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* Racemes axillary. 



8 N. SARMENTOSUS ; glabrous, rathe? scandent, hence the 

 branches throw out roots on one side ; branches angular ; leaves 

 petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, somewhat complicate and 

 keeled : having the middle nerve rather prominent ; racemes 

 axillary, about equal in length to the leaves : having their 

 branchlets short and angular, and bearing 3 bracteas and 3 ses- 

 sile flowers each at the apex ; petals 6, linear-spatulate ; anthers 

 ovate, incumbent. Jj . P. G. Native of Peru, at Munna : 

 parasitical on trees. Loranthus sarmentosus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. 

 per. 3. p. 49. t. 278. f. a. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 145. Corolla 

 yellowish, 3-4 lines long. Berry oblong, greyish. Leaves 1-J- 

 inch long, and an inch broad ; petioles 2 lines long. 



Sarmentose Notanthera. Shrub par. 



9 N. ACUMINA'TUS ; glabrous ; branches angular, somewhat 

 sarmentose ; leaves petiolate, remote, ovate, long-acuminated ; 

 racemes axillary, one half shorter than the leaves : having the 

 branchlets brachiate, and bearing each 3 ovate, concave, acute 

 bracteas, and 3 sessile flowers ; petals 6, linear ; anthers ovate. 

 Tj . P. G. Native of the Andes of Peru, in groves. Loranthus 

 acuminatus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 49. Schultes, syst. 7. 

 p, 144. Very nearly allied to N. sarmentosus, but differs in the 

 leaves being flat, in the stigma being peltate, and the berries 

 being brownish yellow. 



Acumiuated-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 



* * Racemes terminal and axillary. 



10 N. SELLOWIA'NUS ; glabrous; branches tetragonally te- 

 rete, radicant ; leaves obovate, retuse, or emarginate, ending in 

 a recurved mucrone, cartilaginous, feather-nerved, tapering into 

 die short petioles ; racemes axillary and terminal, naked, shorter 

 than the leaves : having the branchlets bearing 3 flowers and 3 

 bracteas ; limb of calyx lax ; corolla 6-parted : with linear 

 lobes ; anthers versatile. lj . P. S. Native of Brazil. Lo- 

 ranthus Sellowianus, D. C. prod. 4. p. 312. Loranthus retusus, 

 Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 215. but not of Jack. 

 Leaves 20 lines long, and 15-16 lines broad; petioles 4 lines 

 long. Corolla 3 lines long. Stigma thickish. 



Bella's Notanthera. Shrub par. 



1 1 N. RADI'CANS ; glabrous ; branches terete, elongated, ra- 

 dicant ; leaves ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, acuminated, ending 

 in a subulate point, feather-veined, with cartilaginous margins, 

 running down the petioles at the base ; spikes axillary and ter- 

 minal ; flowers and bracteas by threes ; corolla 6-parted, with 

 linear lobes ; anthers versatile. Tj . P. S. Native of Brazil. 

 Loranthus radicans, Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 207. 

 Leaves 5 inches long and 1-J broad ; petioles hardly 5 lines 

 long. Corolla 3 lines long. Flowers disposed in something like 

 whorls of fives. 



Rooting Notanthera. Shrub par. 



12 N. BUXIFOLIUS ; branchlets rather angular, and rather 

 hispid from stiff short hairs ; branches terete, and are as well 

 as the petioles and leaves glabrous ; leaves oval, coriace- 

 ous ; racemes terminal and axillary, erect ; pedicels bearing 

 each 3 flowers and 3 bracteas; corolla tubular, 4-5-6-parted: 

 having the lobes dilated and concave at the apex; anthers ver- 

 satile. \) . P. G. Native of Chili, near Talcahuano : para- 

 sitical on various trees. Loranthus buxifolius, Cham, et 

 Schlecht. in Linnaea. 3. p. 207. Loranthus Eschscholzianus, 

 Mart, in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 117. Leaves rough in the young 

 state. Bracteas fringed at the apex. The root, according to 

 Chamisso, creeps under the bark of the trees on which the plant 

 grows. Style acute at the apex. Corolla 3-4 lines long. This 

 comes very near to N. heterophyllus ; and appears only to differ 

 in the branches being covered with short rigid hairs. 



Box-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 



13 N. HETEROPHY'LLUS ; branches terete, slender, scabrous, 

 rusty ; leaves scattered, on short petioles, cordate or oval, mu- 

 cronate, coriaceous, glabrous ; racemes terminal and axillary, 

 angular ; pedicels short, bearing each 3 bracteas and 3 flowers ; 

 the 2 lateral flowers stalked : and the middle one sessile ; brac- 

 teas small ; petals 6, linear-spatulate ; anthers incumbent. Fj . 

 P. G. Native of Chili : parasitical upon trees, especially myr- 

 taceous trees. Loranthus heterophyllus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. 

 p. 48. t. 273. f. b. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 135. The old 

 branches are smooth : the younger ones are angled, glabrous, or 

 sometimes roughish from minute rust-coloured tubercles. Pe- 

 tals 4-5, concave, and dilated at the apex. Leaves 6-12 lines 

 long, and 4-9 lines broad : petioles 2 lines long. Corolla pur- 

 plish white, 4-5 lines long. 



Variable-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 



1 4 N. ELLI'PTICUS ; glabrous ; branches terete, slender, an- 

 gular ; leaves petiolate, elliptic, somewhat acuminated, thick- 

 coriaceous, veinless, shining above ; peduncles axillary and ter- 

 minal, racemose ; pedicels short, bearing each 3 bracteas and 3 

 sessile flowers at the apex ; petals 7, linear-spatulate, joined 

 together to the middle ; anthers versatile. Tj . P. S. Native 

 of Peru, in groves, in high frigid places on the Andes near 

 Pozuzo. Loranthus ellipticus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 47. 

 t. 276. f. a. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 159. Leaves an inch long, 

 and half an inch broad ; petioles 2 lines long. Corolla yellow, 

 4 lines long. Perhaps a species of Gaiadendron. 



Elttptic-letwed Notanthera. Shrub par. 



15 N. LiGUSTRiF&Lius ; glabrous ; branches terete; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, coriaceous ; corymbs axillary and 

 terminal, one half shorter than the leaves, solitary ; pedicels 

 crowded, bractless, bearing 2-3 flowers ; petals 6, linear, some- 

 what dilated and concave at the apex ; anthers ovate, versatile. 

 Jj . P. G. Native of Peru, or Chili, where it was collected by 

 Haenke. Loranthus ligustrifolius, Schultes, fil. in herb. Haenke, 

 and in syst. 7. p. 135. Loranthus ligustrinus, Willd. herb, ex 

 Schultes, but not of Wall. Leaves 2 inches long, and 9-10 

 lines broad ; petioles 2 lines long. Corolla 4-5 lines long, 

 black in the dried state. 



Privet-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 



16 N. VE'GETUS ; glabrous ; branches scandent, terete ; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, obovate, rounded at the apex, thick-coriaceous, 

 glaucescent, on short petioles ; racemes axillary, solitary ; pedi- 

 cels short, bractless, bearing each 3 sessile flowers at the apex, 

 drooping in the fructiferous state. 5? . P. G. Native of Mexico, 

 near Cuernavaca. Loranthus vegetus, D. C. prod. 4. p. 313. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 434. Leaves 2 inches 

 long, and 10-12 lines broad. Flowers unknown. Berries 

 ovate-oblong. 



Lively Notanthera. Shrub par. 



1 7 N. ORBICULA V RIS ; glabrous ; branches tetragonal ; leaves 

 petiolate, orbicular, acutish, thick-coriaceous, obsoletely veined ; 

 racemes axillary, solitary ; pedicels short, bearing each 3 sessile 

 flowers at the apex ; petals 6, glabrous ; anthers ovate. fj . P. 

 S. Native of Quito, near Guayaquil, on trees. Loranthus or- 

 bicularis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 434. Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 143. Leaves 18 lines long and 16-17 broad ; petioles 

 3-4 lines long. Flowers 4 lines long, green on the outside, and 

 white on the inside. 



Orbicular-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 



1 8 N. SALICIFOLIUS ; plant glabrous, pruinose ? branches te- 

 rete, compressed at the nodi ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acumin- 

 ated, niarinate, petiolate ; racemes axillary, solitary or twin, 

 erect, sessile ; pedicels very short, bearing each 3 flowers and 3 

 bracteas ; corolla 4-parted, with linear lobes, which are shell- 

 formed at the apex ; anthers versatile ; stigma capitate. ^ . P. S. 



