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from an imperfect specimen in his herbarium. Van Tieghem’s Perawilla 
uniflora and P. Haastii, both of which are accepted and referred to Hly- 
tranthe by Engler, are said to be closely allied ; but as no descriptions or 
diagnostic characters are given I cannot express any opinion as to their 
validity. Van Tieghem als» retains Kirk’s Loranthus decussatus as a dis- 
tinct species; placing it, under the name of Perawilla decussata, in the im- 
mediate neighbourhood of H. Colensoi, with which he states it agrees in 
having the flowers in axillary racames. No doubt he has been influenced 
by Kirk’s original description, in which the flowers are described as being 
arranged in ‘‘ 2-4-flowered racemes.’’ But the type specimens in Kirk’s 
herbarium all have the flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, and this 
is also the case with specimens collected by myself in the locality where it 
was first obtained by Kirk. I can entertain no doubt of its identity with 
Hi. tetrapetalus, and consider that the mistake in Kirk’s diagnosis was pro- 
bably due to some accidental mixture of specimens. As mentioned in the 
body of this work, the name of ZL. tetrapetalus is applied in Kirk’s her- 
barium to the following species. 
3. HE. Adamsii, Hngl.l.c. Trilepidea Adamsii, Van Tiegh. 
Zc. Loranthus Adamsii, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xii. 
(1881) 296. (Manual, p. 620.) 
The fruit of this has been forwarded by Mr. Adams. I; is bright-red, 
oblong or oblong-obovoid, viscid, about 4in. long. Van Tieghem men- 
tions a Trilepidea Ralphii (Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xli:. (1895) 28) as a closely 
allied species, but he gives no distinctive characters. 
4. H. flavida, Hngl.l.c. Alepis flavida, Van Tiegh. i.c. Lo- 
ranthus flavidus, Hook. f. Fi. Nov. Zel. i. 100,t.27. (Manual, 
620.) 
Van Tieghem also accepts Colens»’s L. polychroa, giving it the name 
of Alepis polychroa. Probably he has seen no specimens, for the examina- 
tion of one given to me by Mr. C>lenso leaves no doiabt in my mind that 
it is absolutely identical with H. flavida. 
2, LORANTHUS, Linn. 
1. L. micranthus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 100. Ileo- 
stylus micranthus, Van Tiegh. l.c. xl. (1894) 489. (Manual, 
618.) 
Van Tieghem’s J eostylus Kirkii (l.c. xlii. (1895) 25) is based upon speci- 
mens collected near Auckland by Kirk, and is said to differ from the type 
in the shape and structure of the leaves. But no second specie; ex’sts in 
Mr. Kirk’s herbarium, and the typical form is the only one I have seen 
near Auckland. 
L. micranthus is sometimes parasitic on introduced trees. At the 
Native settlement of Waihi, at the south end of Lake Taupo, it grows in 
great abundance on Pear and Plum trees. 
2. L. Fieldii, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi. (1884) 397.— 
“Leaves 1-14 in. long, linear-oblong, rounded at the tip and 
narrowed into a very short petiole at the base, midrib in- 
distinct. Racemes 3-4 in. long, tetrachotomously 16-flowered. 
