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63 S. RETROFLE'XUS ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves 

 ovate, acute, deflexed, rather coriaceous, on short petioles ; 

 panicles axillary and terminal : with an angular rachis : and 

 retroflexed branchlets, bearing ovate, concave, deciduous brae- 

 teas, and 2-4 flowers, which stand on short pedicels ; petals 6, 

 linear, reflexed at the apex. Pj . P. S. Native of Peru, in 

 groves on the Andes, upon trees. Loranthus retroflexus, Ruiz, 

 et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 49. t. 279. f. a. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 138. 

 Leaves usually an inch and a half long and 2 inches broad ; on 

 petioles 2-3 lines long. Flowers small, purple. Berries oval, 

 of a yellowish glaucous colour. 



Retroflexed-petafied Struthanthus. Shrub par. 



Cult. All the species of this beautiful genus being parasitical, 

 they are consequently not cultivable in gardens. They have 

 something of the aspect of Lonicera or honeysuckle. 



VI. PSITTACA'NTHUS (^irraKos, psittacos, a parrot, and 

 anthos, a flower ; perhaps from the bright colour of the 

 flowers). Mart, in D. C. prod. 4. p. 671. Loranthus section 

 Oscillator! Callanthae. D. C. prod. 4. p. 308. Loranthus 

 species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Hexdndria, Monogynia. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 for the most part hexamerous. Calyx cup-shaped, hemispheri- 

 cally cyathiform, with a contracted mouth : having the border 

 sometimes entire, and sometimes obsoletely 5-6-toothed or re- 

 pand. Petals 6, linear-spatulate, in most of the species distinct 

 to the middle, erect, spreading, often furnished with a linear 

 scale in the middle. Filaments filiform, rising from the middle 

 of the petals ; anthers linear or oblong, fixed by the base, there- 

 fore erect": or by the back, then they are incumbent. Ovarium 

 ovate. Style filiform ; stigma capitate. Berry ovate. Pani- 

 cles dichotomous or trichotomous, expanded or corymbose ; 

 peduncles articulately inserted, bracteate ; pedicels extended 

 into a cup-shaped bracteole each. Flowers large, thick, deeply 

 coloured. 



1 P. RAMIFI.ORUS ; glabrous; branches terete ; branchlets an- 

 gular ; leaves ovate, bluntish, attenuated at the base ; peduncles 

 opposite, trifid, 6-flowered, spreadingly deflexed, rising beneath 

 the leaf-bearing branches ; alabastra conical ; petals lanceolate- 

 linear, acuminated ; anthers versatile. ^ . P. G. Native of 

 Mexico, parasitical on trees, on the mountains of Mahuitzola. 

 Loranthus ramiflorus. Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 308. Leaves 1^ inch long, and 6-7 lines 

 broad; on very short petioles. Corolla 10 lines long, conical. 



Branch-flowered Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 



2 P. CALYCULA'TUS ; glabrous ; branches nearly terete ; leaves 

 opposite, ovate, or lanceolate, hardly petiolate, coriaceous, vein- 

 less ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, shorter than the leaves : 

 having a cup-shaped bractea under each flower, as in all the 

 rest of the species ; petals 6, linear, acute ; anthers versatile. 



t? . P. S. Native of Mexico, about Cuarcavara, where it was 

 collected by Berlandier. Loranthus calyculatus, D. C. coll. 

 mem. vi. t. 101. Larger leaves 2 inches long and 1-| broad, the 

 rest rather smaller. Flowers of a yellowish scarlet colour, 

 almost 2 inches long. There are 2 oblong floral leaves under 

 each lateral branch of the corymb. Limb of calyx truncate. 

 Allied to P. cce'sus. Perhaps the same as Loranthus Quau- 

 chitli of Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. 



Calyculate Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 



3 P. JACQUI'NI ; glabrous ; brandies terete ; leaves obovate 

 or oval, coriaceous, shining, on short petioles, veinless ; pedun- 

 cles axillary and terminal, cymose, shorter than the leaves : ul- 

 timate ones trifid : having an urceolate, small bractea under each 

 flower ; petals 6, contiguous at the base, linear, revolute at the 

 apex ; alabastra curved a little ; anthers oblong, versatile, fj . 



P. S. Native of Jamaica, Martinico, and Brazil, parasitical on 

 trees. Loranthus Jacquini, D. C. prod. 4. p. 308. L. Ameri- 

 canus, Jacq. amer. p. 97. t. 67. exclusive of the synonymes. 

 Lin. spec. 331. exclusive of the synonyme of Cham, and 

 Schlecht. in Linnsea. 3. p. 210. but not of Lin. amoen. nor 

 Swartz. 



Far. /5, longifbl'ms (D. C. prod. 4. p. 308.) leaves oblique, 

 lanceolate, attenuated at the base. Jj . P. S. Native of Ja- 

 maica. Calyx cup-shaped. Flowers sometimes of 4 petals. 



Jacquin's Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 



4 P. BRASILIE'NSIS ; glabrous ; branches terete, compressed 

 while young ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate-ovate, obliquely nerved, 

 thickish, shining above ; peduncles trichotomous, terminal, and 

 in the upper axils : branchlets 5-flowered ; alabastra club- 

 shaped ; petals 6, linear ; anthers versatile. \i . P. S. Native 

 of Brazil. Loranthus Brasiliensis, Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 

 596. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 127. Habit of Avicennia tomenlosa, 

 but is perfectly glabrous. Leaves 3 or 3|- inches long, and 12- 

 15 lines broad, on petioles 3-4 lines long. Corolla an inch 

 and a half long. 



Brazilian Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 



5 P. CI'NCTUS ; branches terete ; leaves opposite and alter- 

 nate, on very short petioles, oblong-ovate, obtuse, thick, mar- 

 ginated ; racemes axillary and terminal, compound : peduncles 

 nearly opposite, 2-flowered ; bracteas cup-shaped ; flowers 

 tomentose on the outside, clavate at the apex in the unexpanded 

 state ; petals 6, nearly linear, glandular at the base. (7 . P. S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro, in the woods of 

 Japura. Loranthus cinctus, Mart, in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 134. 

 Corolla 1 or 1^ inch long, densely clothed with coloured tomen- 

 tum. Anthers oblong. Style equal in length to the petals. 

 Stigma capitate. 



Girded Psitticanthus. Shrub par. 



6 P. spEctosus ; glabrous ; leaves oblong-elliptic, or lanceo- 

 late, bluntish, cuneated at the base, coriaceous : having the mid- 

 dle nerve hardly conspicuous, and the lateral veins wanting ; 

 racemes unknown ; alabastra cylindrical ; petals 6, linear, hardly 

 concrete at the base ; anthers versatile ; stigma not capitate. 

 Tj . P. S. Native of Brazil. Loranthus speciosus, Pohl, in 

 litt. but not Dietr. nor Wall. Leaves 3 inches long and an inch 

 broad ; petioles hardly any. Corolla 3 inches long. It differs 

 from P. Brasiliensis, Lam. in the alabastra not being clavate. 



Showy Psitticanthus. Shrub par. 



7 P. DICHRO'OS ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves opposite, 

 obovate, emarginate, coriaceous, hardly veined ; peduncles soli- 

 tary, axillary, dichotomous : the branches 2-3-flowered ; brac- 

 tea cup-shaped, shorter than the ovarium, 1 -toothed; petals 6, 

 linear, spreadingly reflexed from the middle ; anthers linear- 

 oblong. Pj . P. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio 

 Janeiro. Loranthus dichroos, Mart, in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 122. 

 Flowers 18-20 lines long, scarlet, but green at the apex. 



Troo-co/ourerf-flowered Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 



8 P. GRANDIFLORUS ; branches terete ; leaves opposite, on 

 short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, thick ; peduncles 

 dichotomous : terminal ones 3-4 : axillary ones solitary ; flowers 

 pedicellate by threes, tomentose ; bractea cup-shaped, uniden- 

 tate ; petals 6, linear, bearing each a scale on the inside at the 

 base. J? . P. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio 

 Negro, in the woods about Japura. Loranthus grandiflorus, 

 Mart, in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 124. Corolla l to 2 inches long, 

 purplish 1 Stigma globose-capitate. 



Great-Jlonered Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 



9 P. BITERNA'TUS ; branches terete, rather velvety ; leaves 

 nearly opposite, petiolate, elliptic, obtuse, thick, glaucous ; pe- 

 duncles axillary and terminal : lower ones solitary, dichotomous: 

 superior ones sub-panicled ; flowers pedicellate, pubescent ; 



