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LORANTHACEZ. V. STRUTHANTHUS. 
63 S. RETROFLE'XUS; glabrous; branches terete; leaves 
ovate, acute, deflexed, rather coriaceous, on short petioles ; 
panicles axillary and terminal: with an angular rachis: and 
retroflexed branchlets, bearing ovate, concave, deciduous brac- 
teas, and 2-4 flowers, which stand on short pedicels; petals 6, 
linear, reflexed at the apex. h. P. S. Native of Peru, in 
groves on the Andes, upon trees. Loranthus retrofléxus, Ruiz, 
et Pav, fl. per. 3. p. 49. t. 279. fe a. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 138. 
Leaves usually an inch and a half long and 2 inches broad; on 
petioles 2-3 lines long. Flowers small, purple. Berries oval, 
of a yellowish glaucous colour. 
Retroflexed-petalled Struthanthus. Shrub par. 
Cult. All the species of this beautiful genus being parasitical, 
they are consequently not cultivable in gardens. They have 
something of the aspect of Lonicéra or honeysuckle. 
VI. PSITTACA’NTHUS (qurraoc, psittacos, a parrot, and 
avðoç, anthos, a flower; perhaps from the bright colour of the 
flowers). Mart. in D.C. prod. 4. p. 671. Loranthus section 
Oscillatorize Callanthe. D. C. prod. 4. p. 308.—Loranthus 
species of authors. í 
Lix. syst. Hexándria, Monogýnia. Flowers hermaphrodite, 
for the most part hexamerous. Calyx cup-shaped, hemispheri- 
cally cyathiform, with a contracted mouth: having the border 
Sometimes entire, and sometimes obsoletely 5-6-toothed or re- 
pand. Petals 6, linear~spatulate, in most of the species distinct 
to the middle, erect, spreading, often furnished with a linear 
scale in the middle. Filaments filiform, rising from the middle 
of the petals ; anthers linear or oblong, fixed by the base, there- 
fore erect : or by the back, then they are incumbent. Ovarium 
ovate. Style filiform; stigma capitate. Berry ovate—Pani- 
cles dichotomous or trichotomous, expanded or corymbose ; 
peduncles articulately inserted, bracteate; pedicels extended 
into a cup-shaped bracteole each. Flowers large, thick, deeply 
coloured. 
1 P. Ramiriorus; glabrous; branches terete; branchlets an- 
gular ; leaves ovate, bluntish, attenuated at the base ; peduncles 
opposite, trifid, 6-flowered, spreadingly deflexed, rising beneath 
the leaf-bearing branches; alabastra conical ; petals lanceolate- 
linear, acuminated ; anthers versatile. h. P. G. Native of 
€xico, parasitical on trees, on the mountains of Mahuitzola. 
Loranthus ramiflorus. Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex 
D.C. prod. 4. p. 308. Leaves 14 inch long, and 6-7 lines 
broad ; on very short petioles. Corolla 10 lines long, conical. 
Branch-flowered Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
2 P. CALYCULA TUS; glabrous ; branches nearly terete ; leaves 
Opposite, ovate, or lanceolate, hardly petiolate, coriaceous, vein- 
less ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, shorter than the leaves : 
having a cup-shaped bractea under each flower, as in all the 
rest of the species ; petals 6, linear, acute; anthers versatile. 
k. P. S. Native of Mexico, about Cuarcavara, where it was 
collected by Berlandier. Loranthus calyculatus, D. C. coll. 
mem. vi. t. 101. Larger leaves 2 inches long and 1} broad, the 
rest rather smaller. Flowers of a yellowish scarlet colour, 
almost 2 inches long. There are 2 oblong floral leaves under 
each lateral branch of the corymb. Limb of calyx truncate. 
Allied to P. cæsus. Perhaps the same as Loranthus Quau- 
chitli of Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. 
Calyculate Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
3 P. Jacaurnr; glabrous; branches terete; leaves obovate 
or oval, coriaceous, shining, on short petioles, veinless; pedun- 
cles axillary and terminal, cymose, shorter than the leaves: ul- 
timate ones trifid: having an urceolate, small bractea under each 
flower ; petals 6, contiguous at the base, linear, revolute at the 
apex ; alabastra curved a little ; anthers oblong, versatile. h. 
415 
P. S. Native of Jamaica, Martinico, and Brazil, parasitical on 
trees. Loranthus Jacquini, D. C. prod. 4. p. 308. L. Ameri- 
cànus, Jacq. amer. p. 97. t. 67. exclusive of the synonymes. 
Lin. spec. 331. exclusive of the synonyme of Cham. and 
Schlecht. in Linnæa. 3. p. 210. but not of Lin. amæœn. nor 
Swartz. 
Var. B, longifòlius (D. C. prod. 4. p. 308.) leaves oblique, 
lanceolate, attenuated at the base. h. P. S. Native of Ja- 
maica. Calyx cup-shaped. Flowers sometimes of 4 petals. 
Jacquin’s Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
4 P. Brasitie’nsts; glabrous; branches terete, compressed 
while young ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate-ovate, obliquely nerved, 
thickish, shining above; peduncles trichotomous, terminal, and 
in the upper axils: branchlets 5-flowered; alabastra club- 
shaped ; petals 6, linear; anthers versatile. kh. P.S. Native 
of Brazil. Loranthus Brasiliénsis, Desr. in Lam. dict. 3. p. 
596. Schultes, syst. 7. p.127. Habit of Avicénnia tomentosa, 
but is perfectly glabrous. Leaves 3 or 3} inches long, and 12- 
15 lines broad, on petioles 3-4 lines long. Corolla an inch 
and a half long. 
Brazilian Psittacanthus. Shrub par, 
5 P. ci'ncrus; branches terete ; leaves opposite and alter- 
nate, on very short petioles, oblong-ovate, obtuse, thick, mar- 
ginated; racemes axillary and terminal, compound : peduncles 
nearly opposite, 2-flowered; bracteas cup-shaped; flowers 
tomentose on the outside, clavate at the apex in the unexpanded 
state ; petals 6, nearly linear, glandular at the base. k. P. Ss. 
Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro, in the woods of 
Japura. Loranthus cinctus, Mart. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 134. 
Corolla 1 or 14 inch long, densely clothed with coloured tomen- 
tum. Anthers oblong. Style equal in length to the petals. 
Stigma capitate. 
Girded Psitticanthus. Shrub par. 
6 P. specidsus; glabrous ; leaves oblong-elliptic, or lanceo- 
late, bluntish, cuneated at the base, coriaceous: having the mid- 
dle nerve hardly conspicuous, and the lateral veins wanting ; 
racemes unknown; alabastra cylindrical ; petals 6, linear, hardly 
concrete at the base; anthers versatile; stigma not capitate. 
h. P. S. Native of Brazil. Loranthus specidsus, Pohl, in 
litt. but not Dietr. nor Wall. Leaves 3 inches long and an inch 
broad ; petioles hardly any. Corolla 3 inches long. It differs 
from P. Brasiliénsis, Lam. in the alabastra not being clavate. 
Showy Psitticanthus. Shrub par. 
7 P. picuro‘os; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves opposite, 
obovate, emarginate, coriaceous, hardly veined; peduncles soli- 
tary, axillary, dichotomous: the branches 2-3-flowered ; brac- 
tea cup-shaped, shorter than the ovarium, l-toothed; petals 6, 
linear, spreadingly reflexed from the middle; anthers linear- 
oblong. h. P. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio 
Janeiro. Loránthus dichròos, Mart. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 122, 
Flowers 18-20 lines long, scarlet, but green at the apex. 
Two-coloured-flowered Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
8 P. GRANDIFLÒRUS; branches terete; leaves opposite, on 
short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, thick ; peduncles 
dichotomous : terminal ones 3-4 : axillary ones solitary ; flowers 
pedicellate by threes, tomentose ; bractea cup-shaped, uniden- 
tate; petals 6, linear, bearing each a scale on the inside at the 
base. h. P. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio 
Negro, in the woods about Japura. Loránthus grandiflòrus, 
Mart. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 124. Corolla 14 to 2 inches long, 
purplish? Stigma globose-capitate. 
Great-flowered Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
9 P. siterXa‘tus; branches terete, rather velvety ; leaves 
nearly opposite, petiolate, elliptic, obtuse, thick, glaucous ; pe~ 
duncles axillary and terminal : lower ones solitary, dichotomous: 
superior ones sub-panicled ; flowers pedicellate, pubescent ; 
VI. Psirracantnus. 
