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L. maytenifolius, A. Gray. No record. 
LL. sanguineus, F.v.M. No record. 
L. bifurcatus, Bentham. No record. 
L. linophyllus, Fenzl. On Casuarine, by Miquel (inferred); on 
Casuarina Cunninghami, by Woolls, P.L.S8., N.S.W., vol. 2, 
2nd ser., p. 1077; on Acacia aneura, by Elder Expl. Exp., 
op. cit. ; on Acacia sentis and on A. tetragonophylla, (R.T.) in 
Herb., Adelaide Univ. 
Var. parviflorus. On Callitris, by Hamilton, P.L.S., N.S.W., 
ser. 2, vol. ii, p. 282. [The species of Callitris is either 
verrucosa or columellaris. | 
L. gibberulus, Tate. On Grevillea nematophylla, by Tate, Trans. 
Roy. Soc., S. Aust., vol. viii, p. 71, 1886 ; on Grevillea striata, 
G. agrifolia and Hakea leucoptera, Horn Exped., pt. 3, p. 160, 
1896 ; on Hakea lorea, Elder Expl. Expd., op. cit. 
L. pendulus, Sieber. On Jfelaleuca, 8. Aust.; on Fucalypti, 
chiefly #. rostratus, and on Casuarina quadrivalvis, by R. 
Tate, in Herb. Univ., Adelaide. 
var. amplexifolius. On Brachychiton Gregorii, Elder Expl. 
Exped., op. cit. 
var. canescens. On Acacia homalophylla, Elder Expl. Exped., 
op. cit. ; on Acacia aneura, Herb. Univ., Adelaide. 
var. Melaleuce. On Melaleuca ericifolia, Tepper ; Melaleuca 
parviflora and Myoporum platycarpum, Herb. Univ., Adelaide ; 
on Melaleuce, implied, Pl. Priess. 
var, parviflorus. On Melaleuca styphelioides, Maiden, Agric. 
Gaz. N.S.W., v. 615. 
L. quandang, Lindley. On Acacia aneura, Tate, Roy. Soce., S. 
Aust., vol. vi, p. 103, 1883; Horn Exped., op. cit. ; Elder 
Exped, op. cit. 
L. grandibracteus, F.v.M. On Lucalyptus microtheca, Horn 
Exped., pt. 3, p. 160, 1896. 
REMARKS. 
I am not disposed to attribute any particular adaptation of the 
host-plant to the requirements of its particular parasite, though it 
is significant that some species of Loranthus seem to have a pre- 
dilection for a restricted group of plants—notably in the case of 
