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78. LORANTHACEiE. 



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copious and at the top are five linear teeth surrounding the clufc-shaped 

 green embryo, which is solid and resembles a small nail ^ in. long with a 

 flattened head (the radicle). 



9. L. elasticus, Desrouss. in Lamk. Encycl. III. 699 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 

 216 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 109. 



Western peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Throughout the 

 Konkan and North K^nara, very common on mango trees, also on Ficus 

 religiosa, and Gasuarina, near the sea-coast. The corolla lobes coil 

 elastically. Fl. July- Aug. BV, April- May. A very common species with 

 sessile flowers. Fruit pink, ovoid "5 in. ; embryo club-shaped, the radicle 

 *end is covered with minute knobs. Albumen white, 5-toothed at the apex. 



10. L. lageniferus, Wight Ic. t. 30G ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 218 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 110. Bandgali, M. 



From the Konkan southwards to Malabar. Hills of the Konkan, 

 common in the deciduous forests of North Kauara, near Dandeli, growing 

 on Adina cordifoUa. Fl. Apl.-May. Fr. July-A.ug. The bell-shaped 

 involucre distinguishes this species from all other species of Loranthus 

 growing in the Bombay Presidency. 



11. L. trigonus, Wight. & Arn. Prod. 386; Fl. Br. I. 5. 219. 



Gonimaran hmdalaki^ K. 



On the ghats of the South Konkan and North KAnara, common on the 

 Supa, Siddapore and Belgaum ghats, growing on Eugenia jamholana^ 

 Ficus glomerata, Dalhergia latifolia, Ziziphus xylopyra, Ficus mysorensis, 

 and F, glomerata. Flower ljuds small, acicular. Fruit pink shortly 

 pedicelled, crowned with the calyx-limb. Fl. Dec. -Feb. Fr. ripe Apl- 

 May. 



A very robust species, branchlets often acutely 3-angled. Fruiting, 

 peduncles 1*5 in., pedicels '2 in. Berry ovoid ; embryo with a light green, 

 warted, superior radicle and covered with the white, 4!-6-toothed albumen ; 

 cotyledons conferruminate. 



12. L. loniceroides, Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 473 ; Fl. Br. I. ^, 221 ; 

 Dalz. <b Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 110. Archati, K. 



Western Peninsula, from the Konkan to Travancore ascending to 

 6000 ft. in the Neilgherris, Oeylon. Throughout the presidency, common 

 in the Konkan and North Kanara, growing on many different species of 

 trees. Fl. Mch.-May. Fr. R. S. 



Berry ovoid, green, crowned with the calyx-tube, '5 in. long. Albumen 

 green, firm;, grooved and striped longitudinally with 4-5 more or less 

 distinct, grey or reddish lines, teeth cohering in a flattened tip. Embryo, 

 with two separate cotyledons, jointed to the radicle which has a swollen 

 and flattened end. 



13. L. capitellatus, W. & A. Prod. 3S2; F'. Br. I. 5. 221 ; DaJz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 109. 



