Jamesoniane. N. O. Loranthacee.. 
TABS. DCCXLIII, DCCXLIV. 
LorANTHUS MACRANTHUS. Hook. 
Hexamerus, caule tereti, foliis brevissime petiolatis orbiculari- 
ovalibus coriaceis, pedunculis bisdichotomis axillaribus, calyce 
unibracteato, bractea ovata calyce breviore, corollis omnium 
longissimis (pedalibus !), petalis anguste linearibus apice atte- 
nuatis liberis reflexis, staminibus petala subaquantibus stylo 
brevioribus, antheris lineari-angustissimis basi fissis. 
Has. Andes of Quito. Prof. W. Jameson, n. 244. 
On first inspection of this plant, I was led to refer it to 
L. grandiflorus, R. and P., Fl. Peruy. 3, p. 45, t. 263; but that 
has only five petals, which are dilated towards the apex; a bractea 
longer than the ovary, much shorter flowers; but, above all, 
anthers of quite a different character, short, oblong, fixed to 
the filament by the middle of the back: whereas, in our plant, 
the anthers are very long, slender, tapering, and fixed by their 
base to the filament. The corolla is of an extraordinary length 
(12 inches), and appears still more remarkable in bud before 
the petals have separated, which they do only at the extremity, 
the rest of the corolla forming almost a cylindrical tube. Still 
nearer to our plant, in some respects, is the L. dichotomus, 
_R. and P. (lc. p. 45, t. 274); but that has larger leaves, 
corollas not half so long, shorter and broader anthers, and not 
* basifixee,”” 
