Notothinos. ] LIX. LORANTHACER. 397 
a golden or hoary tomentum, rarely at ae ae iy “Leaves op- 
posite, flat, 3- or 5-nerved, but the nerves often obscure. Stipules minute, 
ngid, acute. Flowers minute, sessile in little Ac heads, be or 
several on a common terminal peduncle. 
The genus is endemic in Australia. The three species distinguished by Oliver are united 
into one by F. Mueller ets dpt ii. 109, andiv. 173). It is possible ey ae subaureus may 
prove to be a niepo ety of bis men GE is only known from specimens with 
imperfectly- orescence, ec? termediate forms eng not Ge observed 
an X. cornifolius ien s to me in xà states to be quite distinct. As in the case o 
Viseums, they are fo ^ estis mes paras agaga hn of Loranthus 
leaves small, cuneate or Iiis Flower-heads solitary id in 
threes ?). Plant hoary. Code Hs VL rr da EUR oi iode MR 
Leaves ovate. Flower- heads in threes. ” Plant more or less golden- 
tomentose SS Be UE Soe EE eler EM 
Leaves obovate- “oblong or r broadly cuneate. Flower-heads in a terminal Taa ea 
raceme. Plant hoary or nearly glabrous, . . . « + , 8. N. cornifolius. 
N. incanus, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 104. Densely branched 
and hoary with a minute tomentum, the branchlets much flattened below the 
heey the older branches terete. Leaves oblong-cuneate or derum nar- 
übout 3 lines lo ong.— Viscum incanum, Hook. Ic. Pl. t 
Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, Fraser, F. Mueller. 
subaureus, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc . 103. Divaricately 
short. petiole, mostly about $ to 1 in. GE Flower heads 3 , the common 
peduncle y very short, each partial one 4 to 4 in. long, the d ones very 
Varicate or recurved, the flowers minute and sessile.—Viscum subaureum, 
F. Muell. in Herb. Hook. 
reene Mueller; Ipswich, Vernet. 
LM E "Wales S Mere "Pie Mona p" Atkinson ; j Lake — 2 Back- 
house ; per Bay, F. Mueller 
3. N. cornifolius, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 103. A larger spe- 
n the two preceding ones, the young parts hoary-tomentose, e, becom 
length y glabrous ; ; ire terete. Leaves obov. ate-oblong or 
in 
the heads, Flowers sessile in the heads, the females not j line long, the 
males still smaller 
d. A. Cunningham, Fraser. 
Wales. Brisbane river, Moreto D. Hark 4^; Upper. Hunter 1 river and äu 
ly 4. Cunningham ; Richmond:and Chews hey Beckler. 
