LORANTHACEiE. 739 



the length of the narrowly linear and mucronulate anther, which is 

 fixed by its base. Style as long as the stamens : stigma slightly 

 capitate, entire. Fruit not seen. 



Plate 98. — Loranthus insularum: from the Feejee Islands; a 

 branch, of the natural size. Fig. 1. Pistil, with the calyx, and two 

 petals with their stamens, enlarged. 2. An anther, more magnified. 



***** Australasia'. 



10. Loranthus (Dendropthoe) maytenifolius, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 99.) 



L. glaber; ramis tereiibus ; foliis oppositis brevlter petiolatis ovali-obo- 

 vatis vel subrotundis scepius retusis opacis obsolete tripli-quintupli- 

 nerviis; pedunculis terminalibus brevissimis Q-12-floris; floribusbre- 

 vissime pedicellatis penta-hexameris ; cahjeis limbo cupulari ovario 

 paullo breviore ; antheris linear ibus. 



Hab. Woolongong, New South Wales. 



A glabrous parasitic shrub, with gray terete branches. Leaves oppo- 

 site, oval, obovate or roundish, often return, narrowed at the base into a 

 petiole of about 3 lines in length, dull and opaque, obscurely tripli- 

 nerved or quintuplinerved, the midrib also obscure, except near the 

 base; the veins not apparent, the texture apparently fleshy-coria- 

 ceous, H to 2 inches in length. Peduncles terminal, or in the upper 

 axils, very short, not exceeding the petioles, usually dichotomous, the 

 very short divisions 3-6-flowered. Floioers cymulose, very short-pedi- 

 celled, or the central one of each cluster sessile, hermaphrodite. 

 Bractlet oblong at the base of the short cylindraceous ovary. Limb 

 of the calyx cupulate, almost as long as the ovary, entire, or obscurely 

 repand. Corolla an inch and a half long, slender, of 5 or 6 narrow 

 petals connate into a tube, at length separable. Anthers linear, 

 scarcely thicker than the filament, and about the length of its free 

 portion, 3 lines long, apiculate. Style straight. Stigma subcapitate. 



Plate 99.— Loranthus maytenifolius : a flowering branch, of the 

 natural size. Fig. 1. Details of the flower, enlarged. 2. Anther, 

 more enlarged. 



