p. celastroides. 



Erect divaricate branched shrubs, 1-3 

 feet in diameter. 



Leaves obovate to elliptical, penniner- 

 ■ved, 'darker on the upper surface, 1-24 

 inches long. 



Petioles very short, compressed. 

 'Cymes 1-lJ in. long, bearing 6-18 

 flowers . 



Pedicels short, minutely pubescent. 

 Anthers elliptical, smaller than P. 

 eucalypti folius. 



Fruit 7-11 mm. long, pale pink or red- 

 dish on one side. 

 First pair of leaves elliptical. 

 Rarely parasitic on the Eucalypti. 

 Distribution strictly coastal. 



P. eucalyptifoUus. 



Pendulous shrubs, branches 1-10 feet 

 long, 1-4 ft, in diameter. 

 Leaves oblong to broad lanceolate, 

 triplinerved, light green on both sur- 

 faces, 1-10 inches long. 

 Petioles cur\'ed, terete, i-14 cm. long. 

 Cymes 1-4 ins long, bearing 12-24 

 flowers. 



Pedicels rather long, glabrous. 

 Anthers oblong. 



Fruit 8-15 mm. long, yellowish, or 

 green with a yellow top. 

 First pair of leaves lanceolate. 

 Common on the Eucalypti. 

 Distribution coastal, and beyond the 

 coast range. 



Synonyms: — Loranthus eucalyptifoUus Sieb., Loranthus euccdyptioides DC, 

 Dendrophtlwe eucalyptioid'es (Sieb.) Ettingshausen. 



Range. — This species is exceedingly common along the East coast, from Vic- 

 toria to southern Queensland; in the latter State it has been collected at a few 

 places only. No doubt, if a thorough search were made, it would be found to be 

 nearly as common in the northern State as in New South Wales, where it is a 

 menace not only to the native vegetation, but to the exotic flora as well, especially 

 fruit trees. 



From my own observations, and from data culled from various sources, this 

 species has a greater range of food plants than any other. Incidentally I might 

 mention that as regards its choice of host plants. Eucalyptus seems to be one 

 of its special favourites; while P. celastroides, which is almost as common in the 

 Poi-t Jackson District, has only been found once on Eucalyptus by me. 



Victoria: Studley Park, near Melbourne (F. M. Reader, 6-3-1885, in Mel- 

 bourne Herbarium) ; Yarra (F. Mueller, quoted by Bentham, B.Fl., iii., 389) ; 

 Austral felix, Central Victoria (Mitchell. This is probably the specimen referred 

 to by Bentham, I.e. The leaves are broad spathulate to narrow lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, obscurely nerved. This and the two preceding specimens were kindly 

 lent by Professor Ewai't of Melbourne Herbarium) ; Hawkesdale (H. B. Wil- 

 liamson, No. 169) ; LangTvarrin to Frankston (Parasitic on the following plants: 

 Acacia armata E.Br., Casuarina suberosa Ott. and Diet., C. stricta Ait., Crataegus 

 sp.. Eucalyptus radiata Sieb., E. ovata Labill., and E. cinerea. On some of the 

 plants the larvae of the Mistletoe Butterfly, Delias harpalyce Don, were observed, 

 while some were pupating. See T. S. Hart in Vict. Nat., xxxiv., 1917, 32). 



New South Wales: Bermagui, on Eucalyptus Sieberiana and Acacia decurrens. 

 (W. Dunn) ; Temora, on Eucalyptus henviphloia, var. albens, (Bishop Dwyer, 

 No. 157 and 981. This is the most distant inland locality for this species, 296 

 miles from Sj'dney and about 200 miles from the coast. The specimen does not 

 differ in any way from the Port Jackson types.); Nerriga (J. L. Boorman) ; 

 Wollondilly and Wombeyan Caves, on BrachycJnton populneus (E. Cheel and 

 Dr. J. B. Cleland) ; Nowra, on Eucalyptus sp. (W. Bauerlen) ; Bowral, on 

 Eucalyptus viminalis (E. H. Cambage, These Proceedings, xxxi., 1906, 439) ; 



