BY W. F. BLAKELY. & 



exotic trees and shrubs growing in New South Wales, the host plants of three 

 species, namely L. celastroides Sieber, i. pendulus Sieber and Viscum artieulatum 

 Burm. 



In 1897 Engler (Fflanzenfamilien, ii.-iv., p. 127) published a revised classi- 

 fication of the Loranthaceae, and accepted Van Tieghem's classification in regard 

 to Elytranthe and other sections of Loranthus, but in some cases he reduced 

 several of Van Tieghem's genera to Sections and Series. Spencer Moore ( Journ. 

 Bot., XXXV., 1897, pp. 161-72) described L. Nestor and L. miniatus as additions 

 to the flora of Western Australia. 



Professor Tate (Austi'. Assoc. Adv. Sci., vii., 1898, 553) rendered a similar 

 service to that of Turner in systematically recording all the known host plants 

 of the various species. 



The next work of importance is that of F. M. Bailey in his Queensland Flora,. 

 \., 1902, pp. 1376-83, wherein he redescribed for Queensland, 16 species of 

 Loranthus, 3 species of Viscum, and 3 species of Notothixos, besides depicting 

 //. Bidwillii Bth., L. myrtifolia A. Cunn. and L. grandibracteus. 



Mr. J. H. Maiden in a lengthy article in the "Sydney Morning Herald" 

 dated 20.9.1902 drew attention to the destruction caused by the Loranthus, and 

 mentioned that favourable reports had been received as to its fodder value. 



Johncock (Proc. Koy. Soc. S. Aust., xxvi., 1902, p. 7, and xxvii., 1903, p. 

 253) contributed two interesting papers on the Loranthaceae of the Willoehra 

 Valley, in which are some useful notes on the distribution of Loranthus. Dr. A. 

 Morrison in the Western Australian Year Book (1903, p. 204) enumerates the 

 following species for that State: L. Murrayi P. v. M. et Tate, L. Exocarpi 

 Behr., L. acacioides A. Cunn., L. Unophyllus Fenzl, L. gihherulus Tate, L. pen- 

 dulus Sieber, L. Quandang Lindl., L. grandibracteus F. v. M., and L. Neslor 

 S. Moore, also Nuytsia floribunda K. Br. 



Mr. A. G. Hamilton (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxx., 1905) recorded the 

 host plants of the Loranthaceae found at Mt. Kembla. In the same Journal 

 Mr. J. J. Fletcher recorded 54 host plants for three species, namely, L. longi- 

 folius Desr. (L. vitellinus F. v. M.), L. celastroides Sieb. and L. miraculosus Miq. 

 He also drew attention to the double parasitism of these three species. James 

 Britten (Botany of Cook's Firet Voyage, Fart iii., 1905, p. 86, Fig-s. 274-6) 

 rendered a special service in describing and depicting three species of Loranthus 

 collected by Banks and Solander during Captain Cook's voyage in the "En- 

 deavour" in 1778. Dr. Diels (Die Pflanzenwelt von West Australien, 1906) dis- 

 cusses the doubtful parasitism, etc., of Nuytsia floribunda R. Br., and on p. 109 

 an excellent figure of the plant is given, together with a photograph of the tree 

 (Taf. vi.). A photogTaph of L. Quandang Lindley parasitic on Acacia acuminata 

 also appears on page 302 (Taf. xxvii.). L. linifoUus {L. Unophyllus is probably 

 intended) is also mentioned. 



In 1908 (These Proceedings, xxxiii., pp. 344-376) Mr. J. J. Fletcher con- 

 tributed an interesting paper on the cotyledons of Atkinsonia Ugustrina and 

 Nuytsia floribunda. Mr. C. C. Brittlebank in the same journal (p. 650) pub- 

 lished the "Life History of Loranthus Exocarpi,'' illustrated bj' a number of 

 valuable photogTaphs. 



M. Em de Wildeman (Plantae Norti Thenensis, 1909, PI. Ixxvi., p. 61) 

 figures and describes L. Unophyllus Fenzl (L. Preissii Miq.). 



F. M. Bailey (Queensland Agric. Journ., xxvii., 1911, p. 198) described 

 and flg-ured L. conspieuus Bail. He also placed on record a new species of 

 Viscum, V. australe Bail. In the same year Professor Ewart (Proc. Roy. Soc. 



