XXXIX. LORANTHA^CE^ : AU'dJBA. 



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1. L. EUROpjE v us L. The European Loranthus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1672. ; Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 30. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 409. 

 Engravings. Jacq. 1. c. ; oar Jig 927., and our Jig. 928. of the natural size 



927. L.europae^us 



Spec. Char., tyc. Plant glabrous, 

 much branched. Branches te- 

 rete. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 

 oval-oblong. Racemes terminal, 

 simple. Flowers dioecious, of 6 petals. (Don's Mill.') An evergreen parasitical 

 shrub, with the habit of Tiscum album. Austria, Hungary, Italy, and 

 Upper Siberia, on oak and sweet chestnut trees. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. 

 Introduced in 1839. Flowers greenish ; May. Berries oval, white or yel- 

 lowish ; ripe in December. 



Berries of this plant were received from M. Charles Rauch of Vienna, by 

 his brother, M. Francis Rauch, and sown on trees in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden, and also in our garden, at Bayswater, in January, 1839, 

 though they have not yet vegetated. 



GENUS III. 



AU'CUBA Thunb. THE AUCUBA. Lin. Syst. Dice'cia Tetrandria. 



Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap , p. 4. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 274. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 433. 

 Synonymes. Aucuba Kasmpf. Amoen. 5. p. 775. ; Eubasis Salisb. Prod. p. 68. 

 Derivation. Aucuba is the Japanese name. 



Gen. Char. Flowers dioecious. Calyx closely adhering, with the margin a 

 little elevated, and 4-toothed ; teeth obtuse, very short. Petals 4, decidu- 

 ous, alternating with the calycine teeth, inserted in the margin of the 

 elevated fleshy 4-angled disk. Stamens 4. Ovarium cylindrical. Style very 

 short, thick, terete. Berry fleshy, 1 -seeded. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen ; petiolate, coriaceous. 

 Floivers small, panicled. 



An evergreen shrub or low tree ; Japan ; with dichotomous or verticillate 

 branches, in the manner of those of Loranthus and Tiscum. The male 

 blossom is unknown. Only the female state of this plant is in British 

 gardens. 



1. A. JAPO'NICA Thunb. The Japan Aucuba. 



Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 64. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 274. ; Don's Mill., 

 Synonymes. Eubasis dich6tomus Salisb. Prod. p. 68. ; spotted-leaved Lauri 

 Engravings. Thunb. Icon. Fl. Jap., t. 12. and 13. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1197.; an 



-, _. p. 433. 

 ._irel, Japan Laurel, 

 and our Jig. 929. 



