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and dioecious, and in another 5-parted). Calyx angular, small, 
hemispherical, with an extenuated truncate margin. Petals 
linear, distinct from each other a long way at the base, and at 
length revolute at the apex ; anthers ovate, fixed by the back 
near the base or beneath the middle; filaments short, inserted 
beneath the middle of the petals. Ovarium ovate-globose. 
Style subclavate. Berry ovate-elliptic.—Parasitical shrubs. 
Racemes terminal or lateral, solitary or aggregate in the axils, 
having the rachis for the most part angular or 2-edged. To 
this genus belongs the greater part of the sections Stachydnthus 
and Protostelides of Loranthus, D.C. prod. 4. p. 287 and 289. 
particularly the Brazilian species. 
Sect. I. Sracuya’nruus (from oraxve, stachys, a spike, and 
avOoc, anthos, a flower; flowers sessile, disposed in spikes), 
Flowers sessile along the rachis, and sometimes immersed in pits 
on it, spicate, solitary or by threes, usually furnished with 3 
bracteas each. 
1 S. atveora‘tus; plant glabrous, much branched; branches 
terete ; leaves petiolate, roundish-ovate, rather oblique, obtuse, 
somewhat coriaceous; spikes axillary, 1-3-together, without 
joints, somewhat tetragonal ; flowers disposed in 4 rows on the 
spikes, immersed in pits in the rachis ; petals linear-lanceolate. 
h. P. S. Native of South America, near Popayan and Cartha- 
gena, parasitical on Crescéntia Cujéte. Loranthus alveolatus, 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 444. Loranthus rotun- 
difolius, Bonpl. herb. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 154. Leaves 2 
inches long, and 14 broad, on petioles 2 lines long. Spikes an 
inch or an inch and a half long. Corolla greenish white. 
Perhaps a true species of Loranthus. 
Alveclate-spiked Struthanthus. Shrub par. 
2 S. prery’corus; plant glabrous; branches compressed at 
the apex; leaves opposite, on short petioles, ovate, acumi- 
nated, coriaceous; spikes axillary, solitary, longer than the 
leaves ; peduncles compressed, winged ; flowers by threes, ses- 
sile ; petals 6, linear-lanceolate. bh. P.S. Native of Brazil, in 
the provinces of Minas Geraes and Bahia, on trees in the woods. 
Loranthus pterygopus, Mart. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 153. 
Flowers semi-linear. Anthers roundish-ovate, 
Wing-stalked Struthanthus. Shrub par. 
3 S. Uracur'nsis; plant glabrous, erect; branches terete ; 
leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate by a point at the 
apex, attenuated into the petiole at the base; peduncles 1-2, 
axillary, equal in length to the leaves, forked above the middle ; 
pedicels furnished with 3 bracteas and 3 flowers at the apex ; 
flowers sessile; petals 6, linear, nearly free; filaments shorter 
than the petals; anthers ovate, erect; stigma capitate; berries 
egg-shaped. h. P. G. Native of South America, upon laurels 
and myrtles, on the banks of the Uraguay. Loranthus Ura- 
guénsis, Hook. et Arn. in bot. mise. 3. 358. In many 
points it resembles Loranthus flagellaris, Cham. et Schlecht. 
Uraguay Struthanthus. Shrub par. 
4 S. popo’prerus; plant glabrous, erect; branches terete, 
when young angularly compressed ; leaves elliptic, attenuated at 
both ends, feather-nerved, reticulated above; spikes axillary 
and terminal, flexuous, pedunculate ; flowers by threes, immer- 
sed in the rachis, which is winged; corolla 6-parted, with 
linear lobes; anthers inserted by the base; stigma capitate. 
h. P. S. Native of Brazil. Loranthus podépterus, Cham. et 
Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 218. Loranthus acùtus, Pohl, in 
litt. Leaves 33 inches long, and 1} broad, on petioles 2 lines 
long. Corolla a line long. 
Winged-peduncled Struthanthus. Shrub par. 
5 S. opto’neus; plant glabrous; branches terete; branchlets 
compressed; leaves oblong, nearly elliptic, obtuse, cuneated at 
the base, and 3-5-nerved : nerves slender, reticulately branched; 
LORANTHACE#, 
V. SrruTHANTHUS. 
spikes axillary, very short, few-flowered. h. P.S. Native of 
Brazil. Loranthus obléngus, Schott. and Pohl, in litt. ex D.C, 
prod. 4, p. 287. Leaves 2 inches long, and 8 lines broad; pe- 
tioles and spikes about 2-3 lines long. The nervation of the 
leaves is very distinct from the other species, but the young 
flowers are not described. It is probably a species of Viscum. 
Oblong-leaved Struthanthus. Shrub par. 
6 S. occIıpENTA LIS; branches terete, scabrous; leaves ovate- 
roundish or elliptic, marginate, glabrous, feather-nerved at the 
base, on very short petioles; spikes axillary, simple, shorter 
than the leaves, nearly terete ; flowers almost sessile, furnished 
with a small very blunt bractea each ; petals 6, rather connate at 
the base; stamens 6, 3 fertile and 3 sterile. h.P.S. Native of 
Jamaica, on trees, and of many other of the West Indian Islands. 
Loranthus occidentalis, Lin. amoen. 5. p. 396. Swartz, obs. 138, 
Schultes, syst. 7. p. 146. Sloan. jam. 2. t. 100. f. 2. Sciirrula 2. 
Brown, jam. 197. Leaves 15-16 lines long, and 8-9 broad. 
Spikes an inch long. Flowers 2 lines long. Berries roundish. 
Western Struthanthus. Shrub par. 
7 S.porysra‘cuyus ; plant glabrous ; branches terete, but com- 
pressed at the articulations ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, thick, veiny; spikes axillary, by threes, one-half shorter 
than the leaves, diverging ; flowers by threes, sessile, opposite ; 
petals 6. h. P. G. Native of Peru, in groves on the Andes 
upon trees and shrubs. Loranthus polystachyus, Ruiz et Pav. fi. 
per. 3. p. 50. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 155. Leaves as ın many 
other species about 2 hands long. Flowers small, purple. Brac- 
teas semiannular, hardly conspicuous. Berries oval, brownish- 
yellow. 
Many-spiked Struthanthus. Shrub par. 
8 S. Parrr'si1; plant glabrous ; branches terete, but when 
young compressed ; leaves opposite, petiolate, oval-oblong, ob- 
tuse at the base, acuminated at the apex, of the consistence 0 
parchment, feather-nerved ; spikes axillary, simple, shorter than 
the leaves: ultimate ones disposed in a terminal panicle ; BOES 
distant along the rachis, sessile, bractless ; fruit oblong, spread- 
ing, truncate at the apex. h. P.S. Native of French cani 
where it was collected by Patris. Loranthus Patrìsii, D. 
prod. 4. p. 288. Leaves 4-5 inches long, and 1-2 broad, rather 
glaucous above, and rufescent beneath, on petioles 2 lines long. 
Berries tetragonally compressed while young, 3, lines long- 
Flowers unknown, therefore it is doubtful whether it belongs to 
this genus or not. 
Patris’s Struthanthus. Shrub par. 
9 S. ampLexicav'Lis ; plant glabrous ; branches terete ; o 
sessile, stem-clasping, reniform, coriaceous ; _ spikes axl i 
twin, not jointed, nearly sessile; berries half immersed in t 
rachis, ovate. h. P. S. Native of the temperate parts : 
Caraccas. Loranthus amplexicaúlis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. ae 
amer. 3. p. 445. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 154. Flowers mene 
Said to be nearly allied to S. alveolatus. Perhaps a true spe 
of Loranthus. 
Stem-clasping-leaved Struthanthus. Shrub par. peat 
10 S. emarcina‘rus; plant glabrous, somewhat scan m 
branches terete, when young compressed ; leaves ovate cuno 
emarginate, on very short petioles, without any lateral n . 
spikes axillary and terminal, tetragonal, rather shorter m a 
leaves ; flowers opposite, bractless, nearly sessile ; petals 6, la 
ceolate, distinct; anthers 6, 3 of which are acuminated ee 
sterile, and the & fertile ones roundish. h. P. S. Mant a 
Hispaniola, Porto-Rico, and Guadaloupe, on the — , 
parasitical on trees. Loranthus emarginatus, Swartz, pro fe 
58. fl. ind. oce. p. 625. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 152. Ber 
black, elongated. 
Emarginate-leaved Struthanthus. Shrub par. 
A 2 ob- 
11 S., spica‘rus; plant glabrous; branches terete ; leaves 
