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also on a species of Pyrus' at Wiarrawee, Sydney, and had confined themselves 

 to separate branches on the same tree. Another example in the same locality 

 was that of Eucalyptus paniadata Sm. acting as host for P. eucalyptifoUus, 

 which in turn became the host of P. celastroides. It is noteworthy that when 

 these two species unite, the union in many cases is scarcely noticeable, and it 

 is no wonder that confusion has arisen owing to the mistaken identity of these 

 two plants, so closely related and having much in common with one another. A 

 little study and closer observation of the habit and general appearance of both 

 in the field will enable one to separate or distinguish them at a glance. 



Its chief food-plants are Banksia serrata, B. integrifoUa and Casuarina 

 suberosa. In the neighbourhood of Bondi, Nerium, amongst the exotic genera, is 

 a very common host, and a little further inland Platanus orientalis is a favourite 

 food-plant of this species. It is a common sight to see trees of the Eastern 

 Plane green with the parasite in winter, or in exposed situations the leaves are 

 often a pale purple brown. 



Range. — South Australia: Professor Tate (Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., iii., 

 1879-80, 68, and also Handbook Flora Extra Tropical S.A., 1890, 106) records 

 this species for South Australia, but I have not seen a specimen from that State. 

 Professor Osborn, of the Adelaide University Herbarium, also informs me that 

 it is not represented in that Herbarium. 



Victoria: Snowy River (Flowers pink, E. E. Pescott, No. 175, per Chas. 

 Walter, Feb., 1901) ; Mentone, on Schinus molle L. ("Said to be the first record 

 in Victoria of the parasite growing on it; also that there were no Mistletoes 

 within a radius of 2 or 3 miles, so the seed must have been carried some dis- 

 tance by birds," J. R. Tovey, Vict. Nat., xxxi., 154) ; Brighton, on British Oak, Q. 

 robur L. (Miss 0. B. Davis, Vict. Nat., xxvi., 177) ; Scorsby, on Casuarina 

 suberosa and Acacia armata R.Br. (T. S. Hart, Vict. Nat., xxxiv., 32-33) ; Lake 

 King (in Herb. Melbourne, labelled L. eucalyptoides DC. var., F. Mueller; quoted 

 by Bentham, B.FL); Yarra (F. Mueller, B. FL); Grampians (D. Sullivan, Aust. 

 Assoc. Adv. Sc, ii., 1890, 509); Greenvale (C. S. Sutton, Vict. Nat., xxxiii., 

 136); Barry's Hill, Wilson's Promontory (Ewart, Vict. Nat., xxvi., 131); Vic- 

 torian Alps (Ewart, Vict. Nat., xxvii., 112); North West Victoria (St. Eloy 

 D' Alton, Aust. Assoc. Adv. Sc, vii., 465) . 



New South Wales: Twofold Bay (B.FL, I.e.); Narrawallee (R. H. Cam- 

 bage, No. 3501. The flowers are in sessile clusters of three at the end of the 

 pedicel as in L. No. 18 [W.F.B.]); Milton, on Banksia integrifoUa L. (R. 

 H. Cambage, No. 4061) ; Sussex Inlet Heads, on Banksia integrifoUa, and 

 Eugenia Smithii (J. H. Maiden; the leaves are small, broadly spathulate to 

 elliptical and almost identical with the Bondi specimens [W.F.B. ] ) ; Mount 

 Kembla, on Psychotria lonieeroidies, Persoonia salicina, Elaeodendron australe, 

 Comersonia Fraseri (A. G. Hamilton, These Proceedings, xxx., 490) ; WoUon- 

 gong (Dr. A. Gray, I.e.) ; Cronulla, on Banksia integrifoUa (E. Cheel) ; Ship- 

 wright's Bay, George's River, on Banksia integrifoUa (J. H. Camfleld) ; Carr's 

 paddock, Carlton, on Banksia serrata, and also parasitic on CalUstemon lanceo- 

 latus (W.F.B.) ; Kurnell Bay (J.L.B.) ; Port Jackson (E. Betehe) ; Farm Cove, 

 Outer Domain (J. H. Camfleld, Annual Report Botanic Gardens, 1902, 30) ; 

 Botanic Gardens, on Nerium Oleamder (R. Mitchell) ; on Quercus alba, Q. Lusi- 

 tamca, and Platanus orientalis (W.F.B.) ; on Phrygilanthus eucalyptifoUus and 

 also parasitic on Eucalyptus tereticornis (A. Stanley and G. Rolliuson) ; on 

 Quercus virens (R. Mitchell) ; Double Bay, on Bamksia sp. and Robinia Pseudo- 

 Acacia (Dr. J. MacPherson) ; Bondi sand-hills, on Banksia serrata (Leaves 



