80 LORANTHACEA, 
Series VI. ACHLAMYDOSPOREZ. 
Order CXXITI. LORANTHACE. 
Loranthacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 205; Eichl. in Mart. FI. Bras. v. 2, pp. 1-136, 
tt. 1-44. 
Shrubby parasites, or, in a very few instances, terrestrial. There are thirteen genera 
and about 500 species, generally dispersed in tropical countries, rarer in temperate 
regions, both in the north and in the south. 
1. LORANTHUS. 
Loranthus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 443; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 207. 
This genus numbers about 330 species, spread over nearly the whole range of the 
Order, except in North America north of Mexico. 
1. Loranthus alveolatus, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ili. p. 444; DC. Prodr. 
iv. p. 287; Griseb. in ‘ Bonplandia,’ 1858, p. 7. 
Panama (Duchassaing).—PERUv. 
2. Loranthus americanus, Jacq. Amer. p. 97, t. 67; Descour. Fl. Antill. vi. 
t. 890; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 311. 
Loranthus jacquini, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 8308 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 182. 
Mexico (ex Grisebach) ; Panama, Hacienda de San Juan, Veraguas (Seemann). 
3. Loranthus auriculatus, D. Oliv. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1864, p. 174. 
South Mexico, between Oaxaca and Mitla (Andrieux, 343), Pochutla (Liebmann). 
Hb. Kew. 
4, Loranthus avicularius, Mart. in Schult. Syst. Veg. vii. p. 132; DC. Prodr. 
iv. p. 289; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 132. 
Panama, near the city of Panama (Seemann).— BRAZIL. 
5. Loranthus cansjerefolius, D. Oliv. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1864, p. 173. 
Costa Rica, near Aguacaliente, at the foot of the Volcan de Irazu ( Girsted). 
6. Loranthus calyculatus, DC. Coll. Mém. vi. t. 10, et Prodr. iv. p. 308; 
Vidensk. Meddel. 1864, p. 174. 
SoutH Mexico, Cuernavaca (Berlandier), without locality (Graham, Beechey); Hon- 
puras, Tigré I., Gulf of Fonseca (Sinclair) ; Nicaraeua, Segovia (Girsted). Hb. Kew. 
7. Loranthus chordocladus, D. Oliv. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1864, p. 173. 
Nicaragua, Granada (rsted) ; Costa Rica, Pacaca (rsted). 
