390 LORANTHACEAE. [ Llytranthe. 
or funnel-shaped, usually ultimately splitting into 5-6 segments with recurved 
tips. Stamens 5-6, inserted on the perianth-segments ; anthers basifixed, 
not versatile. Style filiform; stigma capitate or clavate. Ovary more or 
less distinctly 2- or more-celled. Fruit a globose or broadly oblong berry. 
A genus of from 70 to 80 species, extending from India to Malaya, eastern 
Polynesia, Australia, and New Zealand. All the New Zealand species are endemic, 
* Petals free to the base. 
Flowers 14-2 in. long, in 3-9-flowered racemes +” .. 1. #. Colensoi. 
Flowers lin. long, axillary, solitary or 2-4 together .. 2. H, tetranpetala. 
** Petals united to the middle or nearly so (sometimes dorsally split to the base 
in L. Adamsiz). 
Flowers 14-2in. long, 2 to 4 at the top of a short axillary 
peduncle i ee A my <3 o 
Flowers 4-3 in. long, in 10-15-flowered racemes a a. 8A, 
ce) = 
H. Adamsii. 
£, flavida. 
= 4 
Vann \ . 
1. E. Colensoi»Lngl. Pflanzenf. Nachtr. 1 (1897) 126.—A large much- 
branched perfectly glabrous bush; branchlets terete. Leaves opposite, 
14-8 in. long, broadly oblong or obovate or almost orbicular, obtuse, 
narrowed into a stout petiole 3-in. long, very thick and coriaceous, 
veinless or the veins very obscure. Peduncles stout, axillary, 4-1 in. long, 
3-9-flowered. Flowers sessile, opposite, large, scarlet, 14-2in. long; a 
small deciduous leaf-like bract at the base of each flower; bracteoles 
wanting. Calyx-limb prominent, cupular, truncate or obscurely sinuate. 
Corolla terete or nearly so in bud, swollen at the base and towards the tip, 
splitting into 4 linear petals free to the base. Anthers very narrow-linear, 
basifixed. Style straight, equalling the corolla—Loranthus Colensoi Hook. f. 
in Hook. Ic. Plant. (1844) t. 633; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 107; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 619. Peraxilla Colensoi Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. Fr. xh (1894) 500. 
Nortu Istanp: Lake Waikaremoana, parasitic on Metrosideros tomentosa, Colenso 
Mount Hikurangi and other places in the East Cape district, Adams and Petrie, Bishop 
Williams ! various localities in Wellington Province, Buchanan! B.C. Aston! SouTH 
Istanp: Not uncommon in wooded districts throughout. Sea-level to 2000 ft. 
December—January. 
A very handsome species. It is usually parasitic on Nothofagus, but has also 
been noticed on Pittosporwm and Metrosideros. 
Mr. Mayo informs me that this is occasionally seen on introduced trees. At 
Motueka (Nelson) he has observed it growing on Pears, Plums, and on Robinia 
pseudacacia. ) | 
Fosenc the UnemG) Vantin 
2. E. tetrapetala, Engl. Pflanzenf. Nachtr, i (1897) 126.—A bushy 
shrub 3-6 ft. high; stems usually numerous from the base, often adhering 
to the host for a considerable distance; branches spreading, terete, 
greyish ; branchlets compressed, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves 
opposite and decussate, 4-l1in. long, elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong, 
rounded at the tip, narrowed into a short petiole at the base, very thick 
and coriaceous, pale yellowish-green when fresh, reddish when dry, midrib 
and veins obscure. Flowers bright-red, either solitary or 2-4 together in 
the axils of the leaves, erect ; peduncles short, stout. Calyx-limb cupular, 
obscurely 4-toothed. Corolla about lin. long, swollen and 4-angled at 
the base, terete above, ultimately splitting to the base into 4 linear petals, 
which are erect below, but reflexed at the tip. Anthers narrow-linear, 
