LORANTHACE^. 737 



Hab. Chili; abundant from Valparaiso to the Cordilleras, near 

 Santiago. 



6. Loranthus (Tristerix) aphyllus, Miers. 



Loranthus aphyllus, Miers, ex Bert.; DC. Prodr. 4, p. 307; Hook. & Am. in Bot. 



Misc. 3, p. 357. 

 L. Cactorum, Hook. & Am. in Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 25. 

 Tristerix aphyllus, Don, Syst. Gard. & Bot. 3, p. 418. 



Hab. Near Santiago, Chili; growing on Cereus Cldlensis ; according 

 to Dr. Pickering's notes. No specimens are found in the collection. 



* * * Novo-Zelandici. 



7. Loranthus (Dendropthoe) tetrapetalus, Linn. f. 



Loranthus tetrapetalus, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 217; Forst. Prodr. p. 25; Hook. f. Fl. N. 

 Zeal. p. 99. 



Hab. Bay of Islands, New Zealand. (Foliage only.) 



¥r * # * Polynesici. 



8. Loranthus (Dendropthoe) Forsterianus, Schult. 



Loranthus Forsterianus, Schult. Syst. Veg. 7, p. 114; DC. Prodr. 4, p. 295; Guill. 



Zeph. Tait. p. 54. 

 L. Stelis, Forst. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Austr. p. 25, & descr. ex Ms. in Zeph. Tait. 1. c. 

 Dendropthoe Forsterianus, Don, Syst. Gard. & Bot. 3, p. 419. 



Hab. Tahiti and Eimeo, Society Islands. 



The specimens (in flower only) furnish nothing of importance to 

 add to the description given by Schultes, and to that of Forster, which 

 has been reproduced by Guillemin. In one specimen the leaves 

 incline to be obovate and obtuse. The flowers are frequently hexa- 

 merous. 



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