BY P. A. o'sHANESY, F.L.S. 733 



narrow-leaved form of Loranthus exocarpi is common in this scrub, 

 and is most frequently found on Bauhinia Carronii, but I have 

 also noticed it on Acacia excelsa, hanging to a length of four or 

 five feet. L. quandang is very common on Acacia harpophylla, to 

 which tree it appears to be entirely peculiar, and it assumes the 

 hoary colour of the foliage of that tree. The peduncles of this 

 Loranthus are reflexed, causing the flowers to be pointed upwards 

 although the branches are pendulous. Evidently there are two 

 species confounded in the Flora Australiensis under Loranthus 

 pendulus, which is also common in this scrub. The typical L. 

 pendulus has long lanceolate-falcate leaves, with three to five 

 prominent nerves, and the flowers are on slender peduncles nearly 

 two inches long, of three to six rays, each ray with two or three 

 pedicillate flowers of a bright scarlet colour, and the plant is, as 

 far as I have seen, entirely peculiar to the Eucalypts. This is 

 the most constant species of the Loranthi ; for no matter on what 

 Eucalypt it is found it always presents the same appearance. 

 The plant described as a form of the above species with obovate- 

 oblong-cuneate leaves is evidently a distinct species. The leaves 

 are very thick, one to two inches in length, with three obscure 

 nerves ; the common peduncle is very short, with one to three 

 rays, each bearing one to three flowers, with the central one or 

 all three sessile ; anthers adnate, petals free, yellow and reflexed, 

 and of a dark colour for some distance above the base. This 

 species appears to be almost entirely peculiar to Geijcra parviflora, 

 and it seldom exceeds more than one or two feet in length, with 

 thick, rigid branches. Loranthus longiflorus is peculiar in this 

 district to Eucalyptus melayiophloia, but I have noticed it at Rock- 

 hampton on E. tereticornis. From the scrub to within a short 

 distance of Springsure are open downs, thinly timbered, mostly 

 with Eucalyptus terminalis, and in the moist gullies and water 

 courses Melaleuca genistifolia, which is here only a tall bushy 

 shrub. On the downs we noticed Teucrium argutum, Rhynchosia 

 minima and a few other plants which are common everywhere. 



