Loranthus.] CXIV. LORANTHACEiE. 1879 



6. I., alyxifolius (Alyxia-like), F. c. M. lieth.; Benth. Fl. Austi: iii. 391. 

 Glabrous, or the inflorescence minutely rusty-tomentose. Leaves opposite, 

 from broadly obovate to obovate-oblong, very obtuse, tapering into a very 

 short petiole, mostly from 2 to Sin. long, thick and obscurely veined. Flowers 

 long and slender, almost sessile, in dense axillary cymes or clusters. Calyx- 

 border short, obscurely sinuate-toothed. Petals l^in. long, united to at least 

 f of their length in a scarcely dilated tube, often split on the upper side. Anthers 

 adnate, narrow-linear. — L. maytenifolius, P. v. M. Eep. Burdek. Exped. 14, not 

 of A. Gray. 



Hab.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller, W. Hill. 



7. I., odontocalyx (calyx toothed), F. v. 21. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 

 891. Glabrous, except the inflorescence, or slightly hoary-tomentose. Leaves 

 mostly alternate, oblong, cuneate-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed into a 

 short petiole, under Bin. long, thick and scarcely veined. Cymes axillary, sessile 

 or very shortly pedunculate, usually 8 to 7-flowered, the short branches and 

 pedicels hoary-tomentose as well as the buds. Calyx tomentose, the limb more 

 prominent than in the allied species, nearly as long as the adnate tube, 5- 

 toothed. Petals -5, not quite lin. long, united to above the middle. Anthers 

 adnate, linear. Young fruits crowned by a long neck formed by the calyx-limb. 



Hab : A very imperfect specimen with broader leaves, from Howiok's Group, F. v. Mueller, 

 appears to belong to this species. — Benth. 



8. Xi. linearifolius (leaves linear), Hook, in Mitch. 'I'rop. Austr. 102 ; Benth. 

 111. Austr. iii. 391. Glabrous. Leaves mostly opposite, terete, slender, 

 sometimes almost filiform, acute or obtuse, usually 2 to 3in. but sometimes 

 above 4in. long. Flowers axillary, pedicellate in pairs, the pedicels sessile or 

 borne on a common peduncle of 1 to 2 lines. Calyx-border obscurely toothed. 

 Petals usually 6, about lin. long, united to about the middle in a slightly dilated 

 tube, often split on the upper side. Anthers adnate, linear. 



Hab.: Narran Eiver, Mitchell. 



9. Ii. Exocarpi (first found on Exocarpus), Behr in Llnnaa, xx. 624 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 392. " Thappin," Cloncurry, Palmer. Glabrous. Leaves 

 mostly opposite, but here and there alternate, from oblong-cuneate to narrow- 

 linear, but always flat, obtuse, narrowed into a petiole, mostly 1^ to 2Jin. 

 long, rather thick, often triplinerved. Flowers axillary, pedicellate, solitary 

 or in pairs, the thick pedicels sessile or more rarely borne on a very short 

 common peduncle. Calyx-border obscurely toothed. Petals usually 6, above 

 lin. long, united to about ^ of their length. Anthers adnate, linear. — L. suhfal- 

 catus, Hook, in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 224. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, JR. Brown, Henne ; Keppel Bay, E. Brown; Port 

 Denison, Fitzalan; Mount Archer, Dallachy ; Brisbane Biver, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller, 

 Fiizalan; Flinders Eiver, Bowen; Lakes Salvator, Mitchell; Cooper's Creek, Howitt's 

 Expedition. 



The tropical specimens have usually broader, more cuneate leaves, the southern ones 

 frequently but not always very narrow linear leaves.— Be7i(/i. 



Pruit eaten raw by aboriginals. — Palmer, I.e. 



10. I., signatus (signate), F. v, 21. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 392. 

 Glabrous. Leaves opposite or nearly so, in the ordinary form from obovate to 

 oval-oblong or elliptical obtuse, narrowed into a shott petiole, 2 to 4in. long, 

 rather thick, but more or less prominently veined, but in some specimens all 

 sessile, orbicular-cordate, with large rounded auricles, and in others mostly 

 narrow-lanceolate and 4 or 5in. long. Flowers in clusters of 8, almost sessile 

 along the rhachis of dense axillary 1-sided racemes of 1 to 2in., with 1 bract 

 under each flower as in all the Australian species. Calyx-border obscurely, 



