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LORANTHACE. VI. Psrrracanruus. 
21 P. cupu’tirer; glabrous; branches terete; leaves nearly 
sessile, obliquely ovate-oblong, narrowed at the apex and ob- 
tuse, reticulately many veined, somewhat membranous ; pedun- 
cles axillary, 2-3-flowered, unibracteate ; pedicels furnished 
with a large cup-shaped bractea under the flower; petals 6, 
linear, spreading, revolute at the apex; anthers incumbent. 
k. P.S. Native of Peru, near Loxa. Loranthus cupilifer, 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 438. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 
120, Leaves 5 inches long and 2 inches broad, on very short 
petioles. Flowers 1 or 14 inch long, on very short pedicels. 
Berry elliptic, about the length of the cup-shaped bractea. 
Cup-bearing Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
22 P. Prumie'r1; glabrous; branches terete; leaves ovate 
(3-nerved ex Lam.) 5-7-nerved at the base, coriaceous ; pedun- 
cles axillary, trichotomously corymbose, shorter than the leaves; 
petals 5, linear, contiguous at the base; alabastra a little curved; 
anthers versatile. h. P.S. Native of the West India Islands, 
parasitical on trees. Loranthus Plumiéri, Cham. et Schlecht. in 
Linnea. 3. p. 311. Lonicéra, Plum. nov. gen. 17. t. 37. pl. 
amer. ed. Burm. t. 166. f. 1. Loranthus, Vaill. act. acad. par. 
1722. p. 201. Plumier says the flowers of his plant are com- 
posed of 6 petals, but the number of the parts of the flower is 
unknown. 
Plumier’s Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
23 P. nucatypriroxius; glabrous; branches terete; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, rounded at the apex, coriaceous, almost vein- 
less ; peduncles axillary, 3-flowered, shorter than the leaves; 
pedicels furnished with a cup-shaped bractea each under the 
flower ; petals 6, linear, a little dilated at the apex, hardly co- 
hering at the base; anthers incumbent. h.P.S. Native of 
South America, in the province of Caraccas, at Villa de Cura. 
Loranthus eucalyptifolius, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 433, Leaves 3 inches long, and nearly 2 broad. Flowers 
yellow, glabrous, about 14 inch long. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 120. 
Eucalyptus-leaved Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
24 P. crassiroxius; branches, terete, dotted with brown at 
the apex ; leaves opposite, broad-ovate, obtuse, with subrevolute 
margins, coriaceous ; peduncles axillary, 1-3-together, dichoto- 
mous ; flowers twin or tern, pedicellate, tubular: the tube ven- 
tricose above the middle, and spreading at the apex, and having 
the throat constricted; bracteas cup-shaped, one under each 
flower. h. P. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio 
Grande, in woods about Japura. Loranthus crassifdlius, Mart. 
in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 123. Corolla purplish, 2 and 24 inches 
long. Anthers linear. 
Thick-leaved Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
25 P. picuéromus; glabrous; branches terete, dichotomous, 
3 or 4 in a whorl; leaves usually in whorles, ovate-elliptic, 
rounded at the apex, coriaceous ; peduncles axillary, twin, bifur- 
cate, pendulous in the flower-bearing state, but erect in the 
fruit-bearing state; limb of calyx truncate; bracteas cup- 
shaped, one under each flower; petals 6, linear, concrete at the 
base, revolutely spreading at the apex ; anthers incumbent. R. 
P à Native of Peru, on the Andes, in groves about Muna. 
Loránthus dichótomus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 45. t. 274. f. 
a. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 123. Loranthus clusiæfòlius, Willd. 
rel. ex Schultes, syst. l. c. Leaves 2 hands long, and a hand and 
a half broad. Corolla about a hand and a half long, scarlet at 
the base, and yellow at the top. Petioles very short. 
_ Var. B, Balthasàreus (D. C. prod. 4. p. 311.) petioles 8-9 
lines long ; margins of leaves somewhat revolute, shining above, 
and rather glaucescent ; flowers red, 3 inches long ; petals a 
little dilated at the apex. h. P.S. Native of South America, 
on the banks of the Orinoco, near Balthasar. Loránthus dichó- 
tomus, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 433. Perhaps 
sufficiently distinct from the species. 
VOL, 111. 
417 
Dichotomous-peduncled Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
26 P. nopdsus ; glabrous; branches terete, dichotomous, arti- 
culated at the nodi ; leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate-roundish, 
coriaceous, somewhat 7-nerved at the base; peduncles axillary, 
and in the forks of the branches, in fascicles, 1-2-flowered, nearly 
the length of the petioles; bracteas semicircular; alabastra 
terete, acute; petals 6, linear-lanceolate; filaments adnate a 
long way to the petals. p. P. S. Native of Peru. Loranthus 
nodosus, Desr. in Lam, dict. 2. p. 601. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 119. 
Leaves 3} to 4 inches long, and 24 to 3 inches broad. Corolla 
3 or 34 inches long. 
Knotted-branched Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
27 P. Murisu; glabrous; branches terete; leaves 3 in a 
whorl, sessile, somewhat obliquely elliptic-oblong, or obovate, 
rounded at the apex, coriaceous ; peduncles axillary, few-flower- 
ed, bractless; petals 6, linear, glabrous, concrete at the base? 
h. P.S. Native of South America, near Santa Fe de Bogota. 
Loranthus Mutisii, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 439. 
Schultes, syst. 7. p. 124. Loranthus longifdlius, Mutis, ined. 
ex Bonpl. Leaves 24 to 3 inches long, and 1} broad. Flowers 
half a foot long. 
Mutis’s Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
28 P. pivarica‘rus; glabrous; branches terete, divaricate ; 
leaves petiolate, oblong or elliptic, rounded at the apex, coria- 
ceous, glaucescent; peduncles panicled on the tops of the 
branches, 3-flowered, bractless ; pedicels expanded into an entire 
cupula under each flower; petals 6, linear, glabrous; anthers 
incumbent. h. P.S. Native of South America, on the banks 
of the Orinoco. Loranthus divaricatus, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 3. p. 433. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 127. Flowers more 
than an inch long. Leaves 10-15 lines long, and 5-9 broad. 
Peduncles axillary and terminal. 
Divaricate Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
29 P. acurirétius; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves petio- 
late, lanceolate, very acute; racemes axillary, one-half shorter 
than the leaves, having the branchlets 1-3-flowered ; flowers pe- 
dicellate, furnished with a common acute bractea each; petals 6, 
linear, somewhat spatulate, erect to the middle, and conniving. 
h.P.S. Native of Peru, parasitical on trees, and in hedges at 
Huanaco. Loranthus acutifdlius, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 48. 
t. 274. f. b. Schultes, syst. 7. p.142, Leaves 2-3 inches long, 
and nearly an inch broad; petioles 2-3 lines long. Corolla white, 
4-5 lines long. Berry oval, blackish. 
Var. B, Chilénsis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 214.) racemes dense- 
flowered, almost bractless ; petals erect beneath the middle, and 
conniving, linear and acute at the apex. h.P.G. Native of 
Chili, where it was collected by Henke. Loranthus acutifdlius, 
Presl, in herb. Henke. Perhaps a distinct species. 
Acute-leaved Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
30 P.? Escuscno.zta‘nus ; branches terete, or a little angu- 
lar, rough; Jeaves subalternate, on very short petioles, rough, 
ovate or roundish, obtuse, glabrous, coriaceous; peduncles 
corymbosely racemose, terminal and axillary, erect, for the most 
part 3-flowered: the middle flower sessile; bracteas ovate, 
fringed at the apex, equal in length to the ovaria; corolla 5- 
cleft, clavate ; anthers fixed by the back. ).P.G. Native of 
Chili. Loranthus Eschscholzianus, Mart. in Schultes, syst. 7. 
p- 117. Ovarium oblong. Corolla 3 lines long. 
Eschscholz’s Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
31? P. rHyrsirLorus; glabrous; branches dichotomous or 
trichotomous; leaves broad-lanceolate, acutish or acuminated, 
with pellucid cartilaginous margins; racemes terminal and axil- 
lary: flowers 2-3, sessile at the tops of the branchlets; bracteas 
ovate, acute, one under each flower ; corolla 6-parted, with linear 
lobes ; anthers versatile. h. P.S. Native of Brazil. Loran- 
thus thyrsiflorus, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnea, 3. p. 214, 
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