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but which are very easily overlooked. Tupeia ant- 

 arctica, a pale green plant, is our commonest mistletoe, 

 and its berry is either of a clear white colour or pink with 

 lilac-red blotches. Loranthus micranthus is another com- 

 mon form, with rather large dark-green leaves and small 



Scarlet Mistletoe (Loranthtts colensoi). 



berries of a bright orange-yellow colour. The beautiful 

 scarlet -flowered mistletoe (LorantJius colensoi) so com- 

 monly found on the Fagus, or beech trees, in the forest 

 along the foot of Mauiigatua, bears a larger orange-yellow 

 berry. All these kinds are eaten by birds, which thus 



