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LORANtHACE^E. VI. PSITTACANTHUS. Vll. TRISTERIX. VIII. 



Leaves 2 inches long, and 8-9 lines broad ; petioles 6-9 lines 

 long. Flowers 5 lines long. Limb of calyx very narrow, trun- 

 cate. 



Thyrse-Jlon'ered Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 



32 P. ? FLAGELLA'RIS ; glabrous, sarmentose ; branches terete; 

 leaves sessile, linear, acute, coriaceous, with the middle nerve 

 hardly conspicuous ; racemes terminal, naked, erect ; lower pe- 

 dicels 3-flowered, superior ones 1-flowered; bracteas decidu- 

 ous, one under each flower ; calyx lacerated, truncate ; corolla 

 5-6-parted, having the lobes linear and dilated at the apex ; 

 anthers versatile. Tj . P. S. Native of Brazil ; of Chili, near 

 La Punta de San Luis, at El Aquadita, and on the banks of El 

 Rio Chorillo. Loranthus flagell&ris, Cham, et Schlecht. in 

 Linnaea. 3. p. 213. Like Loranthus cuneifolius and sarmen- 

 t6sus, Ruiz et Pav. in fl. per. Corolla fine red, 6 lines long. 

 Style attenuated at the apex. Leaves 20 lines long and 1-J 

 broad. 



Whip Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 



33 P. BERTEROI ; glabrous ; branches terete ; leavgs alter- 

 nate, broad, elliptic, obtuse, tapering into the short petioles at 

 the base, coriaceous, with somewhat revolute margins ; peduncles 

 terminal, in dense corymbose racemes ; the partial peduncles 

 2-5-flowered ; flowers tubular, with 6 linear-spatulate, nearly 

 free segments ; filaments equal in length to the petals ; anthers 

 linear-oblong, oscillatory ; style filiform, angular ; stigma hardly 

 capitate ; ovarium roundish, exceeding the unilateral bractea, 

 which is roundish and denticulated at the apex. Tj . P. G. 

 Native at Juan Fernandez, growing on Myrtus Fernandesidnus. 

 Hook, et Arn. Loranthus Berteroi, Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 

 3. p. 358. Loranthus venetus, Bertero, but not of Kunth. The 

 partial peduncles are simple, and bear 2 flowers, or are forked, 

 and then bear 3 or 5 flowers. The flowers are about an inch 

 long. It is probably a species of Struthanthus. 



Bertero's Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 



34 P. SCHIEDEA'NUS ; plant glabrous ; branches subalately 

 tetragonal, dilated at the nodi ; leaves nearly opposite, on short 

 petioles, ovate-lanceolate, obliquely falcate, feather-veined, and 

 somewhat triple-nerved ; corymbs terminal ; bracteas cup-shap- 

 ed, one under each flower ; limb of calyx truncate. Tj . P. S. 

 Native of Mexico, near Jalapa. Loranthus Schiedeanus, Cham, 

 et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 5. p. 172. Allied to P. Jacqumi, but 

 differs in the flowers being more slender, and about 2 inches long. 



Schiede's Psittacanthus. Shrub par. 



Cult. The flowers of all the species of this genus are very 

 showy, and comparatively large. The habit is that of honey- 

 suckle. Being all parasitical shrubs, they are not cultivable. 



VII. TRI'STERIX (from rpitf, treis, three, and Trrtpi., pterix, 

 a wing ; in reference to the 3 bracteas to the flowers). Mart. 

 in D. C. prod. 4. p. 671. Loranthus species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Hexdndria, Monogynia. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite, each propped by 3 bracteas. Calyx cup- shaped or 

 cylindrical, with an entire border. Petals linear-spatulate, or 

 linear, bearing the stamens in the middle ; anthers fixed by the 

 back, incumbent, linear-oblong or ovate. Style filiform ; stigma 

 capitate. Berry ovate or elliptic. Racemes brachiate, lateral or 

 terminal. 



1 T. VIRIDIFLORUS ; glabrous ; primary branches subverticil- 

 late, rather compressed when young ; leaves opposite, on short 

 petioles, lanceolate, attenuated at both ends ; racemes axillary, 

 2-4 in a fascicle, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels remote, 1- 

 flowered ; bracteas 3 under each flower, rather concrete ; corolla 

 6-cleft, having the middle of the tube angular, and the lobes 

 spreadmgly reflexed ; stamens 6. Pj . P. S. Native of Nipaul, 

 upon trees. Loranthus viridiflorus, Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 

 219. Corolla green, 3-4 lines long. Anthers adnate, ex Wall. 



Green-flowered Tristerix. Shrub par. 



2 T. TETRA'NDRUS ; branches terete, and are, as well as the 

 petioles and nerves of leaves, pubescent; leaves ovate, bluntish, 

 rather cordate, coriaceous, glabrous in the adult state ; corymbs 

 nearly sessile, dense, many flowered ; pedicels very short, pu- 

 bescent, having 3 bracteas under each flower ; corolla glabrous, 

 4-parted : lobes shell-formed at the apex and acute ; stamens 4; 

 anthers versatile. Jj . P. G. Native of Chili, about Talca- 

 quano, Conception, El Valle del Rio Tingririca, and Valparaiso, 

 parasitical on Guevina and other trees, along with Loranthus 

 buxifolius, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 206. Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 103. Loranthus tetrandrus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. 

 p. 48. t. 275. The vernacular name of this species is Quintral 

 ex Bertero. 



Telrandrous Tristerix. Shrub par. 



3 T. APHY'LLUS ; much branched ; branches nearly terete, 

 glabrous, short, leafless ; flowers pedicellate, somewhat corym- 

 bose ; bracteas 3 under each flower, somewhat concrete ; corolla 

 glabrous, 4-parted : lobes linearly cochleate at the apex ; sta- 

 mens 4 ; anthers versatile. T? . P. G. Native of Chili, para- 

 sitical upon Cereus Peruvianus at Rancagua, Coquimbo, Guardia 

 del Maypu, Villavicenzio in the Andes of Mendoza, Cordil- 

 lera of Chili, &c. Loranthus aphyllus, Miers, ex Bert, in litt. 

 829. Loranthus cactorum, Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. part, 

 bot. 1 . p. 25. Flowers like those of the preceding species. The 

 vernacular name of this plant is Quinlral de Quisco. 



Leafless Tristerix. Shrub par. 



4 T. REINWARDTIA'NUS ; leaves opposite, oblong, attenuated 

 at both ends, coriaceous, veinless beneath ; peduncles crowded, 

 axillary, 1-flowered ; flowers pentandrous or tetrandrous ; tube 

 of corolla very long, curved : lobes linear, secund, at length cir- 

 cinnately revolute at the top. (7 . P. S. Native of Java, in 

 woods on the mountains. Loranthus Reinwardtianus, Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 105. Loranthus coccineus, Reinw. in Blum, bijdr. 

 p. 664. but not of Jack. 



Reinwardt's Tristerix. Shrub par. 



Cult. The species of this genus, like the rest of the genera 

 of this order, are not cultivable in gardens. Their habit is that 

 of Lonicera. 



VIII. DENDROPHTHO'E (from StvSpov, dendron, a tree, 

 and <j>6oi], phlhoe, corruption ; the plants kill the trees upon 

 which they grow). Mart, in D. C. prod. 4. p. 671. Loranthus 

 species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra-Pentdndria, Monogynia. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite, each furnished with one bractea ; bracteas sometimes 

 lateral, and sometimes cupular and oblique. Calyx cup -shaped 

 or campanulate, with an entire or toothed border. Petals linear- 

 spatulate, bearing the stamens in the middle. Anthers fixed by 

 the base, erect, linear. Style filiform ; stigma capitate. Berry 

 ovate or elliptic. Racemes for the most part lateral, subcorym- 

 bose. 



1. Flowers of 4-5 petals, having a cucullate bractea under 

 each flower. 



1 D. LIGUSTRI'NUS ; branches terete, when young, as well as the 

 new leaves, peduncles, bracteas, and flowers pubescent ; leaves 

 petiolate, lanceolate, acuminated, coriaceous, at length glabrous ; 

 peduncles many, axillary, cymosely corymbose ; bractea lateral, 

 cucullate under each flower : limb of calyx almost entire ; corolla 

 tetragonal ; petals 4, linear, at length spreading ; flowers pentand- 

 rous. Tj . P. G. Native of Nipaul, in woods in the great valley. 

 Loranthus ligustrinus, Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 219. D.Don, 

 prod. fl. nep. p. 143. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 101. Leaves 2 inches 

 long, and 6-9 lines broad ; petioles 2 lines long. Corolla 4-6 

 lines long, reddish. 



