BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
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Explanation of Plate 5. 
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Fig. 1. fruit 
,, 2. perfect 
,, 3. drooping 
,, 4. flower bud 
}/' 
ower 
Plate 6. 
,, 1. a vertical section of the flower to show the gradual 
passage of petals into stamens 
,, 2. a vertical section of the flower, the petals mostly removed 
,, 3. a vertical section of the fruit 
,, 4. a young seed 
,, 5. a transverse section of the stem 
OCTOBER 5th. 
John Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer, in the Chair. 
A Paper, accompanied by a drawing, was read from Mr* 
R. H. Schomburgk, on a new species of Loranthus, which 
he called Loranthus Smythii , in honour of Lady James 
Carmichael Smyth, a great admirer of Botany. 
L. Smythii. — Schomburgk. 
Ramis teretibus 2 — 3 chotomis ; nodosis ; foliis subfoliatis vel 
acinaciformis, patentissimis, coriaceis, 4 — 5 nerviis ; pedunculis 
axillaribus 2 — 3 chotomis ; bracteis coloratis ; coriaceis sub- 
ternifloris. Adfluv. Berbiceum. 
Tins Loranthus distinguishes itself from all those I have 
hitherto seen, not only by its elegance, but likewise by the 
vivacity of the colour of its flowers and floral leaves, and the 
aromatic fragrance of the former. Like most of its tribe, it 
is a parasite, and it roots so firmly in the wood of other 
trees, that only the different form of the leaves, and the two 
and three chotomous growth of its branches, removes the 
mistake if it should be found without flowers. 
The branches are terete, knotted at the place of their divi- 
sion, and are of a greyish colour; the branchlets are green, 
