406 THE LOBANTHACEAE OP AUSTRALIA, iii., 



barium. This and the other specimens from the Queensland Herbarium were 

 kindly lent by Mr. C. T. White, Government Botanist). 



Affinities. — It is closely allied to L. bifurcatus Benth. The chief points of 

 difference are its broader leaves, larger corymbose cyme with the flowers arranged 

 ternately. From L. pendulus Sieb., it differs in the paler and more gialirous 

 leaves, smooth, often glaucous branchlets, pedicellate flowers, and differently shaped 

 bracts. 



This species, when not in flower, strongly resembles L. ferruginiflorus W. V. 

 Fitz. It is, however, more glabrous and, when the buds are present, the species 

 are easily distinguished one from the other, by the different inflorescence and 

 the vestiture of L. ferruginiflorus. 



Hosts. — Pinaceae: Callitris calcarata R.Br. (An unusual host). Casuarineae: 

 Casuarina Cimninghamii Miq., C. stricta Ait. Loranthaceae : Phrygilanthus eucalyp- 

 tif alius (Sieb.) Engl., Loranthus- linophyllus Fenzl. Leguminosae: Acacia decurrens 

 Willd. var. mollis Benth. Myrtaceae : Angophora intermedia DC, Eucalyptus Baue- 

 riana Schau., E. bicolor A. Cunn., E. Blakelyi Maiden, E. Caleyi Maiden, E. calo- 

 phylla R.Br., E. dealbata A. Cunn., E. dumosa A. Cunn., E. elaeophora F.v.M., E. 

 eugenioides Sieber, E. fascieulosa F.v.M., E. gomphocephala F.v.M., E. liemi- 

 phloia F.v.M., E. henviphloia var. albens F.v.M., E. hemiphloia var. macrocarpa 

 Maiden, E. leucoxylon F.v.M., E. macrorrhyncha F.v.M., E. ma-culata Hk. var. 

 citriodora Hook., E. melliodora A. Cunn., E. micrantha DC, E. odorata Behr., 

 E. odorata var. Woollsimia, E. Pilla'gaensis Maiden, E. Oldfleldii F.v.M., E. 

 paniculata Sm., E. pilularis Sm., E. piperita Sm., E. redunca Sehau., E. resinifera 

 Sm., E. rostrata Schlecht., E. saligna Sm., E. siderophloia Benth., E. sideroxylon 

 A. Cunn., E. tereticornis Sm., E. umbra R. T. Bakei'. 



(a). Var. miceanthus F.v.M. (Ned. Kr. Arch., iv., 1856, 105). 



Corolla alba, calyce antherisque duplo paene minoribus, corymbis plerumque 

 ternis, nervis foliorum eonspicuis. 



In tracta littorali ad Halifaks-bay. "Stirps a CI. Preiss, Grantham Novae 

 Hollaudiae occid. collecta, ex nota evidentei non differt" (Cf. PI. Preiss., i., 281, 

 varietas). 



I have not seen anything approaching vai-. micranthus. All the South Aus- 

 tralian specimens of L. Miquelii from the vicinity of Halifaks Bay that I have 

 investigated are typical of that species. 



Miquel's (varietas) referred to by Mueller is described thus: "Foliis lanceo- 

 latis perspicue triplinerviis, floribus brevioribus (an nascentibus ? ) a specie dif- 

 ferens. Baccae immaturae ovatae. 



Parasiticus in Eucalyptus, districtus Grantham, 7. Mart. 1840 Herb. Preiss. 

 No. 1612. Ulteris inquirendum num revera a specie differat, nam flores in prae- 

 sente specimine J breviores juvenilis videntur et pressione tantum aperti." 



Probably an imperfect or undeveloped form of the species. 



(b). Var. MINOR, n. var. (Plate xlv., fig. B.) 



Ramis glaber tenuissimis, foliis oppositis, tenuis, oblongis obtusis, uninerviis 

 vel triplinerviis 4-8 cm. longis. Corymbis brevioribus, 3-ramulis; alabastra 18 

 mm. long, Coolgardie, L. C Webster, 1898, (herb.) Chas. Walter. 



Branches glabrous, very slender. Leaves opposite, narrow, oTjlong, obtuse, 

 1- to .5-nerved, usually 3-nerved and somewhat penninerved, 2-3 inches long. 

 Cymes axillary and terminal, short, 3-branched. Buds small, red-brown, elavate, 

 18 mm. long. Segments purple-brown inside, the same colour as the typical L. 

 Miquelii. 



Differing from all the other specimens of L. Bliqiielii in the size and thin- 



