620 LORANTHACES. [ Loranthus. 
4. L. Adamsii, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 296.— 
A perfectly glabrous bush 2-4 ft. high; branchlets terete. Leaves 
opposite, 14-24in. long, broadly oblong or oblong-obovate, obtuse, 
narrowed into a short stout petiole or almost sessile, very thick 
and coriaceous, veins hardly visible, margins slightly recurved. 
Peduncles very short, axillary, each bearing 2-4 sessile flowers; a 
small concave bract and 2 bracteoles at the base of each flower. 
Flowers rather large, 14-2in. long, reddish, more or less tinged 
with yellowish-green. Calyx-limb short, with 4 minute triangular 
teeth. Corolla narrow at the base, swollen in the middle, and then 
contracted just below the limb; lobes 4, separating about +-way 
down, reflexed, but the corolla often splits dorsally to the base, the 
lobes then all turning one way. Anthers narrow-linear, basifixed,. 
tips acute. Style equalling the corolla; stigma capitate. 
NortH Istanp: Auckland—Thames goldfields, Adams! T. F. C. ; Hunua, 
Kirk ! September-October. 
The foliage of this almost precisely matches that of L. Colensoi, but the 
flowers are very different. Parasitic on Coprosma, Myrsine, and Melicope. 
5. L, flavidus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 100, t. 27.—A sparingly 
branched glabrous shrub 1-3 ft. high ; branches spreading. Leaves 
opposite, 1-24in. long, linear-oblong, usually rounded at the tip, 
rarely apiculate, narrowed at the base into a short petiole, flat, 
very coriaceous, veins inconspicuous, or 3-5 diverging from the 
base; margins thickened and very minutely crenulate when 
dry, often red when fresh. Racemes axillary, 10—16-flowered, 
spreading or drooping, 3-2 in. long; peduncle slender, tetragonous ; 
pedicels opposite and decussate, about 4in. long; bracts obsolete. 
Flowers 4-2 in. long, orange-yellow. Calyx-limb minute, cupular, 
truncate. Corolla slender, swollen above the base; petals united 
almost to the middle, upper part sharply reflexed, linear-spathulate. 
Anthers small, linear-oblong. Style rather longer than the corolla; 
stigma large, capitate—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 107. L. polychroa, Col. 
mm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 241. 
NortH anp SourH Isxtanps: Not uncommon in Fagus forests from the 
Ruahine Mountains and Mount Egmont southwards. Sea-level to 2500 ft. 
December—February. 
Usually parasitic on the various species of Fagus. 
6. L. tenuiflorus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 100.—A small gla- 
brous shrub ; branches slender, terete. Leaves opposite, 1-14 in. 
long, obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed into short 
slender petioles, veins few, slender. Flowers about lin. long, 
in axillary trichotomous puberulous panicles; peduncles and 
pedicels slender, divaricating, about }in. long. Corolla slender, 
terete, curved; petals very narrow, united 3-way up, but perhaps 
ultimately separating. Anthers oblong, versatile. Style slender; 
stigma simple.-—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 107. 
