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326. Villaresia Ruiz et Pa v. 
1232. V. adenophylla n. sp. 
Arborea, minis ramulisque subteretihus ferrugineo-tomentosis; folia alterna, late ovata, subabrupte 
acuminata, basi breviter cuneato-contracta fere rotundata, breviter petiolata, e. 12— 14 cm longa et 6—7 cm 
lata, tenuia, membranacea, utrinque viridia, subtus vix pallidiora, inlegerrima, supra omnino vel fere glabra, 
sect laxiuscule glandulôso-punctata , in pagina inferiore dense »landuloso-punctata, ad eostam et venas la- 
terales rufo-pubescentia, caeterum plus minusve hirsutiuscula, penninervia, i. e. utroque latere venis cir- 
citer 3 4 prominulis sed tenuibus, arcuato-ascendentibus, venulis parallelis transversalibus conjunctis per- 
cursa, venulis ultimis tenerrimis pulchre iteratim dichototno-ramosis et divaricatis, sed apicibus liberis nec 
reticulato -conjunctis; petioli ferrugineo-tomentosi 1 cm vel paulo plus longi; racemi cymigeri pedunculati. 
pluriores in paniculam spuriam, terminalem, subdivaricatam dispositi; racemi ipsi c. 3 — 5 cm longi; race- 
morum rhachis et pedunculi ferrugineo-tomentosi : pedunculi cymigeri in racemo utroque numerosi, horizon- 
taliter patentes, sub fructu 3 — 6 mm longi; ci/mae abbreviatae, pauciflorae; flores baud visi ; driipae ex- 
succae, elliptico-oblongae, basi obtusiusculae, apice breviter acutiusculae et stigmate tenui recurvo terminatae 
c. 15 mm longae et fere 10 mm latae; exocarpium coriaceum, glabrum, extus fere laeve, sub lente sub- 
tiliter verrucosum ; endocarpium durum sed tenue, pallidum, in pseudoseptum lateri uno approximatum et 
cavitatis dimidium attingens et ibi margiue paulo incrassatum egrediens. 
Nord-Queensland: Regenwälder bei Harveys Creek (Domin I. 1910). 
A. V. Smythii F. v. Mukll., cujus fructus adhuc ignoti sunt, jam foliorum venatione et foliis glan- 
duloso-punctatis facile separatur. V. Moorei F. v. Muell. foliis coriaceis nitidis, drupis globosis etc. 
omnino diversa. 
LXil. Loranthaceae. 
327. Viscum L. 
1233. V. pycnanthum n. sp. 
Habitu V. opuntia Thunb. formis gracilibus simile, aphyllum, dioicum; cailles erecti, breves, ple- 
rumque vix 1 dm longi, pauciramosi, stricti, complanati, articulati; articuli in sicco coriacei, circiter 3 mm 
lati et latitudine pluries longiores, glabri, elevato-uninerves et praeterea subtiliter striati; articulorum 
lateres fere recti; fores (tantum ? visi) ad apicem articulorum pernumerosi in fasciculos 2 oppositos. 
bracteis cupuliformibus, truncatis, parvis suffultos conglomérat : fasciculi sessiles. densi et pseudo-verticillastra 
continua efformant.es; baccae globoso-obovatae vel breviter puriformes, circa 1,25 -1,5 mm longae, nudae: 
perianthii lobi decidui. 
Nordost-Queensland: in summo apice montium Bellenden-Ker dictorum, ad fruticum ramulos 
parasitica, haud frequens (Domin I. 1910). 
Species habitu V. opuntia Thunb. persimilis, sed dioica et fasciculis densis, pseudo-verticillastra 
efformantibus nec non perianthii lobis deciduis (baccis apice nudis) longe recedens. V. articulatum Blüm. 
signo ultimo cum specie nostra convenit sed habitu diversissimum. V. australe F. M. Bau., in Queensl. 
Agric. Jour. XXVI. 199 (1911), mihi tantum ex icone pessima in Compreh. Catal. fig. 453 (1913) notum, 
jam fasciculis paueifloris (an unifions?) distinetum. V. angulatum F. M. Bail, in Hep. Gov. Sei. Exp. Bell.- 
Ker 57 (1899) (Bartie Frère) forsan ad speciem nostram pertinet. 
1234. V. opuntia Thunb. 
Thunb. Fl. Jap. 64 (1784), Merrill in Philipp. Journ. Sei. IV. 152 (1909). 
V. japonicum Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. II. 329 (1794), DC. Prodr. IV. 283 (183m, Hook. f. Fl.Brit.Ind. V. 226 (1886). 
V. articulatum Mio. Prol. Fl. Jap. 297 (1865—67), F. v. MüELL. Essay PI. Fitzal'.. Smith s Exp. Burdek. 13 (I860), 
First Census 64 (1882), Sec. Census 111 (1889), Benth. Fl. Austr. HI. 396 (1866), F. M. Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. 452 (1883), in 
Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl. I. 72 (18841, Catal. PI. Queensl. 41 (1890), Queensl. Fl. V. 1382 (1902). Compreh. Catal. 469 fig. 453 
(1913), Tate Handb. Fl. Extratr. South Austr. 106, 236 (18901. Moore Handb. Fl. N. S. Wal. 227 (1893), Hemsley in Ann. Bot. 
(Fl. Lord Howe Isl.) X. 250 (1896), non Burm.! 
Geogr. Verbreitung: Süd- und Ost-Asien, Japan. Australien (Queensland, X. S.Wales. South 
Australia, Lord Howe- und Norfolk Island). — Mauritius. 
