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LORANTHACEjE. XIII. a GAIADENDRON. XIII. b NUYTSIA. XIV. SCH<EPFIA. 



petals 7-8, linear, rather dilated at the apex; anthers incumbent. 

 T? . G. Native about Santa Fe de Bogota. Loranthus laurifolius, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 436. Schultes, syst. 7. 

 p. 160. Leaves 2^-3 inches long, and 12-15 lines broad; 

 petioles 3 lines long. Flowers 9 lines long, glabrous. 

 Laurel-leaved Gaiadendron. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



4 G. NI'TIDUM ; arboreous, glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, obtuse at both ends, coriaceous, shining above, 

 veinless, having the middle nerve obsolete ; corymbs terminal ; 

 peduncles bearing each 2-3 flowers and 3 bracteas ; flowers ses- 

 sile ; petals 8, linear; anthers incumbent, fj . G. Native 

 of the Andes of Quito, in Paramo de Saraguru, in temperate 

 parts. Loranthus nitidus, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 437. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 160. Leaves 2 inches long, and 

 10 lines broad ; petioles 4 lines long. Flowers sweet-scented, 

 about an inch long, yellow, glabrous. Berries ovate. 



Shining-leaved Gaiadendron. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



5 G. PURACE'NSE ; arboreous, glabrous ; branches terete ; 

 leaves lanceolate-oblong, acutish, running into the petioles at the 

 base, coriaceous, shining above, and beset with black spots be- 

 neath ; racemes terminal ; peduncles short, 3-5-together, ap- 

 proximate, each bearing 3 bracteas, and from 1-3 flowers ; petals 

 6-8, linear. Tj . G. Native on the Andes, about Popayan, 

 in Paramo de Purace. Loranthus Puracensis, H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 437. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 160. Leaves 

 22-27 lines long, and 9-10 broad; petioles 4 lines long. 

 Racemes 4-6 inches long. Corolla yellow. Perhaps sufficiently 

 distinct from N. 'J'agua. 



Purace Gaiadendron. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



6 G. PUNCTA'TUM ; arboreous, glabrous ; branches terete : 

 leaves obovate or oval, somewhat attenuated at the base into the 

 short petioles, coriaceous, beset with black dots beneath, having 

 the middle nerve rather prominent ; racemes long, terminal, and 

 from the axils of the superior leaves ; peduncles somewhat ver- 

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

 apex ; petals 6, linear-spatulate ; anthers incumbent, fixed by 

 the back near the base to the filaments. tj . G. Native of 

 the Andes of Peru, in cold places in groves. Loranthus punc- 

 tatus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. par. 3. p. 47. t. 177. f. a. Presl, in herb. 

 Haenke, Schultes, syst. 7. p. 134. Leaves 2 inches long, and 1 

 broad ; petioles 2-3 lines long. Corolla yellow, almost an inch 

 long before expansion. Berry ovate-roundish, crowned by the 

 limb of the calyx, which is truncate. 



Doited-leaved Notanthera. Tree par. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Nuytsia. 



XIII. b NUY'TSIA (named after Peter Nuyts, a cele- 

 brated Dutch navigator, and discoverer of that part of New 

 Holland called Nuytsland). R. Br. in geogr. soc. trans, vol. 1. 



.LiN. SYST. Hexdndria, Monogynia. Teeth of calyx 3-5, 

 unequal. Petals 6-7, linear, distinct. Stamens 6-7, inserted 

 towards the middle of the petals ; anthers versatile, sub-hastate, 

 2-celled. Ovarium turbinate, rather trigonal. Style subulate ; 

 stigma acute. Fruit 1 -seeded, covered by pulp or glutin, and 

 of a different texture from the rest of the Loranthaceous genera. 

 A terrestrial tree, native of New Holland. 



1 N. FLORIBU'NDA ; arboreous, glabrous ; branches terete ; 

 leaves alternate, linear, obtuse, thick ; racemes elongated, sim- 

 ple ; peduncles longer than the flowers, bearing each 3 bracteas 

 and 3 flowers at the apex. T? . G. Native of New Holland, 

 in Van Lewin's Land. Loranthus floribundus, Labill. nov. holl. 

 1. p. 87. t. 113. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 133. Loranthus celas- 

 troides, Sieb. fl. nov. holl. exsic. no. 244. Leaves 2-3 inches 

 long, and 4-5 lines broad. Racemes 6-8 inches long, crowded 

 at the tops of the branches. Corolla 9-10 lines long, sulphur- 

 coloured. 



Bundle-flowered Nuytsia. Clt. 1831. Tree 15 to 25 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of sand, loam, and peat will be a good soil 

 for this singular tree. Cuttings will probably root if planted in 

 sand under a hand-glass. 



XIV. SCHO'EPFIA (named after John Schcepf, a German 

 botanist, who has written upon the plants in the neighbourhood 

 of Ulm). Schreb. gen. no. 323. D.Don, prod. fl. nep. 145. 

 Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 188. D. C. coll. mem. vi. Codo- 

 nium, Vahl, act. soc. hist. nat. hafn. 1. p. 206. t. 6. Hae'nkea, 

 Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 8. but not of their prod. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 

 Margin of calyx entire ; tube adnate to the ovarium, very nar- 

 row, calyculate at the base. Corolla gamopetalous, tubular, 

 with a 5-cleft limb, rarely with a 4-6 cleft limb ; lobes valvate 

 in aestivation. Stamens equal in number to the lobes of the 

 corolla, and situated in front of them, and having the filaments 

 adnate to the tube ; anthers ovate or roundish, dehiscing later- 

 ally by a double chink. Style erect, truncate ; stigma capitate 

 or 3-lobed. Ovarium 3-celled, with a solitary ovulum in each 

 cell. Drupe containing a 3-celled 3-seeded nucleus, or only 

 1 -seeded from abortion. Embryo minute, placed in the vertex 

 of the albumen, which is amygdaline : with a turbinate radicle. 

 Small smooth terrestrial trees. Leaves alternate, petiolate, en- 

 tire, feather-nerved. Peduncles axillary, usually many flowered. 

 This genus comes near to Caprifoliacece from the gamope- 

 talous corolla and 3-celled fruit ; but differs from it, and agrees 

 with Loranthacece, in the stamens being in front of the lobes of 

 the corolla, and in the flowers being calyculate. It also agrees 

 with the order Symplocinece in the 3-celled fruit. 



* Tube of corolla ovate, nith a naked throat. American 

 species. 



1 S. ARBORE'SCENS (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 160.) leaves 

 ovate; peduncles axillary, usually twin, 1-3-flowered. fj . S. 

 Native of the islands of Santa Cruz, Montserrat, ex Rohr ; and 

 of Guadaloupe, ex Bertero ; but in Rohr's specimen the leaves 

 are obtuse, while in that of Vahl's they are acuminated : they 

 are therefore probably distinct species. Codonium arborescens, 

 Vahl. act. soc. hafn. 2. pt. 1. p. 206. t. 6. symb. bot. 3. p. 36. 

 S. Schreberi, Lam. ill. 2. p. 51. S. Americana, Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 996. Flowers yellow. 



Arborescent Schcepfia. Tree 8 to 10 feet. 



2 S. FLEXUOSA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 160.) leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute ; racemes axillary, solitary, 4-5-flowered ; 

 tube of corolla ovate : lobes acute : throat naked, t? . G. Na- 

 tive of Peru, on the Andes, on the mountains at Pillao and St. 

 Antonio de Playa Grande. Hae'nkea flexuosa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. 

 per. 3. p. 8. t. 231. Leaves 3-4 inches long. Branches flexu- 

 ous, diffuse. Corolla yellow. 



Flexuous-bTanched Schcepfia. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



* * Tube of corolla terete, having the throat furnished with 

 fascicles of hairs at the origin of the stamens. Species natives of 

 Asia. 



3 S. FRA'GRANS (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 188.) leaves Ian- | 

 ceolate or elliptic-oblong, attenuated at both ends ; racemes 

 axillary, solitary, many-flowered ; corolla infundibuliform, with 

 a long cylindrical tube : segments of corolla lanceolate, acute. 

 Tj . G. Native of Nipaul, in less elevated situations from 

 Becheako as far as the valley, where it is rather common ; it 

 has also been found in more northern situations. Wall. tent. fl. 

 nep. 1. p. 18. t. 9. D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 145. Symphori- 

 carpos? oclorata, Ham. ex D. Don, 1. c. Bark of tree thick and 

 spongy, yellowish. Leaves deep green above. Flowers yellow, 



