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solitaries longe pedunculatis folia aequantibus vel superanti- 
bus 4-5-fidiSj, ramis trifloris, floribus omnibus longiuscule 
pedicellatis, singulis ad basin bractea rotundata naviculari 
sustentis, calycis limbo truncato obsoletissime denticulato. 
Parasiticus in Eucalyptis, distr. York, 13. Mart. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1617. 
Lorantho pendulo Sieb. fl. Nov. JIoll. n. 241. DC. Memoir. Loranth. 
Tab. I.! maxim e affinis, sed species nihilominus distmctissima ob folia multo 
breviora obtusa uninervia, flores pedicellatos omnesque bracteatos. 
„Rami valde elongati, pendidi, brunneo- cinerascentes, ramuli purpu- 
rascentes“, teretes, nodosi. Folia subopposita, summa plerumque plane op- 
posita, coriacea, glabra, ,,purpureo -marginata 46 , longe petiolata , petiolis 
semiteretibus iy 2 -o cent, longis, inferior a quaedam obovata vel obcordata, 
2-4 cent, longa, re'iqua subobliqua, falcata, lanceolata vel summa linearia, 
obtusa, basi in petiolum contracta, 5-9 cent, longa, 1 y 2 - 4 mm. lata, per- 
spicue uninervia vel subtriplinervulosa, reticulata. Corymbi axillares soli- 
tarii , pedunculis purpureis 2y 2 -4 cent, longis sustenti, umbellatim in rarnos 
4-5 teretes l-iy 2 cent, longos partitis, ramis trifloris, pe dice llis 5-8 mm. 
longis. Bractea sub quovis flore subrotundata, concava, carnosa, apice sub- 
tilissime ciliata. Alabastra tereti-clavata, recta, 3 cent, circiter longa. Calyx 
obconico - cylindraceus, 3-4 mm. longus, limbo subdilatato truncato repando- 
denticulato. Petal a, 5 „coccinea 44 linearia, apice subspathulato - dilatato el- 
liptico concavo. Stamina trienti propemodum superiori inserta, petala circi- 
ter aequantia, antheris linearibus, versus basin attenuatis, fere 4 mm. longis. 
Stylus stamina parumper superans filiformis, sulcato - angulatus , stigmate 
„flavo 44 subcapitellato, verruculoso. 
Lorantbus Miquelii Lehm. varietas? foliis lanceolatis 
perspicue triplinerviis, floribus brevioribus (an nascentibus ?) a specie 
diflerens. Baccae inmiaturae ovatae. 
Parasiticus in Eucalyptis districtus Grantham, 7. Mart. 1840. Herb. Preiss. 
No. 1612. 
Ulterius inquirendum num revera a specie differat, nam flores in prae- 
sente specimine y 2 breviores juveniles videntur et pressione tantum aperti. 
6. Lorantlnis (MemlropMhoe) lllelaleucaeSjelim. 
Mss. glaber, ramis ramulisque teretibus, foliis oppositis 
vel suboppositis decussatis longiuscule petiolatis coriaceis 
anguste spathulatis obtusis basi sensim in petiolum contracts 
obsolete uninerviis aveniis vel praesertim supra subvenu- 
loso - reticulatis , floribus corymbosis pedicellatis pentame- 
ris, basi bractea oblonga concava glabra suflultis, calycis 
cylindraceo- conici longiusculi limbo subdilatato truncato. 
In ramis Melaleucarum insulae Rotenest , 18. Aug. 1839. Herb. Preiss. 
No. 1616. 
Fruticulus dichotome ramosus. Rami vetustiores cylindracei cortice 
griseo-fusco laevi obducti, foliorum cicatricibus tuberculati, ramuli subtere- 
tes. Folia 2-4 cent, longa, 0-8 mm. versus apicem lata, sicca facile de- 
cidua. Petioli cum lamina confluentes semiteretes, y 2 -fere 1 cent, longi. 
Pedicellus 0 mm. longus teres sursum incrassatus. Bractea patula 1 mm. 
longa. Calycis tubus 7 mm. longus, carnosus, limbo angustissimo dilatato 
subundulato truncato vix aliquid repando. 
7. I.oranl ims (Dendroplitlioe) miraculosus Miq. 
glaber, ramis teretibus , raraulis praesertim infra foliorum 
