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probability referable to L. MiqueUi, as I have not yet seen any authentic speci- 

 mens of L. pendidus Sieb. from these States, except two from South Australia. 



Eange.- — From herbarium material that I have carefully examined, the range 

 of the species is limited to South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and 

 Queensland. 



South Australia: Blackwood (A. Morris, No. 498); Dismal Swamp, on 

 Eucalyptus sp. (in Adelaide Herbarium, No. 1018, without collector's name. It 

 bears the date 22.11.92). The former is fairly typical of the species, while the 

 latter has the flowers more crowded than the normal form. Blackwood is a little 

 north of Adelaide, while Dismal Swamp is not far from the Victorian border 

 towards the south-eastern corner of South Australia, so- that the localities are 

 fairly wide apart, and the latter indicates the southern limit of its range, accord- 

 ing to our present knowledge. 



Victoria: Murray River (Mueller, vide B.Fl., I.e.) \ Hawkesdale (H. B. Wil- 

 liamson) ; Wando Vale (J. G. Robertson, No. 47, Ex. Herb. W. H. Harvey) ; 

 Grampians and Pyrenees (D. Sullivan, Aust. Ass. Adv. Sc, ii., 1890, 509) ; 

 Dandenong Creek (C. French, Nov., 1902, the host of Cercospora Loranthi, D. 

 McAlpine, P'roc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxviii., 1903, 96) ; North-west portion of 

 Victoria (Morton, quoted by Bentham, B.Fl., I.e.) ; Geelong district (G. H. Ad- 

 cock, Census PL Geelong District) ; Hurt's Bridge (Drooping mistletoe, F. Pitcher, 

 per J. Cronin, Viet. Nat., xxxiii.. No. 5, p. 69, 1916) : Diamond Creek, on 

 Bobiniu Psewdo-acaeia and Cytisus proliferus (A. J. Ewart, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic, 

 xsx., 1918, p. 175) ; Port Phillip (Mueller, vide B.Fl., I.e.) ; near Melbourne 

 (parasitic on small branches of Eiicalypitus rostrata, in large pendulous bunches; 

 berries large, white, without taste. Found also on Acacia mollissima and on 

 Acacia melanoxylon, but not common. J. G. Robertson, No. 48) ; same locality 

 (E. Betehe) ; Langwarrin and Frankston, on a Peppermint, Eucalyptus sp. (T. 

 S. Hart Vict. Nat. xxiv., 1917, p. 32-33) ; Yarra and Latrobe Rivers (Mueller, 

 vide B.Fl., I.e.) ; Watts River (C. Walter) ; Victorian Alps (Ewart, Vict. Nat., 

 xxvii., 1910, 112); Bairnsdale, on Eucalyptus eugenioides (T. S. Hart). 



8. LORANTHUS CONGEKEE Sieb. (Plate xlvii.) 



DC. Prod., iv., 295; Memo. Lor., vL, t. 2; A. Gray, Bot. U.S. Exp. Exped., 

 i., 741, as L. Cunninghami A. Gray; G. Don, Gen. Hist. PL, iii., 419. 



Glaber, ramis teretibus, foliis oblongis obtusis basi attentuatis breve petio- 

 latis erasso-eoriaceis aveniis, racemis axillaribus foliis brevioribus subcorymbosis, 

 ramlilis trifloris, floribus pedieellatis, bractea ovata acuta sub ovario, calycis limbo 

 truncato, alabastro tereti sub clavato, petalis 5 linearibus aeutis, antheris lineari- 

 bus basi insertis. In Novae-Hollandia, Sehult. Syst. 7, p. 114 (DC. Coll. Mem., 

 vL, t. 2.) Folia 2 poll, longa, 4-5 lin. lata. Corolla fere poUicem longa. G. 

 Don, I.e., quotes Sieber's No. 243 as the type. 



I have not seen the type, but have examined a large series of specimens from 

 Port Jackson, in the vicinity of Sydney, the type locality, and in all, the central 

 flowers are sessile and not pedicellate as stated above. In many cases the central 

 flowers axe absent; only the lateral ones are present in old specimens, and they 

 give one the impression that all the flowers are pedicellate. Unless perfect 

 specimens are examined one is apt to regard them as such. It frequently happens 

 that on maturity the central flowers faU off, as they do not set the fruit to the 

 same extent as the lateral flowers. There are only 4 species of this series with 

 pedicellate flowers, namely L. ferruginiflorus Fitz., L. MiqueUi Lehm., L. bifur- 

 catus Bth., and L. sanguineus F.v.M., and this species cannot possibly be mis- 

 taken for any of them, as they are totally different, both in flowers and leaves. 



