lioranthufi!] 



78. LORANTHACEiE. 



289' 



1. L. Wallichianus, Schultz. Syst. VII. 100 ; Fl. Br. I. 5, 205 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 109. Banda, M. 



Western peninsula on the ghits, from the Konkan southwardg. 

 Throughout the Konkan and North Kj'inara, parasitic on Locundi, (^Memn- 

 cylon) and other trees. Common in the forests near Karwar. Fl. Apl.- 

 June. Fr. Aug. -September. 



2. L. obtusatus, Wall Cat, 526 ; Fl. Br. I. 5, 205 ; Dalz, and Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 109. 



Western peninsula on the gh^ts from the Konkan southwards. North 

 K^nara and Konkan ghats, common on Jamba, (Xylia dolahriformis^) 

 Myristica aftenuata, and other trees of the Supa ghats in the deciduous 

 forests. Fl. Feb.-April, June- July. Branches with numerous raised 

 white dots. Ovary nearly globose, rough, 



3. L. scurrula, Linn. ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 208. L. huddleioides, Desrouss ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. llO. 



Throughout India from the Sikkim Himalaya and Bengal, southwards 

 to Singapore and from Central India to Ceylon. Throughout the presi- 

 dency, common in North K^nara, often growing on Leea sambiocina, Dil- 

 lenia pentagyna, and Pterocarpus marsujpium , Fl. Nov. -Feb. Fruit 

 pyriform, mealy, top obtuse, '4 in. long. Albumen pink, obtusely qua- 

 drangular at the radicle end, at the other end terminating in a hard 

 elongated point ; surrounded with a green sticky layer ; embryo green 

 fusiform ; radicle not distinguishable from the tigellus. 



4 L. pulverulentus, Wall, in Roxb. FL Ind. ed, Carey & Wall. 221 ; 

 Fl. Br. I. 5, 211 ; Brandis For. Fl. 396. 



Sub-tropical Himalaya, 24,000 ft. alt. ; Pegu and Ava. Central Pro- 

 vinces ; Konkan, Stocks. Fruit large, club-shaped, Kurz. In the Central 

 Provinces on Butea frondosa, Brandis. 



I have not seen this ^ecies. 



5. L. gibbosus, Talb. sp. nov. tomentosuSf Kejue, Talb. List of 

 Trees &c. 171. Dade, K. 



A large shrub with scaly, tomentose, long, pendant branches. Leaves 

 alternate, ovate or obovate, obtuse, grey rusty tomentose beneath, glabres- 

 cent above ; nerves 4-5 pairs ; blade 2*5 — 1 by 1*75 — '5 in. ; petiole "2 in. 

 stout. Flowers in axillary, 1-5 -flowered fascicles. Bract tomentose, 

 shorter than the 5-toothed calyx. Calyx-teeth very short. Corolla '75 in. 

 long, curved, inflated and gibbous near the base, tube split on one side, 

 lobes 5, reflexed, oblong; pedicels '1 in. Fruit pink, ovoid, '3" in. long. 

 Albumen green, with the teeth connate into a conical point but marked 

 with white lines and slightly swollen round the radicle presenting the 

 appearance of a small grape seed. The embryo has a globose or ovoid 

 smooth radicle dark green in colour. 



This species is, I think, distinct from L. tomentosus, Heyne. The 

 corolla is gibbous-inflated and there are no traces of hispid hairs. There 



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