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LORANTHACE^E. XII. NOTANTIIERA. XIII. LOXANTHERA. 



Native of Brazil. Loranthus salicifolius, Cham, et Schlecht. 

 in Linnaea. 3. p. 216. Leaves 4 inches long and ^ inch broad ; 

 petioles 6 lines long. Flowers a line long. 

 IVtllow-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 



19 N. LANCEOLA'TUS ; glabrous; branches terete, slender, 

 rather angular ; leaves on short petioles, lanceolate-oblong ; 

 peduncles racemose, axillary, and terminal ; pedicels short, bear- 

 ing each 3 bracteas and 3 sessile flowers at the apex ; petals 

 7-9, linear-spatulate, joined at the base; anthers incumbent, 

 t? . P. G. Native of Peru, on the Andes at Pillao. Loranthus 



lanceolatus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 47. t. 278. f. b. but not 

 of Beauv. Loranthus lancifolius, Poir. ex Schultes, syst. 7. 

 p. 142. Leaves 2 inches long and an inch broad ; petioles 2-3 

 lines long. Corolla yellow, half an inch long. Berries oblong. 

 Lanceolate-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 



20 N. OXYPHY'LLUS ; glabrous ; branches terete, but some- 

 what compressed at the apex ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, tapering 

 into the petioles at the base, and much acuminated at the apex, 

 feather-nerved : having the middle nerve rather prominent ; 

 racemes axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels 

 opposite, bearing each 3 bracteas and 3 sessile flowers at the 

 apex ; petals 6, linear, acute, hardly joined together at the base, 

 longer than the filaments ; anthers ovate, erect, incumbent, 

 fj . P. S. Native of Brazil, where it was collected by Pohl. 



Loranthus oxyphyllus, Pohl. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 314. Loran- 

 thus acuminatus, Pohl. in litt. Leaves 2 inches long. Flower- 

 bud sub-clavate. Style thickish ; stigma truncate. 

 Sharp-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 



21 N. SUAVE'OLENS ; glabrous; branches terete; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, ovate- oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, coria- 

 ceous ; racemes 2-4 together ; pedicels short, approximate, 

 bractless, bearing each 3 stalked flowers at the apex ; petals 6, 

 linear, spreading; anthers incumbent. I;. P. S. Native of 

 Peru, in groves near Gonzanama. Loranthus suaveolens, H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 435. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 143. 

 Leaves 26-27 lines long and an inch broad ; petioles 2-3 lines 

 long. Flowers 3 lines long, white, glabrous. 



Srveet-scented Notanthera. Shrub par. 



22 N. CONDUPLICA'TUS; glabrous; branches tetragonal ; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, acuminated, acute at the base, rather coriaceous, 

 conduplicately recurved ; panicle terminal, much branched, 

 leafy : having the branches twin, and are as well as the rachis 

 tetragonal ; pedicels very short, bearing 3 flowers and 3 brac- 

 teas at the apex ; petals 6, linear, fj . P. S. Native of Cu- 

 mana and Cumanocoa, on trees. Lorantjjus conduplicatus, H. 

 B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 441. Loranthus anceps, 

 Will. rel. in Schultes, syst. 7. p. 131. Leaves 24-27 lines long, 

 and 14-17 lines broad : petioles 4-5 lines long. Flowers hardly 

 2 lines long. 



Conduplicate-]eaved Notanthera. Shrub par, 



23 N. ATTENUA'TUS ; plant glabrous, twining ; branches terete ; 

 leaves rather alternate, obovate-oblong, cuneated at the base, 

 and tapering into the petioles, and mucronate at the apex ; mu- 

 crone deciduous; racemes axillary, twin or tern, shorter than 

 the leaves : pedicels short, bearing each 2-3 bracteas and 2-3 

 sessile flowers at the apex ; petals 6, linear, hardly connected at 

 the base, longer than the filaments ; anthers ovate-roundish, 

 fixed by the base. Tj . P. S. Native of Brazil. Loranthus 

 attenuatus, Pohl. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 315. Leaves 

 12-15 lines long and 6-7 broad. Corolla 1^ line long. Stigma 

 not capitate. 



Attenuated-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 



24 N. A'NCEPS ; glabrous ; branches terete ; branchlets and 

 peduncles compressed and 2-edged ; leaves alternate or oppo- 

 site, oblong-elliptic, petiolate, ending in very short mucrones, 

 feather-nerved ; racemes axillary, solitary, or twin, and terminal, 



subcorymbose, unequal ; pedicels short, bearing each 3 bracteas 

 and 3 sessile flowers at the apex ; anthers ovate, erect. Pj . P. S. 

 Native of Brazil, where it was detected by Pohl. Loranthus 

 anceps, D. C. prod. 4. p. 315. Loranthus oblongo-ellipticus, 

 Pohl. in litt. Leaves an inch long and 5-6 lines broad ; petioles 

 3 lines long. Corolla 2 lines long. Allied to Lordnthus pau- 

 cifolius. 



7W-e</erf-branched Notanthera. Shrub par. 



25 N. OVA'TUS ; glabrous ; branches unknown ; leaves ovate, 

 acute, somewhat acuminated, petiolate, coriaceous : having the 

 middle nerve rather prominent, and the lateral ones hardly con- 

 spicuous ; racemes a little shorter than the leaves ; pedicels short, 

 bearing 3 bracteas and 3 sessile flowers at the apex ; petals 6, 

 linear, distinct, acutish, a little longer than the filaments ; anthers 

 erect, fixed by the base, t? . P. S. Native of Brazil. Loran- 

 thus ovatus, Pohl. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 315. Leaves 2-| 

 inches long and 1^ broad ; petioles 2-3 lines long. Branchlets 

 racemose, 2 lines long. Ovarium glauceseent. Petals 2 lines 

 long. Style thickish, equal at the apex. Perhaps this and the 

 preceding belong to Struthdnthus. 



Ooafe-leaved Notanthera. Shrub par. 



Cult. The species are not cultivable, and have the habit of 

 those of the other parasitical genera of the order. 



XIII. LOXANTHFRA (from Xofe, loxos, oblique, and 

 avdnpa, anthera, an anther ; in reference to the filaments being 

 curved at the apex). Blum, in litt. Loranthus, sect. ii. Loxan- 

 thera, D. C. prod. 4. p. 316. 



LIN. SYST. Hexdndria, Monogynia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 

 Tube of corolla geniculated at the base, but clavate, and rather 

 oblique at the apex, with a 6-lobed limb ; lobes oblong, atten- 

 uated at the base, and somewhat spirally twisted. Filaments 

 stiffly curved at the apex, not attenuated, but somewhat dilated; 

 anthers inserted by the back. Style longer than the stamens. 

 Stigma clavate. Parasitical shrubs. 



1 L. SPECIOSA (Blum, in litt. 1829.) glabrous; leaves oblong, 

 obtuse or bluntly acuminated, coriaceous, 1 -nerved, veinless ; 

 peduncles axillary, few- flowered ; tube of corolla elongated. I;. 

 P. S. Native of Java, in woods. Loranthus loxanthera, D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 316. Bud of corolla 4 inches long, scarlet, but yel- 

 lowish inside. Stigma blood-coloured. 



Shony Loxanthera. Shrub par. 



2 L. ? SPIRO'STYLIS ; glabrous ; branches terete, tetragonally 

 compressed at the apex ; leaves somewhat alternate, petiolate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, having the middle nerve rather 

 prominent, the rest veinless ; racemes solitary or twin, axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves ; rachis angular ; petals 6, linear ; anthers 

 fixed by the back to the filaments ; style spirally twisted. J? . 

 P. S. Native of Mexico, at Acapulco. Loranthus spirostylis, 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 315. Spirostylis Hsenkeana, Presl, ex Schultes, 

 syst. 7. p. 164. Flowers 2 lines long. This is perhaps a dis- 

 tinct genus, as it differs from all the others in the twisted style ; 

 and from the present in the filaments not being curved at the 

 apex, and in the petals not being spirally twisted. 



Scren-styled Loxanthera. Shrub par. 



Cult. The species of this genus have the habit of the other 

 parasitical genera of the order, and are not cultivable like them. 



f Plants referred to the old genus Lordnthus by authors, but 

 the number of the parts of the flowers and their structure being 

 unknown, it is impossible to refer them to any of the genera 

 broken off from that genus ; therefore they must stand under the 

 names originally given. 



1 L. FLORULE'NTUS (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 107.) 

 branches opposite, spreading, quadrangular; leaves oblong- 

 ovate, very blunt ; peduncles solitary and sessile in all the axils. 



