1378 CXIV. LOEANTIIACB^. [Loranthus. 



from the shortness of the flowering branch. Calyx-border scarcely prominent, 

 obscurely sinuate-toothed. Petals 5 or 6, free, about, l^in. long. Anthers versa- 

 tile, oblong.— DC. Prod. iv. 318 ; A. Gray, Bot. Amer'^ Expl. Exped. i. 740, t. 

 100 ; F. V. M. Eep. Burdek. Exped. IB ; L. encabjptif alius, Sieb. in Roem. and 

 Sehult. Syst. vii. 163, not of H. B. and K. ; L. eucalijptoides, DC. Prod. iv. 318 ; 

 A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Expl. Exped. i. 711 ; F. v. M. PI. Vict. t. 30. 

 Hab.: Brisbane fiiver, Moreton Bay, and other southern localities. 



2. 1. Bidwillii (after J. C. Bidwill), lienth. Fl. AuHr. iii. 390. Glabrous, 

 with slender branches. Leaves opposite, narrow-linear, obtuse, shortly contracted 

 at the base, but scarcely petiolate, rarely exceeding lin. Peduncles terminal or 

 apparently; axillary from the shortness of the flowering branch, short but filifornfl, 

 with 2 filiform 1-flowered branches not exceeding the last leaves. Calyx-border 

 scarcely prominent, obscurely-toothed. Petals 5, free, very narrow, nearly lin. 

 long. Anthers versatile. 



Hab.: Wide Bay, Bidwill. 



3. Ii, myrtifolius (Myrtle-leaved), A. Cunn. Herh. ; Denth. Fl. Austr. iii. 

 390. Glabrous, with slender branches. Leaves opposite, some quite, others 

 almost sessile, ovate, obtuse, rounded or almost cordate at the base, not thick, -J 

 to lin. long. Peduncles purple, terminal or apparently axillary from the short- 

 ness of the fiowering-branch, fihform, with 2 filiform 1-flowered branches, 

 scarcely exceeding the leaves. Flowers IJin. long. Calyx-border scarcely 

 prominent, obscurely-toothed. Petals 5, free, very' narrow, above lin. long. 

 Anthers versatile, pale-yellow bordered with purple on Blaments of a deep purple, 

 very slender at the top. 



Hab.: Logan, ^. Ctmmnjr/iam ; Killaruey, Jos. Wedcl. 



4. Xi. longiflorus (flowers long), Desr. in Lam. Diet. iv. 598; Dcnth. FL 

 Austr. iii. 890. Glabrous or the inflorescence slightly toraentose. Leaves 

 alternate, in the ordinary form petiolate, from broadly ovate or ovate-laiiceolate 

 to narrow-lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed at the base, mostly 2 to 4in. long, thick, 

 obscurely veined. Flowers large, in short dense axillary racemes, rarely reduced 

 to 2 or 8 flowers, all distinctly and singly pedicellate. Calyx limb-prominent, 

 truncate, often oblique and sometimes obscurely toothed. Petals 5, 1^ to l-|in, 

 long, united to about two-thirds of their length into a slightly swoollen tube, 

 occasionally splitting as the corolla fades, the upper portion of the petals reflexed 

 at the time of flowering. Anthers narrow-linear, adnate. — DC. Prod. iv. 804 ; 

 W. and Arn. Prod. 334 ; Wight, Ic. t. 302 ; L. indicus, Dear, in Lam. Diet. iv. 

 601, not of DC. ; L. vitdlinus, F. v. M. Eep. Burdek. Exped. 12. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Shoalwiiter Passage, R. Brou-n; Port Curtis, 

 M'Gillivrai/ ; Burdekin and Gilneit Rivers, f. u. Jlftirite- ; Port Denison, iJurrfc/ciu Expedition^ 

 Edgeeo ube Bay, Dallachy ; Gloucester Island, Henne; Brisbane lliver, Moreton Bay, d. 

 Gumiinrjham, F. v. Mueller and others ; in tbe interior, Mitchell. 



5. Zi, dictyophlebus (veins of leaves netted), F. r. M. Rep. Uunh'k. F.vped. 

 14 ; Bonth. FL Auntr. iii. 391. " Durandool," Barron River, F. Cowley. 

 Glabrous. Leaves mostly opposite, from broadly obovate or orbicular to oblong- 

 eUiptical, obtuse, narrowed into a distinct petiole, sometimes all under 3in. long, 

 broad and thick, with the veins scarcely conspicuous, sometimes 4 to Sin. long, 

 smooth and shining, with the reticulate veinlets as well as the primary- veins 

 prominent. Peduncles short, axillary, each with 3 or 4 short 8-flowered branches. 

 Calyx-tube or ovary very narrow ; litob small, the teeth scarcely conspicuous. 

 Corolla IJin. long, slender, the petals united to about f their length into a 

 slightly dilated tube, often splitting when old. Anthers narrow-linear, adnate. 



Hab.: Bookhamptou, Dallachy; Brisbane Elver, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningliam ; to Cairns. 



