430 
Native of Brazil. Loranthus salicifbdlius, Cham. et Schlecht. 
in Linnea. 3. p. 216. Leaves 44 inches long and 4 inch broad ; 
petioles 6 lines long. Flowers a line long. 
Willow-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
19 N. tancgoza‘tus; glabrous; branches terete, slender, 
rather angular; leaves on short petioles, lanceolate-oblong ; 
peduncles racemose, axillary, and terminal; pedicels short, bear- 
ing each 3 bracteas and 3 sessile flowers at the apex; petals 
7-9, linear-spatulate, joined at the base; anthers incumbent. 
h. P.G. Native of Peru, on the Andes at Pillao. Loranthus 
lanceolatus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 47. t. 278. f. b. but not 
of Beauv. Loranthus lancifolius, Poir. ex Schultes, syst. 7. 
p. 142. Leaves 2 inches long and an inch broad; petioles 2-3 
lines long. Corolla yellow, half an inch long. Berries oblong. 
Lanceolate-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
20 N. oxypuy’tius; glabrous; branches terete, but some- 
what compressed at the apex ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, tapering 
into the petioles at the base, and much acuminated at the apex, 
feather-nerved: having the middle nerve rather prominent ; 
racemes axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves; pedicels 
opposite, bearing each 3 bracteas and 3 sessile flowers at the 
apex; petals 6, linear, acute, hardly joined together at the base, 
longer than the filaments; anthers ovate, erect, incumbent. 
h. P. S. Native of Brazil, where it was collected by Pohl. 
Loranthus oxyphyllus, Pohl. ex D. C. prod. 4. p.314. Loran- 
thus acuminatus, Pohl. in litt. Leaves 2 inches long. Flower- 
bud sub-clavate. Style thickish ; stigma truncate. 
Sharp-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
21 N. svave‘otens; glabrous; branches terete; leaves pe- 
tiolate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, coria- 
ceous; racemes 2-4 together; pedicels short, approximate, 
bractless, bearing each 3 stalked flowers at the apex; petals 6, 
linear, spreading; anthers incumbent. h. P. S. Native of 
Peru, in groves near Gonzanama. Loranthus suavéolens, H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 435. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 143. 
Leaves 26-27 lines long and an inch broad; petioles 2-3 lines 
long. Flowers 3 lines long, white, glabrous. 
Smeet-scented Notanthera. Shrub par. 
22 N. conpuprica tus; glabrous; branches tetragonal ; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, acuminated, acute at the base, rather coriaceous, 
conduplicately recurved; panicle terminal, much branched, 
leafy : having the branches twin, and are as well as the rachis 
tetragonal; pedicels very short, bearing 3 flowers and 3 brac- 
teas at the apex; petals 6, linear. h.P.S. Native of Cu- 
mana and Cumanocoa, on trees. Loranthus conduplicatus, H. 
B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 441. Loranthus Anceps, 
Will. rel. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 131. Leaves 24-27 lines long, 
and 14-17 lines broad: petioles 4-5 lines long. Flowers hardly 
2 lines long. 
Conduplicate-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
23 N. ATTENUA`TUS ; plant glabrous, twining ; branches terete; 
leaves rather alternate, obovate-oblong, cuneated at the base, 
and tapering into the petioles, and mucronate at the apex; mu- 
crone deciduous; racemes axillary, twin or tern, shorter than 
the leaves: pedicels short, bearing each 2-3 bracteas and 2-3 
sessile flowers at the apex; petals 6, linear, hardly connected at 
the base, longer than the filaments; anthers ovate-roundish, 
fixed by the base. h. P. S. Native of Brazil. Loranthus 
attenuatus, Pohl. in litt. ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 315. Leaves 
12-15 lines long and 6-7 broad. Corolla 14 line long. Stigma 
not capitate. 
Attenuated-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 
24 N. a’xceps; glabrous; branches terete; branchlets and 
peduncles compressed and 2-edged ; leaves alternate or oppo- 
site, oblong-elliptic, petiolate, ending in very short mucrones, 
feather-nerved ; racemes axillary, solitary, or twin, and terminal, 
LORANTHACE. XII. Noranruera. 
XIII. Loxanruera. 
subcorymbose, unequal ; pedicels short, bearing each 3 bracteas 
and 3 sessile flowers at the apex ; anthers ovate, erect. h.P.S, 
Native of Brazil, where it was detected by Pohl. Loranthus 
anceps, D. C. prod. 4. p. 315. Loranthus obléngo-ellipticus, 
Pohl. in litt. Leaves an inch long and 5-6 lines broad ; petioles 
3 lines long. Corolla 2 lines long. Allied to Lordnthus pau- 
cif dlius. 
Two-edged-branched Notanthera. Shrub par. 
25 N. ova‘rus; glabrous; branches unknown ; leaves ovate, 
acute, somewhat acuminated, petiolate, coriaceous: having the 
middle nerve rather prominent, and the lateral ones hardly con- 
spicuous ; racemes alittle shorter than the leaves ; pedicels short, 
bearing 3 bracteas and 3 sessile flowers at the apex ; petals 6, 
linear, distinct, acutish, a little longer than the filaments ; anthers 
erect, fixed by the base. h.P.S. Native of Brazil. Loran- 
thus ovatus, Pohl. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 315. Leaves 23 
inches long and 14 broad; petioles 2-3 lines long. Branchlets 
racemose, 2 lines long. Ovarium glaucescent. Petals 2 lines 
long. Style thickish, equal at the apex. Perhaps this and the 
preceding belong to Struthanthus. 
Ovate-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. ; 
Cult. The species are not cultivable, and have the habit of 
those of the other parasitical genera of the order. 
XIII. LOXANTHERA (from dooce, loxos, oblique, and 
av@noa, anthera, an anther ; in reference to the filaments being 
curved at the apex). Blum. in litt. Loranthus, sect. 1. Loxan- 
théra, D. C. prod. 4. p. 316. : 
Lin. syst. Headndria, Monogijnia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Tube of corolla geniculated at the base, but clavate, and rather 
oblique at the apex, with a 6-lobed limb; lobes oblong, atten- 
uated at the base, and somewhat spirally twisted. Filaments 
stiffly curved at the apex, not attenuated, but somewhat dilated; 
anthers inserted by the back. Style longer than the stamens. 
Stigma clavate.—Parasitical shrubs. 
1 L. sreciòsa (Blum. in litt. 1829.) glabrous ; leaves oblong, 
obtuse or bluntly acuminated, coriaceous, 1-nerved, veinless ; 
peduncles axillary, few-flowered ; tube of corolla elongated. t 
P.S. Native of Java, in woods. Loranthus loxanthera, D. i 
prod. 4. p. 316. Bud of corolla 4 inches long, scarlet, but yel- 
lowish inside. Stigma blood-coloured. 
Showy Loxanthera. Shrub par. 
2 L.? srIRo'sTYLIS; glabrous; branches terete, 
compresséd at the apex; leaves somewhat alternate, ae 
oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, having the middle nerve j n 
prominent, the rest veinless; racemes solitary or twin, aX) i A 
shorter than the leaves ; rachis angular ; petals 6, linear ; ant $ 
fixed by the back to the filaments; style spirally twisted. te 
P. S. Native of Mexico,’at Acapulco. Loranthus eat 
D.C. prod. 4. p. 815. Spiréstylis Henkeana, Presl, ex Sc ie 
syst. 7. p. 164. Flowers 2 lines long. This 1s aia A ie, 
tinct genus, as it differs from all the others in the Te Tie 
and from the present in the filaments not being curve a 
apex, and in the petals not being spirally twisted. 
Scren-styled Loxanthera. Shrub par. i 
Cult. The species of this genus have the habit Gee 
parasitical genera of the order, and are not cultivable like 
+ Plants referred to the old genus Loranthus by authors, be 
the number of the parts of the flowers and their keme Aari 
unknown, it is impossible to refer them to any g pi ihe 
broken off from that genus ; therefore they must stan un 
names originally given. 107.) 
1 L. rrorute’ntus (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par: P blong- 
branches opposite, spreading, quadrangular ; Like axis: 
ovate, very blunt; peduncles solitary and sessile in a 
tetragonally 
petiolate, 
