XXXIX. lorantha'ce^ : au'cuda. 



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i? 1. L. EUROP^^us L. The European Loranthus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., Ift72. ; Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 30. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 409. 

 I Engravings. Jacq. 1. c. ; oar Jig. 027., and out Jig. 928. of the natural size 



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Spec. Char., ^-c. Plant glabrous, 

 much branched. Branches te- 

 rete. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 928. l. europee'us. 

 oval-oblong. Racemes terminal, 



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

 shrub, with the habit of J^scum album. Austria, Hungary, Italy, and 

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

 Introduced in 18.39. 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 Ihnnh. The Aucuba. Lzw. 5z/s^ Dice^cia Tetrandria. 



I Identijicatim. Thunh. Fl. Jap., p. 4. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 274. ; Dou's Mill., 3. p. 433. 

 [ Sfinonymes. Aucuba Kfempf. Amoen. 5. p. 775. ; EClbasis Salisb. Prod. p. 68. 

 ; Derivation. Aitcuba is the Japanese name. 



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

 I 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 'i;. Ovarium cyVrndrical. Style yery 

 short, thick, terete. 5(?r?-_?/ fleshy, 1 -seeded. {Don's Alill.) 



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

 Floiuers small, panicled. 



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

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

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

 gardens. 



* \. A. japo'nica Thunb. The Japan Aucuba. 



deiUification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 64. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 274. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 433. 

 'mont/mes. EObasis dichijtomus Salisb. Prod. p. C8. ; spotted-leaved Laurel, Japan Laurel. 

 Engravings. Thunb. Icon. Fl. Jap., t. 12. and 13. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1197.; and our ^g. 929. 



