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LORANTHACE^. V. STBUTHANTHUS. 



Ario, on trees of Annona Humboldtii. Loranthus interruptus, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 440. Schultes, syst. 7. 

 p. 138. Flowers and fruit not sufficiently known. Leaves 

 nearly 2 inches long and 9 lines broad ; petioles 3-4 lines 

 long. 



Interrupted-s^ked Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



50 S. ADU'NCUS ; plant glabrous ; branches terete, knotted, 

 scandent ; branchlets angular ; leaves opposite, oblong-roundish, 

 apiculated by a hooked point, veiny, petiolate ; racemes axil- 

 lary, trichotomous, or simple ; flowers sessile, 3-6 together, 

 propped by a subtriangular bractea ; petals 6, linear ; anthers 

 oblong, tj . P. S. Native of Guiana, on trees. Loranthus 

 adiincus, Meyer, prim, esseq. p. 149. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 147. 

 Perhaps the racemes ought to be called spikes ; or perhaps 

 the flowers are sessile on the tops of the branchlets, not on a 

 rachis. 



Hooked-leaved Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



51 S. MAGDALE'NJE ; plant glabrous ; branches terete, rather 

 sarmentose ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, complicate, feather- 

 nerved, rather coriaceous ; panicles axillary, longer than the 

 leaves, spreadingly branched ; peduncles distant, bearing 3 

 flowers and 3 bracteas at the apex ; petals 6, linear ; anthers 

 erect, inserted by the base, 3 of which are drawn out in a horn ? 

 Tj . P. S. Native of South America, on the banks of the river 

 Magdalena, where it was collected by Bertero. Loranthus Mag- 

 dalense, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea 3. p. 219. Weihea Mag- 

 dalenae, Spreng. in herb. Balb. but not of his syst. Leaves 

 20-22 lines long and 12-15 lines broad; petioles 4-5 lines long. 

 Corolla 2 lines long. 



Magdalena Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



52 S. SE'SSILIS ; glabrous ; leaves ovate ; spikes simple, soli- 

 tary; flowers sessile, by threes ; pedicels thick, 3 -flowered at 

 the top. Fj . P. S. Native of South America, in the woods of 

 Carthagena. Loranthus sessilis, Jacq. amer. 99. Berries of 

 reddish dirty green colour. Perhaps Loranthus sessilis, Meyer, 

 prim, esseq. 4. p. 149. is the same as that of Jacquin. 



jSes7e-flowered Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



53 S. STE'LIS ; glabrous ; branches spreading ; leaves ovate 

 or oblong, coriaceous, nearly sessile ; peduncles numerous, ax- 

 illary, spreading, trigonal, bifid : having the branchlets bearing 

 3 equal, sessile, hexandrous flowers. Ij . P. S. Native of 

 Cumana, upon trees. Loranthus Stelis, Lin. spec. 331. Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 147. Stelis, no. 1. Lcefl. itin. 187. Plant not 

 sufficiently known, and Stelis, no. 2. Loefl. is still more obscure. 



Mistletoe Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



54 S. PEDUNCULA'TUS ; glabrous ; branches shining ; leaves 

 cordate-ovate, ending each in a short taper point, coriaceous, 

 shining, petiolate, feather-veined ; racemes axillary, solitary, 

 shorter than the leaves : having the rachis compressed and the 

 branchlets 3-flowered, and the flowers pedicellate ; petals 6, 

 obtuse ; stamens some of them sterile. Jj . P. S. Native of 

 South America, in the woods of Carthagena, especially on the 

 sea coast. Loranthus pedunculatus. Jacq. amer. p. 98. Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 145. Leaves 2 inches long. Flowers small, white. 



Pedunculate-flowered Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



55 S. PSILOBOTRYS ; glabrous ; branches terete ; branchlets 

 angularly compressed ; leaves oblong, acutish, attenuated at the 

 base, on short petioles, nerveless, except the middle nerve ; 

 racemes axillary, 4 times longer than the leaves, 2-edged, 

 especially at the base; pedicels nearly opposite, 1- flowered; 

 bracteas 3, concrete, resembling a 3-cleft cupula under each 

 flower. Tj . P. S. Native of St. Domingo, where it was col- 

 lected by Bertero. Loranthus psilobotrys, D. C. prod. 4. p. 293. 

 Loranthus unifl6rus, Spreng. in herb. Balb. but it is very dif- 

 ferent from the true L. uniflorus. Alabastra oval, a line long. 

 Racemes 6-7 inches long. Leaves 15 lines long and 4 broad. 



Naked-racemed Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



56 S. DOMINGE'NSIS ; branches 2 edged, green ; leaves obo- 

 vate-oblong, mucronulate, fleshy, running down the petiole at 

 the base ; racemes simple or tern ; flowers remote. fj . P. S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Loranthus Domingensis, Desf. in 

 Hamilt. prod. p. 33. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 147. The rest un- 

 known. 



St. Domingo Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



57 S. LAXIFLORUS ; branches terete, brownish ; leaves round- 

 ish-ovate, finely marginated, running into the petiole at the 

 base ; racemes for the most part solitary, greyish, on long 

 peduncles ; flowers remote ; pedicels elongated. Jj . P. S. Na- 

 tive of Hispaniola. Loranthus laxiflorus, Desf. in Hamilt. prod, 

 p. 33. The rest unknown. 



Lax-flowered Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



58 S. UNIFLORUS ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves obovate 

 or oval, on short petioles, obtuse at the apex, emarginate, and 

 rather mucronate, feather- veined, rather membranous ; racemes 

 axillary, solitary or twin, simple ; pedicels 1 -flowered, a little 

 longer than the flowers, girded by a trifid involucrum ; petals 6, 

 obtuse ; alternate anthers sterile. F; . P. S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo, upon trees and bushes in the woods. Loranthus uni- 

 florus, Jacq. amer. 98. t. 69. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 146. Lo- 

 ranthus parviflorus, Lam. diet. 3. p. 595. Leaves 1-2 inches 

 long. Flowers purple, 2 lines long. Berries cylindrical, dark. 



One-lowered Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



59 S. PORTORICE'NSIS ; glabrous ; stem terete, rooting, dicho- 

 tomous ; branchlets compressed ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate, 

 acute, glaucous, veinless, except the middle nerve, which is 

 conspicuous at the base but hardly evident at the apex ; corymbs 

 dichotomous, few-flowered, terminal, one half shorter than the 

 leaves ; fruit oval, crowned by the teeth of the calyx. Tj . P. S. 

 Native of Porto Rico, parasitical upon trees, where it was col- 

 lected by Bertero. Loranthus Portoricensis, D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 293. Loranthus Braziliensis, Spreng. in herb. Balb. 

 Flowers smaller than in the rest of the species. Leaves 8 lines 

 long and 3 lines broad. 



Porto Rico Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



60 S. PAUCIFLORUS ; glabrous ; branches terete, spreading ; 

 leaves obovate-roundish, veiny, on very short petioles ; racemes 

 axillary, solitary, tripartite, shorter than the leaves ; flowers 

 nearly sessile, decussate ; bractea concave ; petals 6, lanceolate, 

 contiguous at the base ; anthers 6, ovate. Jj . P. S. Native 

 of the interior of Jamaica, and of Cayenne, parasitical on trees. 

 Loranthus pauciflorus, Swartz, prod. p. 58. fl. ind. occ. 677. 

 Schultes, syst. 7. p. 147. Loranthus occidentalis, Aubl. guian. 

 p. 310. ex Swartz. Allied to S. occidentalis, but differs in the 

 raceme or spike being tripartite, not simple. 



Fen-flowered Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



61 S. GUADALUPE'NSIS ; glabrous; branches terete; leaves 

 ovate, rather cordate at the base, acuminated at the apex, on 

 very short petioles, veinless except the middle nerve ; peduncles 

 terminal, trichotomous and corymbose at the apex, about the 

 length of the leaves ; bracteas small ; calyx denticulated ; berry 

 oval. Jj . P. S. Native of Guadaloupe, where it was collected 

 by Bertero. Loranthus Guadalupensis, D. C. prod. 4. p. 294. 

 Loranthus pedunculatus, Spreng. in herb. Balb. 



Guadaloupe Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



62 S. QUERCI'COLA ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves almost 

 opposite, petiolate, ovate, acuminated, papery, reticulately veined ; 

 racemes 1-2, axillary ; flowers almost sessile, by threes, oppo- 

 site : anthers orbicular, fixed by the base. Fj . P. S. Native 

 of Mexico, near Jalapa, parasitical on oak and other trees. 

 Flowers minutely bracteolate. Corolla a line and a half long. 

 Loranthus quercicola, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linntea. 5. p. 173. 



Oak Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



