196 LORANTHACEAE 
Amyema 
6. Leaves linear-lanceolate, lanceolate or rarely ovate, not succulent, 
L/B mostly >3; petiole 9-45 mm long; hosts Eucalyptus .....ecsccesssseseceesesesseseeenesessees 
6. Leaves elliptic, + orbicular to obovate, succulent, L/B <3; 
petiole <8 mm long; hosts mangroves ...........0000 
7. Flowers 4-merous; corolla strongly 4-angled; calyx flared 
tf: Flowers 5-merous; corolla not angled; calyx erect ..... 
8. Rays of umbel 2, rarely 3; corolla glabrous 
8. Rays of umbel 3; corolla hairy 0... eceesesseseseseeeeees 
A. benthamii (Blakely) Danser 
Glabrous except lower part of ovary white- 
tomentose. Leaves opposite, sessile, cordate, elliptic 
to almost orbicular, 25-85 mm long, 16-40 mm 
wide, L/B 1.25-4. Inflorescence an umbel of triads, 
2-4 per axil, the central flower sessile, the laterals 
pedicellate; peduncle 10-18 mm long; rays of 
umbel 2(3), 2-6 mm long; pedicels 0-3 mm long; 
bracts 1.5-2.5 mm long. Calyx + entire, minutely 
fimbriate or weakly toothed, c. 0.7 mm long. 
Corolla 5-6-merous, green (outside DR recorded 
as red below, green above), 20-30 mm long, 
clavate. Anthers c. 3 mm long. Fruit orange-red, 
ellipsoid, 8-14 mm long, white tomentose except 
at apex. Flowering: June - Feb; fruiting: June - Oct. 
Fig. 65 
Occurs from the Eastern Goldfields of WA to 
Arnhem Land; known only from Litchfield NP in 
the DR. Recorded on a wide variety of hosts in 
Eucalypt savanna. 
A. bifurcata (Benth.) Tieghem var. bifurcata 
Indumentum of young shoots, flowers, axes of 
inflorescence and fruits a rusty tomentum of stellate 
hairs or scales, sometimes various parts glabrous. 
Petioles 10-40 mm long. Leaf blades linear-lanceo- 
late, often falcate, 70-260 mm long, 7-19 mm wide, 
L/B 8-30. Inflorescence an umbel of diads, 1-3 per 
leaf axil; peduncle 15-40 mm long; rays of umbel 
mostly 2, 6-20 mm long, strongly divergent; pedicels 
(0)3-11 mm long; central bract at apex of each ray 
triangular, c. 1 mm long; lateral bracts orbicular, 
c. 3 mm long, concave, enlarging in fruit. Calyx 
entire, c. 0.7 mm long. Corolla 5-6-merous, orange- 
red, 22-30 mm long, clavate. Anthers 3.5-5 mm long. 
Fruit ellipsoid, 8-12 mm long, with a prominent 
nipple at apex and persistent style base. Flowering 
and fruiting: all year. Fig. 65 
Widespread in northern and central Australia, as 
far south as NSW; rare in the DR. In Eucalypt 
savanna; parasitic on Eucalyptus. 
A. miquelii 
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A. thalassia 
A. mackayensis 
A. benthamii 
A. haematodes 
A. conspicua (Bailey) Danser subsp. obscurinervis 
Barlow 
Young shoots, peduncle, upper surface of rays, 
base of ovary tomentose with whitish branched 
hairs, otherwise glabrous. Petioles 1-2 mm long. Leaf 
blades elliptic, ovate to obovate, rounded, 30-57 mm 
long, 6-27 mm wide, L/B 1.7-5.3. Inflorescence an 
umbel of triads, 1-2 per leaf axil, the central flower 
sessile, the laterals pedicellate; peduncle 4-11 mm 
long; rays of umbel 2, 1-2 mm long, not strongly 
divergent; pedicels 0.5-0.7 mm long; bracts of 
central flower arising from peduncle, longer than 
and partly enclosing ray; lateral bracts fimbriate, 
elliptic, 2-2.5 mm long. Calyx fimbriate, entire or 
shallowly lobed, 0.5-1 mm long. Corolla 5-merous, 
greenish, 13-20 mm long, slightly clavate. Anthers 
1.5-2.5 mm long. Fruit globose, c. 7 mm long, with 
a distinct neck. Flowering: Nov - Feb; fruits not 
seen. Fig. 65 
The subspecies is uncommon in the Top End and 
recorded only from the Katherine area, Mainoru, 
Douglas-Daly and Arnhem Land. In Eucalypt savanna; 
parasitic on Gardenia, Terminalia and Erythroxylum. 
A. haematodes (Schwarz) Danser 
Young shoots, inflorescence and fruit whitish 
tomentose, otherwise glabrous. Leaves opposite, 
sessile, stem-clasping and bases of the leaf pair over- 
lapping; ovate, lanceolate or deltoid, 41-95 mm long, 
21-47 mm wide, L/B 1.3-3. Inflorescence an umbel 
of triads, 1-3 per leaf axil, the central flower sessile, 
the laterals pedicellate; peduncle 7-15 mm long; rays 
of umbel 3, 2-3 mm long; pedicels 1-1.5 mm long; 
bracts 1.2-2 mm long. Calyx entire, c. 0.5 mm long. 
Corolla 5-6-merous, greenish to yellow, 21-28 mm 
long, clavate. Anthers 2.5-4 mm long. Immature 
fruit ellipsoid, to 12 mm long with a distinct neck. 
Flowering: July - Jan; fruits not seen. Fig. 65 
An NT endemic; in the DR from Tiwi Islands, near 
Darwin, the Howard R. and Litchfield NP. Mostly in 
coastal vine thicket; parasitic on Mallotus, Ficus and 
Barringtonia 
