Korthalsella. | LORANTHACEAE, 395 
From 15 to 20 species are known, ranging from India and Malaya southwards and 
eastwards to New Zealand and the Sandwich Islands. Korthalsella amentacea Van 
Tieghem, a New Caledonian species, is erroneously stated in the “ Pflanzenfamilien 
to be a native of New Zealand. 
Joints terete, j,-lin. long, +-in. broad. Flowers sessile, 
in whorls between the joints 
R ‘e £4 1. K, salicornioides, 
Joints flat, broadly obovate, 4-}in. long, }-4 in. broad. Flowers 
| spicate, the spikes in lateral pairs and 1-3 terminal .. 2. K. Lindsay?. 
Joints flat, linear-spathulate, 41-1in. long, 4-4 in. broad. ye 
Flowers spicate, the spikes solitary - ae .. od K.clavata. 
| Bs Claes 
1. K. salicornioides/ Van. Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xin (1896) 
165.—A small tufted perfectly glabrous much-branched leafless species © 
2-4in. high; branches opposite, rather succulent, terete, jointed; joints » 
35-4 in. long, #sin. broad, terete or obscurely flattened, expanded at the 
tip. Flowers very minute, dioecious, 4-8 together at the nodes, forming 
a ring round the branch, partly concealed by the expanded tip of the joints. 
Male flowers much the smallest; perianth-segments 3, triangular, each 
bearing a sessile anther on its inner face, Female flowers more numerous ; 
ovary ovoid, crowned by 3 very minute perianth-lobes. Fruit 3'5 1n. long, 
ellipsoid, tipped by the persistent perianth-segments.— Viscum salicornioides 
A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 485; Raoul Choix (1846) 42; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. i (1853) 101; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 108; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. 
(1906) 623. | 
Norru AND SoutH Isnanps: From Mangonui and Kaitaia southwards to Dunedin, 
but often local. Sea-level to 1500 ft. 
Usually parasitic on Leptospermum, but also seen on Gaultheria and Dracophyllum. 
Although it stretches through almost the whole length of the Dominion, it is exceedingly 
local and rarely occurs in any great quantity. I have given a list of the chief habitats 
known to me in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xliti (1910) 182. 
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2. K. Lindsayi/Hngl. Pflanzenf. Nachtr. i (1897) 138.—A small 
succulent perfectly glabrous sparingly branched leafless little plant 2—6 in, 
high ; branches opposite, divaricate, Jointed ; joints much flattened, 3-3 in. 
long, 4-4in. broad, broadly obovate to obovate-spathulate. coriaceous. 
Korthalsella clavata = 
K, lindsayi, var, clavata (Kirk) Danser 
see Bulletin Jard, Bot, Buitenzorg, Serie IIil 
Vol, XIV. June 1937. page 1350. 
naki— Mangamahu, H. Solton! Wellington — Lake~ rarapa and Wainuiomata, 
B.C. Aston! SourtuIstanp: Marlborough—Queen Charlotte Sound, J. H. Maemahon ! 
Canterbury—Banks Peninsula, J. B. Armstrong! Broken River, J. D. Enys! T. F. C. 
Otago—Vicinity of Dunedin, Lindsay, Buchanan! Petrie! Winton, 7. Kirk : Lake 
Wanaka, Cockayne. V Ook -avhns bin. (quo 
Parasitic on Sophora, Melicope, Myrtus, Metrosideros, Coprosma, Myrsine, &c. 
I am indebted to Mr. Bolton for specimens of Melicope simplex showing both this species 
and K, salicornioides parasitic on the same branch, 
