418 LORANTHACEE. VI. Psrrracantuvs. 
Leaves 2 inches long, and 8-9 lines broad; petioles 6-9 lines 
long. Flowers 5 lines long. Limb of calyx very narrow, trun- 
cate. 
Thyrse-flowered Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
32 P.? FLAGELLA`RIS ; glabrous, sarmentose ; branches terete; 
leaves sessile, linear, acute, coriaceous, with the middle nerve 
hardly conspicuous ; racemes terminal, naked, erect ; lower pe- 
dicels 3-flowered, superior ones 1-flowered; bracteas decidu- 
ous, one under each flower; calyx lacerated, truncate; corolla 
5-6-parted, having the lobes linear and dilated at the apex ; 
anthers versatile. h.P.S. Native of Brazil; of Chili, near 
La Punta de San Luis, at El Aquadita, and on the banks of El 
Rio Chorillo. Loranthus flagellaris, Cham. et Schlecht. in 
Linnea. 3. p. 213. Like Loranthus cuneifolius and sarmen- 
tosus, Ruiz et Pav. in fl. per. Corolla fine red, 6 lines long. 
Style attenuated at the apex. Leaves 20 lines long and 14 
broad. 
Whip Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
33 P. Berreror; glabrous; branches terete; leaves alter- 
nate, broad, elliptic, obtuse, tapering into the short petioles at 
the base, coriaceous, with somewhat revolute margins ; peduncles 
terminal, in dense corymbose racemes; the partial peduncles 
2-5-flowered ; flowers tubular, with 6 linear-spatulate, nearly 
free segments ; filaments equal in length to the petals; anthers 
linear-oblong, oscillatory; style filiform, angular ; stigma hardly 
capitate ; ovarium roundish, exceeding the unilateral bractea, 
which is roundish and denticulated at the apex. h. P. G. 
Native at Juan Fernandez, growing on Myrtus Fernandesianus. 
Hook. et Arn. Loranthus Berterdi, Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 
3. p.358. Loranthus venétus, Bertero, but not of Kunth. The 
partial peduncles are simple, and bear 2 flowers, or are forked, 
and then bear 3 or 5 flowers. The flowers are about an inch 
long. It is probably a species of Struthdnthus. 
Bertero’s Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
34 P. Scmepea‘nus; plant glabrous; branches subalately 
tetragonal, dilated at the nodi; leaves nearly opposite, on short 
petioles, ovate-lanceolate, obliquely falcate, feather-veined, and 
somewhat triple-nerved ; corymbs terminal; bracteas cup-shap- 
ed, one under each flower; limb of calyx truncate. h. P.S. 
Native of Mexico, near Jalapa. Loranthus Schiedeanus, Cham. 
et Schlecht. in Linnea. 5. p. 172. Allied to P. Jacquini, but 
differs in the flowers being more slender, and about 2 inches long. 
Schiede’s Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 
Cult. The flowers of all the species of this genus are very 
showy, and comparatively large. The habit is that of honey- 
suckle. 
Being all parasitical shrubs, they are not cultivable. 
VII. TRISTERIX (from rece, treis, three, and nreoee, pterix, 
a wing; in reference to the 3 bracteas to the flowers). Mart. 
in D. C. prod. 4. p. 671.—Lor4nthus species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Hexdndria, Monogynia. Flowers herma- 
phrodite, each propped by 3 bracteas. Calyx cup-shaped or 
cylindrical, with an entire border. Petals linear-spatulate, or 
linear, bearing the stamens in the middle ; anthers. fixed by the 
back, incumbent, linear-oblong or ovate. Style filiform; stigma 
capitate. Berry ovate or elliptic. Racemes brachiate, lateral or 
terminal. 3 : 
1 T. vrrivrrtérvs; glabrous; primary branches subverticil- 
late, rather compressed when young; leaves opposite, on short 
petioles, lanceolate, attenuated at both ends; racemes axillary, 
2-4 in a fascicle, shorter than the leaves; pedicels remote, 1- 
flowered ; bracteas 3 under each flower, rather concrete ; corolla 
6-cleft, having the middle of the tube angular, and the lobes 
spreadingly reflexed ; stamens 6. h.P.S. Native of Nipaul, 
upon trees. Loranthus viridiflorus, Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p 
219. Corolla green, 3-4 lines long. Anthers adnate, ex Wall. 
VII. Trisrerix,. VIII. DENDROPHTHOE. 
Green-flowered Tristerix. Shrub par. 
2 T. TETRA’NDRUS; branches terete, and are, as well as the 
petioles and nerves of leaves, pubescent; leaves ovate, bluntish, 
rather cordate, coriaceous, glabrous in the adult state ; corymbs 
nearly sessile, dense, many flowered ; pedicels very short, pu- 
bescent, having 3 bracteas under each flower ; corolla glabrous, 
4-parted : lobes shell-formed at the apex and acute; stamens 4; 
anthers versatile. h. P. G. Native of Chili, about Talca- 
quano, Conception, El Valle del Rio Tingririca, and Valparaiso, 
parasitical on Guevina and other trees, along with Loranthus 
buxifdlius, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 206. Schultes, 
syst. 7. p. 103. Loranthus tetrandrus, Ruiz et Pav. fl, per, 3, 
p. 48. t. 275. The vernacular name of this species 1s Quintral 
ex Bertero. 
Tetrandrous Tristerix. Shrub par. 
3 T. apuy'tLus; much branched; branches nearly terete, 
glabrous, short, leafless; flowers pedicellate, somewhat corym- 
bose ; bracteas 3 under each flower, somewhat concrete ; corolla 
glabrous, 4-parted : lobes linearly cochleate at the apex; sta- 
mens 4; anthers versatile. p. P. G. Native of Chili, para- 
sitical upon Céreus Peruvidnus at Rancagua, Coquimbo, Guardia 
del Maypu, Villavicenzio in the Andes of Mendoza, Cordil- 
lera of Chili, &c. Loranthus aphyllus, Miers, ex Bert. in litt. 
829. Loránthus cactorum, Hook. et Arn. in Beech, voy. part. 
bot. 1. p. 25. Flowers like those of the preceding species. The 
vernacular name of this plant is Quintral de Quisco. 
Leafless Tristerix. Shrub par. a 
4 T. Remwarprtia'nus; leaves opposite, oblong, attenuate 
at both ends, coriaceous, veinless beneath ; peduncles crowded, 
axillary, 1-flowered ; flowers pentandrous or tetrandrous ; = 
of corolla very long, curved : lobes linear, secund, at length cir- 
cinnately revolute at the top. h.P.S. Native of Java, in 
woods on the mountains. Loranthus Reinwardtianus, Son 
syst. 7. p. 105. Loranthus coccineus, Reinw. in Blum. bijdr, 
p. 664. but not of Jack. 
Reinwardt’s Tristerix. Shrub par. 
Cult. The species of this genus, like the rest of the p 
of this order, are not cultivable in gardens. Their habit is tha 
of Lonicéra. 
VIIL. DENDROPHTHOE (from devdpor, dendron, a tree, 
and ¢80n, phthoe, corruption; the plants kill the trees pe 
which they grow). Mart. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 671.—Lorân 
species of authors. $ X 
Lin. syst. Tetra-Pentándria, Monogýnia. Flowers pre 
phrodite, each furnished with one bractea ; bracteas air yee 3 
lateral, and sometimes cupular and oblique. Calyx vel Bi Pa 
or campanulate, with an entire or toothed border. Petals gis 5 
spatulate, bearing the stamens in the middle. Anthers ae z 
the base, erect, linear. Style filiform ; stigma capitate. ue 
ovate or elliptic.—Racemes for the most part lateral, subcory 
bose. 
§ 1. Flowers of 4-5 petals, having a cucullate bractea under 
each flower. 
1 D. xicusrri'nus; branches terete, when young, as seine B 
new leaves, peduncles, bracteas, and flowers pubescent ; r š 
petiolate, lanceolate, acuminated, coriaceous, at length fe HE 
peduncles many, axillary, cymosely corymbose ; bractea la “ls 
cucullate under each flower : limb of calyx almost entire; wane 
tetragonal ; petals 4, linear, at length spreading ; flowers eh p: 
rous. h.P.G. Native of Nipaul, in woods in the great w 
Loránthus ligustrinus, Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 219. D. ae 
prod. fl. nep. p. 143. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 101. Leaves n re 
long, and 6-9 lines broad ; petioles 2 lines long. Corolla 
lines long, reddish. . 
