Fsittacanthiis 



LORANTHACE.E 



89 



filaments filiform, adherent to the petals below, free above ; 

 style cylindrical-filiform, as long as the petals ; stigma capitate, 

 2-lobed. Berry fleshy. Seed without endosperm. 



Fig. 25. Psittacanthus claviceps 

 Eichl. 



A, Portion of slioot with inflor- 



escence. 



B, Flower cut lengthwise. 



C, Fruit. 



D, Fruit cut lengthwise, showing 



the embryo with its large coty- 

 ledons filling the seed. 



E, Fruit cut transversely. 



Species about 50, natives of the West Indies and tropical 

 America. 



P. elavieeps Eichl. in FL Bras. v. j^d. 2, 26 (1868) ; TJrh. in 

 Engl. Bot. Jalirh. xxiv. 13 (1897). Scurrula parasitica foliis 

 ovatis &c. Broivne Hist. Jam. 197 (1756). Loranthus americanus 

 L. Sijst. eel. 10, 988 (1759) (in part) t Amam. v. 396 (non L. 

 Sp. PI. 331). L. Jacquini DC. Prodr 

 Macf. Jam. ii. 199 (excl. svn. Jacq.), 

 Br. W. Inch 311 (1860). (Fig. 25.) 



Hunts Bay and Palisadoes, SroitJn^?; Wright \ Broiightonl Macfadyeiil 

 near Bath, Piirdiel Mt. Diablo, McNabl Wullschlaegel ; near Kewton, 

 Fawcett ! Mt. Lebanon ; near Gordon Town ; Watson's Hill, 2200 ft. ; 

 Long Mountain, 600 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6009, 6209, 6210, 8177, SS3S, 

 10,015. Found growing on Eippomane Mancinella (Browne), Eugenia 

 Jambos, Coccoloba sj'- and Mefoinum Lijinai. 



Leaves broadly ovate, obovate or ovate-oblong, rounded at apex, penni- 

 nerved. Inflorescence terminal, umbellate-racemose or elongate-racemose, 

 the ultimate branches bearing" 3 or 2 flowers ; sometimes also from the 

 axils of the highest leaves. Unopened floiccr 6-7*5 cm. 1., straight or 

 curved, thickened at the apex. Corolla tawny yellow, sometimes tinged 

 with red. Fruit black, about 1-5 cm. 1. 



ii\ 308 (1830) (in part); 

 L. claviceps Griseb. FL 



Yar. longifolius Kr. <0 Urh. m Engl. Bot. Jnhrh. xxiv. 14 

 (1897) ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or obliquely lanceolate, narrowed 

 at the base into the petiole, 8-9 cm. 1., about 2*5 cm. br. ; about 

 3.V times longer than broad. Loranthus Jacquini \i\v. longifolius 

 DC. Prodr. ic. 308 (1830). 



Tussac. 



