LORANTHACER., 
* Racemes axillary. 
8 N. sARMENTÒSUS ; glabrous, rather scandent, hence the 
branches throw out roots on one side; branches angular ; leaves 
petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, somewhat complicate and 
keeled: having the middle nerve rather prominent ; racemes 
axillary, about equal in length to the leaves: having their 
branchlets short and angular, and bearing 3 bracteas and 3 ses- 
sile flowers each at the apex ; petals 6, linear-spatulate ; anthers 
ovate, incumbent. h. P. Native of Peru, at Munna: 
parasitical on trees. Loranthus sarmentosus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. 
per. 3. p. 49. t. 278. f.a. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 145. Corolla 
yellowish, 3-4 lines long. Berry oblong, greyish. Leaves 14 
inch long, and an inch broad ; petioles 2 lines Jong. 
Sarmentose Notanthera. Shrub par. 
9 N. acumina‘tus; glabrous; branches angular, somewhat 
sarmentose ; leaves petiolate, remote, ovate, long-acuminated ; 
racemes axillary, one half shorter than the leaves: having the 
branchlets brachiate, and bearing each 3 ovate, concave, acute 
bracteas, and 3 sessile flowers; petals 6, linear; anthers ovate. 
h.P.G. Native of the Andes of Peru, in groves. Loranthus 
acuminatus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 49. Schultes, syst. 7. 
p. 144, Very nearly allied to N. sarmentosus, but differs in the 
leaves being flat, in the stigma being peltate, and the berries 
being brownish yellow. 
Acuminated-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
* * Racemes terminal and axillary. 
10 N. Serrowra'nus; glabrous; branches tetragonally te- 
rete, radicant ; leaves obovate, retuse, or emarginate, ending in 
a recurved mucrone, cartilaginous, feather-nerved, tapering into 
the short petioles ; racemes axillary and terminal, naked, shorter 
than the leaves: having the branchlets bearing 3 flowers and 3 
bracteas; limb of calyx lax; corolla 6-parted: with linear 
lobes ; anthers versatile. h. P. S. Native of Brazil. Lo- 
ranthus Sellowianus, D. C. prod. 4. p. $12. Loranthus retisus, 
Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 215. but not of Jack. 
Leaves 20 lines long, and 15-16 lines broad ; petioles 4 lines 
long. Corolla 3 lines long. Stigma thickish. 
Sello’s Notanthera. Shrub par. 
_11 N, raprcans; glabrous; branches terete, elongated, ra- 
dicant ; leaves ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, acuminated, ending 
ina subulate point, feather-veined, with cartilaginous margins, 
running down the petioles at the base ; spikes axillary and ter- 
minal ; flowers and bracteas by threes ; corolla 6-parted, with 
linear lobes; anthers versatile. h. P. S. Native of Brazil. 
Loranthus radicans, Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 3. p. 207. 
Leaves 5 inches long and 14 broad; petioles hardly 5 lines 
long. Corolla 3 lines long. Flowers disposed in something like 
whorls of fives. 
Rooting Notanthera. Shrub par. 
12 N. suxirdtius; branchlets rather angular, and rather 
hispid from stiff short hairs; branches terete, and are as well 
as the petioles and leaves glabrous; leaves oval, coriace~ 
ous; racemes terminal and axillary, erect; pedicels bearing 
each 3 flowers and 3 bracteas; corolla tubular, 4-5-6-parted: 
having the lobes dilated and concave at the apex; anthers ver- 
satile. p. P Native of Chili, near Talcahuano : para- 
sitical on various trees. Loranthus buxifdlius, Cham. et 
Schlecht. in Linnæa. 3. p. 207. Loranthus Eschscholziànus, 
Mart. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 117. Leaves rough in the young 
state. Bracteas fringed at the apex. The root, according to 
Chamisso, creeps under the bark of the trees on which the plant 
grows. Style acute at the apex. Corolla 3-4 lines long. This 
comes very near to N. heterophýllus; and appears only to differ 
in the branches being covered with short rigid hairs. 
XII. NorantueEra. 429 
Box-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
13 N. HETEROPHY’LLUS; branches terete, slender, scabrous, 
rusty ; leaves scattered, on short petioles, cordate or oval, mu- 
cronate, coriaceous, glabrous; racemes terminal and axillary, 
angular; pedicels short, bearing each 3 bracteas and 3 flowers ; 
the 2 lateral flowers stalked: and the middle one sessile ; brac- 
teas small; petals 6, linear-spatulate ; anthers incumbent. h. 
P. G. Native of Chili: parasitical upon trees, especially myr- 
taceous trees. Loranthus heterophyllus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. 
p. 48. t. 273. f. b. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 185. The old 
branches are smooth : the younger ones are angled, glabrous, or 
sometimes roughish from minute rust-coloured tubercles. Pe- 
tals 4-5, concave, and dilated at the apex. Leaves 6-12 lines 
long, and 4-9 lines broad: petioles 2 lines long. Corolla pur- 
plish white, 4-5 lines long. 
Variable-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
14 N. eu pricus; glabrous; branches terete, slender, an- 
gular; leaves petiolate, elliptic, somewhat acuminated, thick- 
coriaceous, veinless, shining above; peduncles axillary and ter- 
minal, racemose ; pedicels short, bearing each 3 bracteas and 3 
sessile flowers at the apex ; petals 7, linear-spatulate, joined 
together to the middle; anthers versatile. h.P.S. Native 
of Peru, in groves, in high frigid places on the Andes near 
Pozuzo. Loranthus ellipticus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 47. 
. 276. f.a. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 159. Leaves an inch long, 
and half an inch broad; petioles 2 lines long. Corolla yellow, 
4 lines long. Perhaps a species of Gaiadéndron. 
Llliptic-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
15 N. LIGUSTRIFÒLIUS ; glabrous; branches terete; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, coriaceous; corymbs axillary and 
terminal, one half shorter than the leaves, solitary ; pedicels 
crowded, bractless, bearing 2-3 flowers ; petals 6, linear, some~ 
what dilated and concave at the apex ; anthers ovate, versatile. 
h. P.G. Native of Peru, orChili, where it was collected by 
Henke. Loranthus ligustrif òlius, Schultes, fil. in herb. Henke, 
and in syst. 7. p. 135. Loranthus ligustrinus, Willd. herb. ex 
Schultes, but not of Wall. Leaves 2 inches long, and 9-10 
lines broad; petioles 2 lines long. Corolla 4-5 lines long, 
black in the dried state. 
Privet-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
16 N. ve’cerus; glabrous; branches scandent, terete ; leaves 
elliptic-oblong, obovate, rounded at the apex, thick-coriaceous, 
glaucescent, on short petioles ; racemes axillary, solitary ; pedi- 
cels short, bractless, bearing each 3 sessile flowers at the apex, 
drooping in the fructiferous state. h. P.G. Native of Mexico, 
near Cuernavaca. Loranthus végetus, D. C. prod. 4. p. 313. 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 434, Leaves 2 inches 
long, and 10-12 lines broad. Flowers unknown. Berries 
ovate-oblong. 
Lively Notanthera. Shrub par. 
17 N. orsicura‘ris; glabrous; branches tetragonal; leaves 
petiolate, orbicular, acutish, thick-coriaceous, obsoletely veined ; 
racemes axillary, solitary ; pedicels short, bearing each 3 sessile 
flowers at the apex ; petals 6, glabrous; anthers ovate. h. P. 
S. Native of Quito, near Guayaquil, on trees. Loranthus or- 
bicularis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 434. Schultes, 
syst. 7. p.143. Leaves 18 lines long and 16-17 broad ; petioles 
3-4 lines long. Flowers 4 lines long, green on the outside, and 
white on the inside. 
Orbicular-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
18 N. saticrroxius; plant glabrous, pruinose? branches te- 
rete, compressed at the nodi; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acumin- 
ated, marginate, petiolate; racemes axillary, solitary or twin, 
erect, sessile ; pedicels very short, bearing each 3 flowers and 3 
bracteas ; corolla 4-parted, with linear lobes, which are shell- 
formed at the apex ; anthers versatile ; stigma capitate. h.P.S. 
