MR. D. OLIVER ON THE LORANTIIACEEX. 97 
2. Lonantuus, L. 
A. Anthere dorso affixe (in speciebus plurimis sectionis Struth- 
anthi parve, prope basin affixe).—Notanthera, A. P. De- 
Candolle, Mém. Loranth. 17, 
I. Flores parvi, sessiles, singuli in fovea rhacheos inserti, vel in 
axillis foliorum dense congesti, bractea bracteolisque minutis 
abortivisve. 
a. Inflorescentia spicata. 
§ 1. Oryctanthus, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 313. 
Bracts at first imbricating, at length obsolete or, with the brac- 
teoles, as minute scales in the depressions. Anthers usually alter- 
nately shorter, and, especially the shorter ones, minutely apiculate. 
The connective is sometimes dilated in front, sometimes narrow. 
The petals are free. The spikes in some species much abbreviated. 
—(Euloranthus § Stachyanthi, DC., in part*.) 
-Hab. Mexico, Panama, W. Indies, Columbia and New Granada, 
N. Brazil. 
b. Flores dense glomerati v. fasciculati, axillares. 
§ 2. Phthirusa, Mart. Regensb. Flora, 1830, 110. 
. The flowers I find 4-6-merous, and the connective, at least in 
some species, apparently adnate to the petals. 
Hab. Brazil. 
II. Flores pedicellati v. sessiles, singuli bractea bracteolisque 
tribus sejunctis vel connatis vel bractea cupuliformi fulti. 
a. Flores parvi, 6-5-meri, in racemis axillaribus. Stamina fila- 
mentis brevibus subnullisve. 
§ 3. Dendropemon et Lipotactes, Blume, Fl. Jav. Loranth. 13. 
The flowers are sometimes nearly sessile and spicate. Bract 
and braeteoles confluent, forming small 3-lobate or entire cupules. 
Petals usually 6, at length free. Stamens alternately longer. An- 
thers often reniform and apiculate. L. pauciflorus, Sw., the only 
species of Blume’s Section Lipotactes, does not differ materially 
from the rest. The anthers are not quite sessile. 
Hab. W. Indies. 
* I refer here also Spirostylis, Presl (Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 163). Mr.Ben- 
tham’s Loranthus Grahami (Pl. Hartwegiane, 62) is the only species I have scen ; 
and I think it probably the same as Schultes described. 
The flowers seem 1-sexual by abortion ; the anthers being imperfect in the 9 , 
and the style straight and reduced in the g. I scarcely think the twisting 
of the style is of sectional importance. The flowers are rather larger than in 
§ Oryctanthus generally, being near J in, in length. 
