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LORANTHACE, 
Lin. syst. Dioécia, Tetrandria? Flowers dioecious; male 
ones unknown ; female ones having the tube of the calyx adnate 
to the ovarium, and furnished with 3 long plumose bristles on the 
outside, alternating with 3 bracteas, which are adnate to the 
calyx ; limb of calyx minute, truncate. Fruit an oblong trique- 
trous indehiscent utriculus, crowned by the permanent limb of 
the calyx. Seed one; albumen fleshy.—Small smooth parasi- 
tical shrubs, with the habit of Viscum. 
§ 1. Plant leafless. 
1 M. punctuta‘tum (Banks, mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 286.) 
plant leafless; branches terete, rugged from dots; bracteas 
alternate along the branches, half stem-clasping, ovate, obtuse ; 
flowers 1-2, sessile in the axils of the bracteas. h.P.S. Na- 
tive of America, on trees. D.C. coll. mem. vi. t. 11. 
Var. a, Magellánicum. h. P.H. Native of the Straits of 
Magellan. Viscum flavéscens, Comm. herb. 
Var. B, subumbellatum. h.P.G. Native of the north-west 
coast of America, in Statenland. It differs from var. a in the 
branches being thicker and somewhat umbellate. 
Dotted-branched Misodendron. Shrub par. 
; § 2. Plants furnished with leaves. Branches alternate, bear- 
ing each one articulated leaf at the apez. 
2M. sracnysra'cuyum (D. C. coll. mem. vi. t. 12. f. 1.) 
branches alternate, bearing each an obovate or oval obtuse leaf 
at the apex ; spiklets few-flowered, bractless, rising from the 
branchlets beneath the leaves; fruit ovate. h. P.H. Native 
of the north-west coast of America, in Statenland. Leaves 3-5 
lines long, and 2-3 broad, flat, nerveless. Flowers and fruit not 
sufficiently known, and therefore the genus is doubtful. 
Short-spiked Misodendron. Shrub par. 
3 M.? quaprirtoérum (D. C. coll. mem. iv. t. 12. f. 2.) 
branchlets alternate, each bearing an oblong-obovate subserru- 
lated leaf at the apex, and 4 sessile unilateral flowers on the 
Upper side. kh, P. H. Native of North America, in Staten- 
land. This is very like the preceding species in habit, but differs 
in the flowers and fruit being unilateral. Calyx triquetrous, 
dehiscing at the sides. 
Four-flowered Misodendron. Shrub par. 
§ 3. Plants furnished with leaves. Leaves alternate. Branches 
Joriferous at the apex. 
4 M. ogroxciròLum (D. C, prod. 4. p. 671.) branches clothed 
with fine velvety down; leaves oblong-lanceolate, cuneated at 
the base, 3-nerved, glabrous; spikes bearing each one leaf at the 
base, conforming to the others. bh. P.G. Native of Chili 
(Bertero), and of Chiloe (Cuming). Genus novum, no. 1. 
pp. pl. exsic. no. 813. Flowers bractless, with 8-10 distant 
Ones in each spike. 
Oblong-leaved Misodendron, Shrub par. 
5 M. uryearirouim (D. C. prod. 4. p. 671.) plant glabrous; 
leaves linear, acute ; flowers sessile, solitary at the axils of the 
leaves in the flowering branches. h. P.G. Native of Chili, 
where it was collected by Poeppig. Genus novum, no. 2. Poepp. 
pl. exsic. no, 800. 
mear-leaved Misodendron. Shrub par. 
6 M. micropny’trum (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 357.) 
leaves minute, linear ; flowers sessile, solitary at the axils of the 
leaves; branches pubescent. h. P. G. Native of Chili, in 
the province of Maule. Closely allied, but apparently quite dis- 
tinct from the preceding species. 
Small-leaved Misodendron. Shrub par. 
Cult. These are singular shrubs, similar to the Mistletoe, 
but are not cultivable in gardens. 
VOL. III. 
III. Misopenpron. 
IV. Lorantavs. V. STRUTHANTHUS. 409 
IV. LORA’NTHUS (from lorum, a lash made of leather, and 
avOoc, anthos, a flower; alluding to the Jong linear shape and 
leathery substance of the petals). Mart. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 
671.—Loranthus species of Lin. and others. 
Lin. syst. Penta-Heaxdndria, Monogynia. Flowers dioecious or 
hermaphrodite. Calyx cup-shaped, adnate, with an entire border. 
Petals 5-6 (f. 74. a. d.), linear, reflexed. Stamens inserted into 
the middle of the petals; filaments short; anthers globose, didy- 
mous, having the cells dehiscing in front towards the connecting 
part. Style thickish; stigma simple. Berry globose (f. 74. e.), 
umbilicate by the calyx, 1-celled, 1-seeded as in the rest of the 
genera, broken off from the present.—Parasitical shrubs. Spikes 
axillary and terminal, simple. Flowers immersed in the fleshy 
rachis, each propped by a somewhat orbicular bractea at the base. 
1 L. Evror# us (Lin. spec. 1672.) plant glabrous, much 
branched ; branches terete; leaves opposite, petiolate, oval-ob- 
long, obtuse, somewhat attenu- 
ated at the base; racemes ter- 
minal, simple ; flowers dioecious, 
of 6 petals; anthers adnate in 
the male flowers. h. P. H. 
Native of Austria, Hungary, 
Italy, and Upper Siberia, parasi- 
tical on oak and sweet-chestnut 
trees. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 30. 
Schkuhr, handb. t. 94. Sturm, 
fl. germ. with a figure. Plench. 
icon. t. 248. Habit of Viscum 
álbum. Flowers greenish. Ber- 
ries oval, white or yellowish. 
This is the Viscum or Mistletoe 
of the ancients. 
European Loranthus. 
par. 
2 L. opora‘rus (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 215.) glabrous ; 
branches terete ; leaves nearly opposite, ovate-lanceolate, fleshy : 
spikes axillary, subfascicled, with a foveolate fleshy rachis, and 
jointed sessile subimmersed spreading 6-petalled hexandrous 
flowers; anthers ovate, inserted by the base; style shorter than 
the petals. h. P.G. Native of Nipaul, on the mountains of 
Chandigiri and Sheopore, parasitical on trees. D. Don, prod. f: 
nep. p. 143. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 101. D. C. prod. 4. p. 294. 
Leaves pale green, at length becoming yellowish, from 4 to 6 
inches long. Spikes shorter than the leaves, many flowered, 
almost sessile. Flowers small, nearly white, very sweet-scented, 
at first clavate, but at length spreading ; petals cuneate, slightly 
concave at the apex. Ovarium supported by no other bractea 
than the acute margin of the foveola of the rachis, 
Sweet-scented-flowered Loranthus. Shrub par. 
3 L. LamsertIa`nus (Schultes, syst. 7. p. 118.) glabrous, 
dichotomously branched ; leaves opposite, on very short petioles, 
ovate-lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, acute, nerved; spikes 
terminal, solitary ; flowers half immersed in the foveolate rachis, 
5-petalled; anthers fixed by the back. k. P. G. Native of 
Nipaul. Habit of L. Europe‘us. 
Lambert’s Loranthus. Shrub par. 
Cult. The species have the habit of common mistletoe, but 
are not cultivable in gardens on account of their being parasitical. 
FIG, 74. 
Shrub 
V. STRUTHA’/NTHUS (from arpov6oe, strouthos, a spar- 
row, and av@oc, anthos, a flower; some of the species are 
called Erva de Passerinho and Herba dos Passeros, i. e. Sparrow- 
plant, in South America). Mart. in D, C. prod. 4. p. 671.— 
Loranthus species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Hexdndria, Monogynia. Flowers hermaphrodite, 
almost rie 6-parted (except in one species, which is 4-parted 
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