409e. THE LORANTHACEAE OF AUSTRALIA, iii. 



to find any essential dift'erence, except that the jjlants are more glabrous] ; Gayn- 

 dah (Dr. F. H. Kenny, Dec, 1912) ; Mt. Ferry (F. M. Bailey, Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 Q'land, i., 1884, 72); Wide Bay (Bidwill, quoted by Bentham) ; Rockhampton 

 (Dallachy, vide B.FL, I.e.; I have not seen the specimens, but express the 

 opinion that they may prove to be L. Miquelii Lehm., if critically examined) ; the 

 Northern Territory localities quoted by Bentham (B.FL, iii., 394) are probably 

 referable to L. Miquelii Lehm., as L. pendulus does not appear to extend to the 

 Northern Territory. 



Affinities. — Its closest afflnity is with L. Miquelii Lehm., from which it differs 

 in the central flowers of the triads being sessile, in the thicker and more uni- 

 formly 3-nerved leaves which are usually a dull russet-brown colour changing to 

 a very dark green with age, in contradistinction to the livery or light green 

 leaves of L. Miquelii Lehm. 



From L. congener Sieber it is sharply separated by its narrower and longer 

 leaves, more highly coloured and robust flowers, the differently shaped fruits, and 

 lusty tomentum. 



L. miraculosus Miq. var. Boormani is somewhat homoblastic with it in the 

 shape of the leaves, but the flowers are totally different. 



L. pendulus Sieb., owing to its wide range, flowers all the year round, al- 

 though the month of AugTist appears to be its chief flowering period. 



This species was proclaimed a noxious weed under the "Thistle Act" for the 

 whole State of Victoria in October, 1904. It is not as destructive as some 

 species, and it is invariably parasitic on the Eucalypti; no less than 31 different 

 species of Eucalyptus are noted as its food plants, besides 6 Acacias. 



Hosts. — Loranthaceae : Phrygilanthus eucalyptifolius (Sieb.) Engl., Loran- 

 thus Cambagei Blakely, L. vitellinus F.v.M., L. linophyllus Penzl. Leguminosae: 

 Acacia decurrens Willd. var. normalis Benth., var. mollis Benth., var. dealbata 

 Benth., A. linifolia Willd., A. melanoxylon R.Br., A. penninervis Sieb. var. falci- 

 formis BenthJ *Robinia Pseudo-acacia L., *Cytisus proliferus L. Myrtaeeae: 

 Eucalyptus acaciaeformis Deane & Maiden, E. altior Maiden, E. Baueriana F.v.M., 

 E. conica Deane & Maiden, E. Blaxlandi Maiden & Cambage, E. corymbosa Sm., 

 E. Dalrympleana Maiden, E. dealbata A. Cunn., E. dives Schau., E. elaeophora 

 F.v.M., E. eugenioides Sieb., E. haemastoma Sm., E. micramtha DC, E. hemipMoia 

 F.v.M. and var. albens F.v.M., E. ligustrina DC, E. macrorrhyncha F.v.M., E. 

 maculosa R. T. Baker, E. Muelleriana Howitt, E. Moorei Maiden & Cambage, 

 E. pilularis Sm., E. piperita Sm., E. propinqua Deane & Maiden, E. polymn- 

 ihemos Schau., E. radiata Sieb., E. rostrata Schleeht., E. rubida Deane & Maiden, 

 E. Sieberiana F.v.M., E. strida Sieb., E. Stuartiana F.v.M., E. viminalis Labill., 

 E. vitrea R. T. Baker. Compositae: Cassinia aculeata R.Br. (A rather unusual 

 host). 



*Denotes exotic plants 



