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solitariis longe pedunculatis folia aeqiiantibiis vel superanti- 
bus 4-5-fi(lisj ramis trifloiiSj iloribus omnibus longiuscule 
pedicellatis, singulis ad basin bractea rotundata naviculari 
sustentis , calycis limbo truncato obsoletissime denticulato. 
Parasiticas in Eucalyptis, distr. York, 13. Mart. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 16ir. 
Loranthopendido Sieb. fl. Nov. HoIL n. 241. DC. MeQioir. Lorantli. 
Tab. I..' maxime a£(ims, sed .species nihilominus distiactisshna ob folia multo 
breviora obtusa uninervia, floies pcdicellatos omuesque bracteutos. 
„Ranii valde elongati, penduli, brunneo-cinerascentes, ramuH purpu- 
rascentes", teretes, nodosi, Fofia subopposita, summa plerumque plane op- 
posita, coriacea, glabra, „piirpureo-mnrguinta", longe petiolata, petiolis 
semiteretibus iVii-o cent, longls, inferiora quaedara obovata vel obcordata, 
--4 cent, longa, veHqua subobliqua, falcata, lanceolata vel summa linearia, 
■pbtusa, basi in petioluni contracta, 5-9 cent. longa, IVa-^ mm. lata, per- 
spicue umiieivia vel subtripUnervulosa, reticulata. Corymhi axillares soli- 
^^^\\, pedmicuJls purpureis 2y2-4 cent. longis sustenti, uiubcllatiiu in ramos 
4-5 teretes ^-^Yi c^»t. loiigos partitis, ramis trifloris, pedicellis 5-8 mm, 
Ipngis. Brnetca sub quovis flore subrotundata, concava, cariiosa, apice sub- 
tiiissime ciliata. Ahibasfra tereti-clavat.t, recta, 3 cent, circiter longa. Calyx 
obconico-cylindraceus, 3-4 mm. longns, limbo subdilatafo truncato repanoo- 
tlenticulato. Petaln 5 „coccinea" linearia, apice siibspatliulato -dilatato el- 
iiptico concavo. Stamina trienti propemodnm superiori inserta, petala circi- 
lef aequantia, antheris llnearibus, versus basin atteniiatis, fere 4 mm. longis. 
^^(yfus stamina paruinper superans filiformis, sulcato - angulatus, stigmate 
„flavo" subtapitellato, verruculoso. 
^ * Eiorantlius Aliquelli Lehm. varletasl foliis laiiceolatis 
porspicue triplinerviis, floribus Lreviorlbus (an nasccntihus?) a specie 
tiifferens. Baccae immaturae ovatac. 
Parasiticus in Kncalyptis districtus Grantham, T. Mart. 1840. Herb. Preiss. 
N'o. 1612. 
Ulterins inquirendum nura revera a specie differat, nam flores in prae- # 
sente specimine y^ breviores juveniles videntur et pressione tantuni aperti. 
+ 
^* liOrantlinis (Dendrophf hoe)in[eIiiIencaeIjeIim. 
Mss, glaber, ramis ramulisque teretibus, foliis oppositis 
vel suboppositis decussatis longiuscule pefiolatis coriaceis 
anguste spathulatis obtusis basi sensim in petioluin coutractis 
obsolete uninerviis aveniis vel praesertim supra subvenu- 
loso -reticulatis, floribus corymbosis pedicellatis pentame- 
ris, basi bractea oblonga concava glabra suflultis, calycis 
cylindracco-conici longiusculi limbo subdilatato truncato. 
-, In ramis Melaleiicarum insulae Rotenest , 18. Aug. 1839. Herb. PreisB. 
'^o- 3616. 
^ , l^ruticulus dicbotome ramosus. Eami vetustiores cylindracei cortice 
Snspo-fusco laevi obdiicti, foliorum cicatricibus tubcrculati, ramu/i subtere- 
'?s. Fofia 'l-\ cent, longa, 0-8 mm. versus apicem lata, sicca facile de- 
^dua. PetioU cum lamina coufluentes semiteretes, 'A -fere I cent. long!. 
, *^^^tccUus () mm. longus teres snrsiim incrassatus. Bractfa patula I mm. 
onga. Cffh/cls tubus 7 mm. longus, carnosus, limbo angustissimo dilatato 
subundulato truncatp vix aliquid repando. 
'• I'Orautlin.s (Dendroplitltoe) uuraculo.suis Miq. 
glaber, ramis teretibus , ramulis praesertim infra foliorum 
