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mentis elongatis, petalis oppositis, iis basi insertis; antheris subrotundis. Fam. Calyx ovario adnatus, 
elongato-urceolatus ; limbus incrassatus. Petala 4, decidua, valvata. Ovarium 1-loculare ; stylo valido, recto; 
stigmate subdiscoideo, capitato. Bacca viscosa, l-locularis, l-sperma; semine pendulo, albuminoso ; 
embryone axillari ; radicula tereti, supera ; cotyledonibus elongatis.—Fruticulus parasiticus, lignosus ; ramis 
pallidis, divaricatis, teretibus, ramulis paniculisque puberulis. Folia opposita et alterna, petiolata, lineari- 
elliptica v. obovata v. late rhombea, obtusa. Panicule arillares et terminales, juniores bracteate. Flores 
parvi, albi. 
A woody, parasitical, dicecious shrub, with terete jointed branches covered with pale bark, pubescent branchlets 
and panicles, opposite and alternate petioled blunt leaves, and terminal or axillary panicles of small flowers, covered in 
ayoung state with imbricated glossy scales. Male flowers of four valvate petals, and as many stamens opposite them, 
and inserted into their bases; filaments free; anthers rounded. Female :—Calyw tube united with the narrow 
urceolate ovary; limb a thickened margin. Petals four, valvate, deciduous. Stamens 0. Ovary one-celled. Style 
elongated ; stigma discoid. Berry ovoid, very viscid. —A curious plant, differing from Loranthus in being dicecious, 
and in habit; from Viscum, in the stamens being perfect. (Name, that of a South Sea Island plant, erroneously given 
to this.) 
1. Tupeia antarctica, Cham. et Schlecht. Linnea, v. 3. p. 208. Viscum antarcticum, Forst. Prodr. 
A. Rich. Flora. V. pubigerum, A. Cunn. Prodr. Viscoides leta e£ V. latifolia, Banks et Sol. MSS. 
Tas. XXVI. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands; abundant, Banks and Solander, Forster, etc. Nat. name, 
“ Piri-ta," Colenso. 
Leaves very variable in form and size, 3-14 inch long, lanceolate, obovate, rounded or rhomboid in outline. 
Panicles spreading, shorter than the leaves.—PraATE XXVI. Fig. 1, male flower; 2, the same laid open; 3, female 
flower; 4, ovarium and style; 5, fruit; 6, the same cut vertically ; 7, cut transversely :—all magnified. 
Gen. III. VISCUM, Zourn. 
Flores monoici v. dioici. Calycis limbus obsoletus. Petala 4, triangularia, valvata. Anthere petalis 
adnate, multiloculares, cellulose. Ovarium fl. 9 calyce adnatum, 1-loculare. Bacca intus viscosa, l- 
locularis, l-sperma. Semen albuminosum ; embryo ut in Lorantho, sed interdum multiplex. 
There is but one New Zealand species of this genus, which I have never seen in flower; it forms little yellow 
tufts of jointed stems and branches 3—4 inches long, on Leptospermum and Gaultheria branches. Leaves none; 
joints 2-4 lines long, terete, contracted below, dilated above. Flowers will probably be found to be very small, 
and to be sunk in the tops of the joints; the perianth to be of four valvate petals, with a cellular porous amorphous 
anther adnate to the face of each petal, the pollen lodged in cells of the anther.—This belongs to a large tropical 
section of the genus to which the Mistletoe belongs, and is exactly like a Salicornia in appearance. (Name, ı$os, 
sacred, according to various authors; the Mistletoe being hallowed by the ancients.) 
1. Viscum salicornioides, A. Cunn.; pusillum, glaberrimum, erectum, ramosum, aphyllum, ramis 
teretibus multiarticulatis, articulis inferne contractis apice dilatatis. A. Cunn. Prodr. 
Has. Northern Island. Bay of Islands, Cunningham, ete. 
lam not aware of this curious little species having been found except at the Keri-Keri falls, where it is 
abundant. 
