Parasitic on Metrosideros tomentosa, at Lake H a b . Northern and Middle Islands. Waikare, Colenso.
Nelson, Bidwill.
A much larger species than L. tetrapetalus, and handsomer. Leaves opposite, 3-3 inches long (petioles 4—è
inch), broadly obloug or rhomboid, bhmt, nerveless. Feduncles 3-7-flowered, axillary, as long as the petioles.
Flowers 14-3 inches long, scarlet, opposite and sessile on the peduncles, with a terminal one. Calyx limb dilated.
Petals free, linear, broader below ; apices boat-shaped. Anthers linear.
3. Loranthus favidus, Hook. fil. ; foliis oppositis petiolatis lineari-oblongis obtusis apiculatis uervis
parallelis, racemis axillaribus multifloris nutantibus, floribus breve pedicellatis, petalis infra medium coalitis,
antheris oblongis, stigmate capitato. L. tetrapetalus. Banks eb Sol. Herb. T a b . XXYII.
H a b . Northern Island. Tortara-nui, Banks and Solander. Fagus (Beech) forest on tbe Euahine
Mountains, Colenso.
Plants 1-3 feet long, sparingly branched. Leaves opposite, 14-3 inches long (petiole 4-4 inch), linear-
oblong, blunt, with a httle point, margin thickened and crenulate when dry; veins few, parallel. Racemes axillary,
shorter than the leaves, many-flowered. Flowei-s yellowq slender, 4 inch long, on short opposite pedicels. Fetals
four, united into a tube below ; upper half reflexed. Anthers linear-oblong. Stigma globose.—Plate XXVII,
Pig. 1, flowers; 3, ovarmm and style; 3, transverse section of ovarium :—all magnified.
4. Loranthus micranthus, Hook. fil. ; ramis teretibus, ramulis ancipitibus, foliis oppositis petiolatis
oblongis rhombeo-eUipticisve obtusis, paniculis axillaribus trichotome ramosis, floribus parvis, petalis 4
brevibus linearibus patulis, antheris late oblongis, stylo supra medium flexuoso incrassato, stigmate laterali
capitato, bacca viscosa. Viscum antarcticum, A. Cunn. Frodr. {non Forst.)
H a b . Northern Island. Bay of Islands, Cunningham, etc. Auckland, Sinclair. East coast,
Akaroa, .
In general habit so like Tupeia, that in the dried state especially this plant is often confounded with it. Stems
woody, rounded. Branches compressed, two-edged. Leaves opposite, 1 \-2 inches long (petioles 4 inch), obovate,
oblong or rhomboid, blunt; nerves diverging. Panicles much smaUer than the leaves, axiUary, spreading, trichoto-
raously branched. very small, 3 lines long. Calyx linear, urceolate; limb or margin thickened. Petals
four, free, spreading. inserted below tbe middle of the petals, shorter than these. Anthers small, broadly
oblong. Style short, curiously thickened and twisted into a knot above the middle, with a large capitate lateral
stigma. Berry viscid, ovoid, 4 inch long.—A very curious species, which should perhaps rather be regarded as an
hermaphrodite-flowered Túpela thau a Tupeia-Mke Loranthus. The style above the middle is bent twice—first down
with a sharp angle, and then it turns up equally suddenly.
5. Loranthus te7iuiJlorus,F{oQk. fil.; fobis petiolatis oppositis obovatis obtusis, floribus paniculatis
pedicellatis, calyce pubescente, corolla Hneari-elougata, petalis 4 apice liberis, antheris late oblongis, stylo
gracili, stigmate simplici.
H a b . Northern Island, Colenso?
Of this I have but one small specimen, of which the ticket has been lost. It is very distinct from any of the
fomer, and may be recognized by the pedicellate paniculate flowers, which are very slender, more than an inch long;
the petals united into a tube, free at the apex; and by the short broad anthers, and simple, hardly dilated stigma ;
ovary smooth or pubescent; calyx-limb cup-shaped. Leaves obovate, 14 inch long, on rather slender petioles ;
stems rounded, branches compressed.—Owing to the indifference of my specimen, some latitude must be allowed to
this description.
Gen. II. TUPEIA, Cham, et Schlecht.
Flores 9ÍQÍÚ (y. hermaphroditi ?). M asc. Calyx 0. Fetala 4, valvata, decidua. Stamina 4, filamentis
elongatis, petalis oppositis, iis basi insertis ; antheris subrotundis. Poem. Calyx ovario adnatus,
elongato-urceolatus ; limbus incrassatus. Fetala 4, decidua, valvata. Ovarium 1-loculare ; stylo valido, recto;
stigmate subdiscoideo, capitato. Bacca viscosa, 1-locularis, l-sperma ; semine péndulo, albuminoso ;
embryone axillari; radicula tereti, supera; cotyledonibus elongatis.— parasiticus, lignosus ; ramis
pallidis, divaricatis, teretibus, ramulis paniculisque puberulis. Eoha opposita et alterna, petiolata, lineari-
elliptiea V. obovata v. late rhomhea, obtusa. Paniculæ axiUares et terminates, júniores hracteatoe. Plores
pai-vi, albi.
A woody, parasitical, dioecious shrub, with terete jointed branches covered with pale bark, pubescent branchlets
aud panicles, opposite and alternate petioled blunt leaves, and terminal or axillary panicles of small flowers, covered in
a young state with imbricated glossy scales. Male flowers of four valvate petals, and as many stamens opposite them,
and inserted into their bases; filaments free; anthers rounded. Female;—Calyx tube united with the narrow
urceolate ovaiy ; limb a thickened margin. four, valvate, deciduous. Stamens9. Oyary one-ceUed. Style
elongated ; stigma discoid. Beri'y ovoid, very viscid.—A curious plant, differing from Loranthus in being dioecious,
and in habit ; from Viscum, in the stamens being perfect. (Name, that of a South Sea Island plant, en’oneously given
to this.)
I . Tupeia antárctica, Cham, et Schlecht. Linnoea, v. 3. p. 203. Viscum antarcticum, Forst. Frodr.
A. Rich. Flora. V. pubigerum, A. Cunn. Frodr. Viscoides læta et V, latifolia. Banks et Sol. 3FSS.
T a b . XXVI.
H a b . Northern and Middle Islands; abundant. Banks and Solander, Forster, etc. Nat. name,
“ Piri-ta,” Colenso.
Leaves very variable in form and size, f-1 4 inch long, lanceolate, obovate, rounded or rhomboid in outUne.
Panicles spreading, shorter thau the leaves.—P l a t e XXVI. Pig. 1, male ffower ; 3, the same laid open ; 3, female
flower; 4, ovarium and style ; 5, fruit ; 6, the same cut vertically ; 7, cut transversely;—all magnified.
Gen. I I I . VISCUM, Tourn.
Flores monoici v. dioici. Calycis limbus obsoletus. Fetala 4, triangularía, valvata. Antherce petalis
adnatæ, multiloculares, cellulosæ. Ovarium fl. ? calyce adnatum, 1-loculare. Bacca intus viscosa, 1-
locularis, l-sperma. Semen albuminosum ; embryo ut in Loraniho, sed interdum multiplex.
There is but one New Zealand species of this genus, which I have never seen in flower ; it forms little yellow
tufts of jointed stems and branches 3-4 inches long, on Leptospermum and Gaultheria branches. Leaves none ;
joints 3-4 lines long, terete, contracted below, dilated above. Floicers will probably be found to be very small,
and to be sunk in the tops of the joints ; the perianth to be of four valvate petals, with a cellular porous amorphous
anther adnate to the face of each petal, the pollen lodged in cells of the anther.—This belongs to a large tropical
section of the genus to which the Mistletoe belongs, and is exactly like a Salicornia in appearance. (Name,
sacred, according to various authors ; the Mistletoe being hallowed by the ancients.)
I. Viscum salicornioides, A. Cuim.; pusillum, glaberrimum, erectum, ramosum, aphyllum, ramis
teretibus multiarticulatis, articulis inferne contractis apice dilatatis. A. Cunn. Frodr.
H a b . Northern Island. Bay of Islands, Cunningham, etc.
I am not aware of this carious little species having been found except at the Keri-Keri falls, where it is
abundant.