i\doranthem.] CXLVIII. LOKAKTHACE^. 207 



Noll. t. 113 {Loranthus). Li?tdL Swan Uiv. Ap]7. t. 4. Genus a Lorantki sect. Gaiadcndro vix nisi 

 fructu differt. 



2. Ziorantiius, Linn. Gen, n, 443. — Flores hermaphroditi v. abortii dioici. Perian- 

 thiiim duplex. Calycis tubus ovario adnatus ; limbus brevis, truncatus v. 4-G-dentatus, 

 interdum ad marginem angustum reductus v. vix prominulus. Petala 4-G, valvata, nunc 

 breviter v. alte in tubum rectum v. incurvum tequalem v. dorso altius fissum coalita, 

 nunc a basi libera v. per anthesin soluta, tubo intiis nudo v. rarius prope basin squamis 

 5 supra ovarium conniventibus staminibus oppositis v. altius costis longitutlinalibus inter 

 filamenta prominentibus crispisque (e marginibus induplicatis petalorum) instructo ; lobi 

 V. petalorum apices ssepius patentes v. recurvi, plani v. apice concavi. Stamina ad basin 

 loborum coroUse v. partis patentis petalorum affixa, corollam non excedentia, filamentis 

 filiformibus v. crassiusculis sfepius usque ad basin corollos distincte decuiTentibuSj interdum 

 nsque ad apicem adnatis v. per anthesin elastice involutis ; antherre ovatie oblongre v. 

 lineares, basi v. dorso affixie, erectse immobilesque v. versatilcs, loculis parallelis discretis 

 v. arete contiguis, interdum vix distinctis et mox confluentibus, rima v. valvis longitudi- 

 nalibus lateraliter v. introrsum deliiscentibus. Discus 0. Ovarium inferum ad normam 

 ordinis ; stylus columnaris filiformis v. rarius contortus, stigmate tcrminali obtuso v. 

 capitato indiviso. Fructus baccatus v. dnipaceus, globosua ovoideus v, rarius oblongus. 

 calycis limbo dum adsit, rarissime coroUse reliquiis coronatus ; pericarpium nunc vix in 

 stratus distinctos separandus, undique carnosus intusque viscifluuSj nunc epicarpio (calycis 

 tubo ?) membranaceo v. herbaceo, mesocarpio crasso succiilento camoso v. lacunoso 

 copioseque viscifluo, endocarpio carnoso membranaceo crustaceo v. rarius indurato, 

 intus lajvi v. processubus laminiave in sulcos seminis intrusis instructo. Semen lateraliter 

 affixum v. undique pericarpio adli£erens, testa ; albumen copiosum camosum v. (in 

 A etantho et Psittacantho) 0, nisi ad pelliculum a pericarpio non separandum reductum ; 

 embryo teres v. (in Unpsittacantho) tetraqueter, ssepissime carnosus, crassus v. tenuis, in 

 centro albuminis rectus, radicula supera interdum ex albumine leviter promimila, coty- 

 ledonibus 2 rarius 4 £equalibus radicula sa^pius longioribus. — Frutices in arboribus para- 

 sitici V. rarius (in Gaiodendro) arbores fruticesve terrestres. Folia opposita v. nonnulla 

 rarius omnia alterna v. verticillata, integeiTima, sospe crassa v. carnosa, pennivenia v. 

 rarius 3-5-nervia, venis tamen prseter costam sa^pe inconspicuis. Flores parvi v. longi, 

 ssepius pulchre colorati, flavescentes aui'autiaci v. rubri, rarius albi v. virescentes, sin- 

 gulatim V. ternatim spicati racemoai v. cymosi, inflorescentiis axillaribua v. ad nodos 

 vetustos rarius terminalibus, Bracteasub flore solitario v. sub tematione ssepissime adest 

 squamiformis, concava v. oblique cupulata ; bracteolre 2 inti*a bracteam, sub flore solitario 

 cppositee, v. in ternatione sub floribus latcralibus, in pluribus sectionibus adsunt liberje 

 V. cum bractea coalitse, in aliis omnino desunt ; flos centralis temationis ssepius ebracteatus, 

 interdum vero omncs bracteola concava stipati. 



Species ad 330, per regiones calidiores iitriusque orbis late dispersse, extra troplcos perpaucae, in 

 Europa australi, Asia temperata, Africa boreali et australi, Australia, Nova Zelandia, ins. maris 

 Pacifiei et America australi; in America boreali desunt. DC. Prod. iv. 2SG, 671. Waip. Rcjj. \i. 

 430, 010 V. 937 ; Jnn. i. 362, ii. 730, v. 92. J^himc Ft. Jav. Lor. 11, ciun tahh. 23, Harv, FL Cap. 

 ii. 574. Oliv. in Journ. Linn, Soc. vii. 97. Kurj, For. Fl. Brit. Lurm. ii. 314. Benth. Fl. AmtraL 

 iii. 388. Cunfer etiara Griff, in Traiis. Linn. Soc. xviii. t. -k ad d et xix. t. 19 ad 21. 



Genus polymorphum, a Martio, Blumeo uuperque ab Eichlero in plura divisum, quse tamen iterum 

 a plerisqne botanicisin unum juncta simt, et genus in integnim servatum (uti FkuSt Euphorbia, etc.) 

 facile dignoscitur. Catervse insigniores sectiones scquentes formant, quarum alia' chnritctcribus 

 sat definitis sed non semper naturaUbus et sa^pe obscrvatu difficilibus distinguuntur, alite poLius 

 babitu V. inflorcscentia separatsc, vix limitibus certi.s dcfiuiuntur: — ■ 



A, Lorantki (jeronfogei J anthcris non versaiilihus, eTcctis hadJixisQUc {exccpfa Loxaulbera). 



* Petala per anthesin a hasi soluta. 

 1, Eidoranihus. Flores parvi (sjepius 1-3 lin.). Bractea squamiformis v. cava; Lructeolu; 0, 



