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glabrous. Flowers |-1 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 1-1 J 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 \ 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 § 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, J-J 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 5 x2^ in. Flowers 
l|-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, J-J in., crowned with 
the cup-shaped calyx-limb. 
Sutlej valley, near Basantpur ; December. — Throughout India, ascending to 
7000 ft. 
2. VISCUM. The classical name of the Mistletoe, V. album, 
derived from the Greek. — Tropical and temperate regions. 
Glabrous shrubs ; branches repeatedly forking. Leaves oppo- 
site 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 | in., not grooved . . . . .3 7, japonicum 
