392 LIX. LORANTHACES, [ Loranthus, 
to 2 lines. Calyx-border obscurely toothed. Petals usually 6, about 1 in. 
long, united to about the middle in a id gen dilated tube, often. split on the 
upper side. Anthers wa. em 
Queensland, Bowman; Nar 
S. Ansalan: N. W. geg ze see ponet Expedition 
Sharks’ Bay, Denham ; eg Moore and Murchison rivers, Drum- 
wy. 
mond, bth ee E "us, Port cre Oldfield. 
arpi, Behr EEN xx. 624. Glabrous. Leaves 
mostly opposite, but bert and Ta alternate, from oblong-cüneate to narrow- 
linear, but always flat, obtuse, narrowed into a petiole, mostly 14 to 23 in. 
long, rather thick, often triplinerved. Flowers axillary, pedicellate, solitary 
or in pairs, the thick pedicels sessile or more rarely borne on a very short 
common peduncle. er mie toothed. Petals Ka d 
—L. Ee Hook. in Mite EN Austr. 224. 
ustralia. N.W. coast, Bynoe; Victoria river, F. ller ; islands i bs Gulf 
of gerah R. Brown, Henne; nell range, * Douall Ges dp? 
ueensland. Keppel Bay, R. Brown; Port Denison, Fitzalan; Mou ; 
al Br isbane river, NO Bay, F ; dev Fitzalan ; Flinders de eg 
Lake Salvator, itchell. 
N. S. es. Upper Darling river, Ni ; Murrumbidgee Lap Backhouse. 
Victoria. Murray river, Bacchus marsh, Yarra- din ete., F. Muel 
S. Australia. Near the Burossa range, Behr ; from CS "Murray to Spencer’ s Gulf, 
F. mei and Cent D ooper's Creek, Howitt Expeditio 
pical mens have usually broader, more Aria leaves, the southern ones 
iau bat not Menge very narrow li ear leaves 
ll. L. acacioides, A bud: erb. "liiis. with ic branches. 
Leaves alternate, oblong or lanceolate, Misi narrowed into tiole, rarely 
above 2 in. long, rather thin and often 3-nerved. Peduncles a solitary 
or in pairs, short but slender, reflexed, sath’ with 2 flowers, on short slender 
pedicels. Cy alyx-limb prominent, truncate or sinuate-toothed. Petals not 
quite 1 in. long, united to wd 4 of their length into a slightly dilated tube. 
Authers adnate, narrow-line 
W 
. Australia. NW. end 4 Cunningham ; Victoria and Fitzmaurice rivers, F. 
Mueller. 
e 
12. L. signatus, P. Muell. Herb. Glabrous. Leaves opposite or 
nearly so, in the ordinary form from obovate to oval-oblong or elli pa 
obtuse, narrowed into a short Laag 2 to 4 in. long, rather thick, but m 
s t 
wer as all the Australian species. Capt bate obscurely ee 
toothed. Petals r 6, free, narrow, about 1 in. long, not dilat eut 
end. ees adnate, linear, very narrow.—L. indicus, DC. Prod. 1. 
not of Des 
N. enge astrali S. Bay and islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R, 
coast, z rlr; Quail | island, Pid >s latter with broad cordate leaves). p. Brown 
er Gilbert ri F, Mueller; N.E. coast, A. Cunningham, 
(bot with 1 man narrow vidi Q^ 
