XXXIX. LORANTHA'CEA: 4U’CUBA. 511 
£1. L. Europ#'us Z, The European Loranthus. 
Identffication. Lin. Sp., 1672.3 Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 30.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 409. 
Engravings. Jacq. 1. ¢.; our fig. 927., and our fig. 928. of the natural size 
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927. L, europe‘us. 
Spec. Char., §c. Plant glabrous, 
much branched. Branches te- 
rete. Leaves opposite, petiolate, $08, Tieurenewa 
oval-oblong. Racemes terminal, 
simple. Flowers dicecious, of 6 petals. (Don’s Mill.) An evergreen parasitical 
shrub, with the habit of Viscum album. Austria, Hungary, Italy, and 
Upper Siberia, on oak and sweet chestnut trees. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. 
Introduced in 1839. Flowers greenish; May. Berries oval, white or yel- 
lowish ; ripe in December. ; 
Berries of this plant were received from M. Charles Rauch of Vienna, by 
his brother, M. Francis Rauch, and sown on trees in the Horticultural So- 
ciety’s Garden, and also in our garden, at Bayswater, in January, 1839, 
though they have not yet vegetated. 
Genus III. 
AU’CUBA Thunb. Tue Avucusa. Lin. Syst. Dice‘cia Tetrandria. 
Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 4.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 274.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 433. 
Synonymes. Aricuba Kempf. Ameen. 5. p. 775.; Evbasis Salzsb. Prod. p. 68. 
Derivati ducuba is the Jap name. 
Gen. Char. Flowers dicecious. Calyx closely adhering, with the margin a 
little elevated, and 4-toothed ; teeth obtuse, very short. Petals 4, decidu- 
ous, alternating with the calycine teeth, inserted in the margin of the 
elevated fleshy 4-angled disk. Stamens 4, Ovarium cylindrical. Style very 
short, thick, terete. Berry fleshy, 1-seeded. (Don’s Mull.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen ; petiolate, coriaceous. 
Flowers small, panicled. 
An evergreen shrub or low tree; Japan; with dichotomous or verticillate 
branches, in the manner of those of Loranthus and Viscum. The male 
blossom is unknown. Only the female state of this plant is in British 
gardens. 
# 1. A. sapo’nica Thunb. The Japan Aucuba, 
Identification. Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 64.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 274.5 Don’s MilL, 3. p. 433. 
Synonymes. Eubasis dichétomus Salish. Prod. p. 68.5 spotted-leaved Laurel, Japan Laurel. 
‘ngravings. Thunb. Icon. Fl. Jap., t. 12. and 13.; Bot. Mag., t. 1197.; and our jig. 929, 
