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1. Psittacanthus mexicanus (Presl) Blunie; Schult. Syst. Veg. 7: 1730. 1830. 

 Loranthus mexicanus Presl; Schult. Syst. Veg. 7: 129. 1829. 



Described from Mexico, the locality not indicated. 



2. Psittacanthus auriculatus (Oliver) Eichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 5^ 25. 1868. 

 Loranthus auriculatus Oliver, Nat. For. Kjobenhavn Vid. Medd. 1864: 174. 



1864. 

 Oaxaca ; type from Pochutla. 



Plants glaucous throughout, glabrous; loaves 3 to 4.5 era. long, rounded :it 

 apex ; flowers about 4 cm. long. 



3. Psittacanthus macrantherus Eichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 5': 26. 1868. 

 Sierra San Pedro Nolasco ; said to be parasitic on pines. 



Leaves 6 to 7.5 cm. long ; flowers 5.5 to 6.5 cm. long. 



4. Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Cham. & Schlecht. ) Blume; Schult. Syst. Veg. 



7: 1730. 1830. 



Loranthus schiedeanus Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 5: 172. 1830. 



Loranthus kerberi Fourn. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 30: 185. 1883. 



Veracruz to Michoacfin and Oaxaca ; type from Jalapa ; on Salix, etc. Cen- 

 tral America. 



T>eaves lanceolate or ovate, 6 to 16 cm. long, asymmetric, short-petiolate, 

 green ; flowers numerous, corymbose. " Lirio,i' " mu^rdago," " sileno " (Oaxaca). 



5. Psittacanthus karwinskyanus (Schult.) Eichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 5': 26. 



1868. 

 Loranthus Jcaricinskyanus Schult. Syst. Veg. 7: 1641. 1830. 

 Described from Sultepec, Mexico ; parasitic on Annona reticulata. 

 Leaves about 12.5 cm. long, 7.5 to 10 cm. wide; flowers almost 5 cm. long. 



6. Psittacanthus calyculatus (DC.) Don, Hist. Dichl. PI. 3: 415. 1834. 

 Loranthus calijculatus DC. Mem. Lorant. pi. 10. 1830. 



Tamaulipas to Jalisco, Chiapas, and Yucatan ; type from " Cuarcavara " 

 (Cuernavaca ?). Central America. Parasitic on Persea, Acacia, Prosopis, 

 Quercus, PithecoUoMum, Prunus persica, Citrus, Olea, Nerium, Salix, etc. 



Plants often a meter high; leaves mostly lanceolate, green; flowers red or 

 yellow, showy. " Chac-xciu " (Yucatan, Maya); " ingerto " (Jalisco, Guana- 

 .luato) ; " batuu-chri " (Ojixaca, Seler) ; " visco," " visco cuercino," " quauh- 

 zitli," " mal de ojo," " mu^rdago " (Morelos, Ramirez); " malojo " (Jalisco); 

 "ingerto de aguacate " (Tamaulipas); " liga " (Valley of Mexico. Ramirez)', 

 " quauhtzictli " (Mexico, Morelos, Ramirez); " yecapixtla " (Cervantes). 



A decoction of the leaves and flowers is said to be used for treating wounds, 

 and the distilled water as a cosmetic. 



7. Psittacanthus americanus (Jacq.) Mart. Flora 13: 108. 1830. 

 Loranthus americanus Jacq. Stirp. Amer. 97. pi. 67. 1763. 



Tepic to Chiapas and Veracruz ; reported from Yucatan. Central America : 

 West Indies. 



Leaves 6 to 10 cm. long, green, short-petiolate; flowers corymbose, bright 

 red. "Ingerto" (Guerrero, MichoacAn) ; " xken " (Yucatan, Maya, Donfl^). 



28. OPILIACEAE. Opilia Family, 



This family is omitted in the key to families. In that, pistillate specimens 

 would run to the family Urticaceae (p. 22), with which the present group would 

 scarcely be confused ; and staminate specimens would run to the family 01a- 

 caceae (p. 26). The only Mexican genus of the latter family with distinct petals 



