290 



78. loranTjiace^. 



[LorantJius, 



are no bracts like those of L. hracteaius* Both L, tomentosus and L. 

 hracteatus are Neilgherry and Oeylon species. L. gibhosus,is found grow- 

 ing on Phyllanthus EmbUoa and more rarely on Mussaenda frondosa, 

 throughout the Konkan and North Kdnara ghdt forests. Fl. C. S. Fr. 

 Apl.-May. 



6. L. Stocksii, Hook. f. FI. Br. T. 5. 213. 



The Konkan apparently a distinct species near L. bracteatus, but with 

 sessile leaves and piriform fruit like that of a " Cyclanthus." Fl. Br. I. 

 A rare species apparently little known. I have not yet met with it. 



7. L. euneatus, Heyne in Roth. Nov. Sp. 193, Archati, K. 



Western peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Throughout the 

 Konkan and North Kauara, common near Yellapur, a dense shrub on 

 Terminalia paniculata^ Odina Wodler, and Vitex altissima. Fl. Nov.- 

 Dec. Leaves small, cuneate. Fruit small, pink, minutely warted. Al- 

 bumen green, teeth at top minute, pointed ; embryo club-shaped, furrow- 

 ed, radicle thick, rounded. 



8. L. longifloms, Desrouss. in Lamk. Encycl. III. 498; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 110; Brandis For. Fl. 397. L. bicolor, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 

 548. Var. falcata. Kurz. For. Fl. II. 321 ; Yar. amplexifoUa^ Thw. 

 Enum. 134 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 86. Banda, cainguU, Vern. ; Muduk, 

 bendudka, K. ; Vanda, M. ; Vando, Gnz. 



Temperate and tropical Himalayas from Oudh, eastwards to Assam and 

 south to Travancore, Ceylon and Malacca. ThrOT igho nt the ^presidency. 

 Parasitic on many species of trees in North K^narfSf*^ The var. amplexi- 

 folia, often grows on Flacourtia montana and the rar. falcata, on Gareya 

 arbor ea, 



Var, coccinea. Branches stout, lenticellate. Leaves usually sub-oppo- 

 site, broad ovate, obtuse thickly coriaceous, shortly petioled ; lateral-nerves 

 5-6 pairs. Flowers in rather lax, axillary lacemes. Calyx nrn-shaped, 

 limb often 6-1 -notched, very rugose outside. Corolla-tube long, slender, 

 2\ inches, bright scarlet without ; lobes short, light scarlet or greenish. 

 Filaments scarlet. Fruit ovoid, crowned with the calyx-limb, hard, 

 rugose. The teeth of the albumen and the white sticky layer are longer 

 and more slender than in L. longiflorus. Embryo white, slender, gradually 

 thickened at the radical end which is crowned with an apiculum. This 

 variety, which perhaps should be made a new species, has the racemes with 

 the flowers secund, but more lax than in L. longiflorus, proper, and the 

 corolla is always bright red or scarlet. The leaves are shortly petioled 

 and neither cordate or amplexicaul. A stout parasite growing frequently 

 on Terminalia bellerica, in North Kanara. Flowers during the cold season 

 Jan. -Feb. Fruit ripe May- June. The bark contains tannin. 



The cylindrical ovoid, sometimes slightly curved fruit is seated in an 

 oblique, green cup-like bract. The pink skin or epicarp is surmounted by 

 the truncate calyx-tube. The glutinous covered, white albumen is easily 

 forced from the epicai'p which opens at the base. The albumen is 



