). 



Pyrularia edxilis, A. DC— Syn. Sphmrocarya edidis, Wall. ; Wight Ic. t. 255. Yern. 

 AmpJii, Nep. Nepal. Sikkim, 4-5,000 ft. Mishmi hills. Khasi and Naga hills. A 

 small or middle-sized thorny deciduous tree, leaf»buds covered with broad densely 

 white silky scales. L. elongate-elliptic, blade 5-7, narrowed into pet. 1 in. long, sec. n. 

 4-6 pair, oblique, arching. Fl. c? in tomentose racemiform panicles, ^ solitary, Fr. 

 a large edible pyrif orm drupe, seed globose. 



Scleropyrum "WallicMaiium, Arn. 5 Wight Ic. t. 241.— Syn. Pyrularia WalUcMa^ia^ 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 304. Vern. Bodlige^ Be7iduga^ Kan, Western Ghats from the Konkan 

 southwards, common in North Kanara, Coorg and the Wainad. Southern Shan hills 

 4,000 ft, Ceylon 4-6,000 ft. A small or moderate-sized tree, armed with sharp woody 

 often fascicled spines. L. coriaceous, elongate-elliptic, blade 3-7, pet J in. long, sec. n. 

 3-5 pair. Fl. yellowish-red, polygamous, male in catkin-like spikes, axillary, or above 

 the scars of fallen leaves, perianth-tube solid, segments 5, slightly imbricate in bud^ 

 filaments inserted at the base of lobes, 2-fid, anthers 10. Fertile in compact cylindric 

 racemes, perianth-tube adnate to ovary, stigma large peltate. Drupe brown, pyrxforniy 

 stalked l|-2 in. long. Seed 1, nearly globose. 



3. PHACELLARIA, Bentb. ; PL Brit. Ind. v. 235. 



Small leafless parasitic sbrubs, usually growing on LorantJms, FL minute^ 

 moncecious, sessile or sunk in tbe branch. Perianth-tube of ^J solid, of ? 

 adnate to tbe ovary, lobes 4 or 5 sbort, valvate, antber-ceils diverging* 

 Species 4. 



A. Steins under 5 in. long. 



1. p. compressa, Benth. Shan hills 5,000 ft. Moulmein. Stems simple, not branch- 

 ing, more or less flattened. 2. P. rigidtaa, Benth. Mergui Stems branched, terete.- 



B. Stems over 6 in. long, branched, 



3. P. caxaescens, HemsL South Shan hills 4,000 ft. Glabrous, fl. scattered, fr. sessile. 



