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3. Struthanthus (Loranthns Mart. 1. c. 141.) Syringae- 

 folius Don l. c, Stamina 3 longiora, 3 breviora. Flores 

 albi. 



Parasiticus prope Paramaribo, m. Sept. 



4. Struthanthus flexistylus. Foliis snboppositis coria- 

 ceis glabris ovatis acnminatis complicato-recurvatis vel ra- 

 rias planis, e nervo medio crassluscalo utrlnqne vennlosis, 

 paniculis axillaribns solitariis folliim looge siiperantibiis ter- 

 rainalibusqae, opposite vel alternantim ramosis, rarais pateii- 

 tibnsi racemosis, floribns ternis sessilibns Tel brevi pedonculo 

 innixis, tribracteatis, alabastris ellipticis sobhexagouis ; sepa- 

 lis 6 liberis laoceolato-lmearibus incurvis, staminibus eorum 

 trienti inferiore insertis, alternis longioribas, filamentis pla- 

 nis apice ntrinqae excavatis, antheris dorso paullo snpra 

 basin insertis connectivo scntiformi postico in rostrum pro- 

 ducto, stjlo tetraptero-angnlato prope apicem incrassato et 

 curvato, stigmate snbcapitellato tenerrime radiato. 



Parasitat variis in arboribus et fruticibns^ y. c. in 

 Hibisco rosa sinensi in hortis, in Crescentia Cujete, 



Frutex 1 — 2-pedalis e radice (in corticera nt videtur 

 demersa) assurgens, radicans radicihus flexuosis rigidis lou- 

 gis vel brevioribns nncinatis e canlibns protrnsis scandens. 

 Rami teretes grisei striolati lenticellis crebris subverrncu- 

 losi, pennam corvinam crassi. Ramuli laeves tetragono- 

 compressi. Folia subopposita rarius subalterna. Petioli 

 semiteretes antice profunde canaliculati, 1 — l^/a — ^cre 2 

 Cent, longi, Laminae in sicco subcoriaceae vel rigide mem- 

 branaceae, inaequaliter ovatae acuminatae acumine sabmn- 

 cronato, basi rotundatae, in quibusdam speciminibus omnes 

 antice coinpiicatae recnrvae, in aliis planae, majores lOcent, 

 longae, 5 — fere 6 latae, minores 7 longae, S^/a la'ae, 

 nervo racdio crassinscolo percnrrente subtns prominente plures 



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