LXXXVII. LORANTHACE^ 
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Flowers J-l in. long, in axillary clusters ; buds sharply pointed. 
Calyx-limb none or very short. Corolla brown-tomentose outside, 
pink or pale yellow within ; lobes 4, acute. Stigma club-shaped, 
tip conical. Berry ^ in., top-shaped. 
Abundant on the oak, Quercus dilatata, below Daha in the Giri valley ; 
July-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 1000-5000 ft.— Central India, Nilghiris. 
2. Loranthus elatus, Edgew . ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 212. Glabrous 
except the rusty, pubescent buds. Leaves opposite, stalked, broadly 
ovate, 3-6 in. Flowers 1-llr in. long, in axillary clusters. Calyx- 
limb short, obscurely 4-toothed. Corolla red in the lower part, 
green towards the top ; lobes 4, linear, reflexed. Stigma minute. 
Berry J in., broadly top-shaped. 
Theog ; July. — Temperate Himalaya, 5000-10,000 ft. 
3. Loranthus vestitus, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 212. Young 
parts tomentose. Leaves opposite, stalked, ovate-oblong or ovate- 
lanceolate, 2-3 in., upper surface glabrous, lower tomentose. 
Flowers J in. long, in axillary clusters ; buds globose. Calyx- 
limb very short, obscurely toothed. Corolla brown-tomentose 
outside, smooth and purple within ; lobes 4. Stigma capitate. 
Berry ovoid, ^ in., tomentose, ultimately glabrous. (Fig. 142.) 
Simla, the Glen ; September- January. — W. Himalaya, 5000-10,000 ft. 
4. Loranthus longiflorus, Desrouss. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 214. Gla- 
brous. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, nearly sessile, variable 
in shape and size, usually oblong-ovate, about 5x2^ in. Flowers 
1^-2 in. long, in racemes. Calyx-limb shortly tubular, entire. 
Corolla red in the lower part, yellow-green towards the top ; 
lobes 5, linear, reflexed. Berry oblong, in., crowned with 
the cup -shaped calyx-limb. 
Sutlej valley, near Basantpur ; December. — Throughout India, ascending to 
7000 ft. 
2. VISCIJM. The classical name of the Mistletoe, V. album , 
derived from the Greek.— -Tropical and temperate regions. 
Glabrous shrubs ; branches repeatedly forking. Leaves opposite 
or none. Flowers small or minute, green, 1-sexual, sessile in 
groups of usually 3 within a cup-shaped, fleshy, lobed bract, solitary 
or clustered in the forks or at the joints of the branches. Male 
flowers : perianth 4- or 3-parted ; anthers sessile, adnate to the 
perianth-lobes, opening by numerous surface-pores. Female 
flowers : perianth-tube adnate to the ovary, limb 4- or 3-parted ; 
stigma sessile. Berry viscidly juicy. 
Leaves 1-2 in. Branches terete . . . . . 1. V. album. 
Leaves none. Branches flat. 
Joints 1-2 in., grooved 2. V. articulatum. 
Joints i-f in., not grooved 3. V.japonicum. 
