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Parasitic on Metrosideros tomentosa, at Lake H ab . N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. YYaikare, Colenso.
Nelson, Bidw ill.
A mucb larger species than L. tetrapetalus, and handsomer. Leaves opposite, 2 -3 inches long (petioles
inch), broadly oblong or rhomboid, blimt, nerveless. Peduncles 3 -7 -flowered, axillary, as long as the petioles.
Flowers 14 -2 inches long, scarlet, opposite and sessile on the peduncles, with a terminal one. Calyx limb dilated.
Fetals free, linear, broader below ; apices boat-shaped. Anthers linear.
3. L o ran th u s fiavidns, Hook. f il.; foliis oppositis petiolatis lineari-oblongis obtusis apiculatis nervis
parallelis, racemis axiUaribus multifloris n u tantibus, floribus breve pediceUatis, petalis in fra medium coalitis,
antheris oblongis, stigmate capitato. L . te trapetalus, B a n k s et Sol. Herb. T ab . X X Y II.
H a b . N o rth ern Island. Tortai’a-nui, B a n k s a n d Solander. Fagus (Beech) forest on th e Ruahine
Mountains, Colenso.
Plants 1 -2 feet long, sparingly branched. Leaves opposite, 1 4 -2 inches long (petiole 4~4 inch), linear-
oblong, blunt, with a Uttle point, margin thickened and crenulate when d iy ; veins few, parallel. Racemes axiUary,
shorter than the leaves, many-flowered. Flowei's yeUow, slender, 4 inch long, on short opposite pedicels. Fetals
four, united into a tube below; upper half reflexed. Anthers linear-oblong. Stigma globose.—P l a t e XXYII.
Pig. 1, flowers; 2, ovarium and style; 3, transverse section of ovarium :—all magnified.
4 . Lo ran th u s mio'anthv.s, Hook. fil.; ramis te retibus, ramulis ancipitibus, foliis oppositis petiolatis
oblongis rliombeo-eUipticisve obtusis, paniculis axiUaribus trichotome ramosis, floribus parvis, petalis 4
brevibus linearibus patulis, antheris la te oblongis, stylo supra medium flexuoso incrassato, stigmate laterali
capitato, bacca viscosa. Viscum antarcticum, A . Cunn. Frodr. {non F o r s t)
H ab . N o rth e rn Island. Bay of Islands, Cunningham, etc. Auckland, Sinclair. E a st coast, Colenso.
Akaroa, Raoul.
In general habit so like Tnpeia, that in the dried state especially this plant is often confounded with it. Stems
woody, rounded. Branches compressed, two-edged. Leaves opposite, 14 -2 inches long (petioles 4 inch), obovate,
oblong or rhomboid, b lu n t; nerves diverging. Panicles much smaUer than the leaves, axillary, spreading, trichoto-
raously branched. Flowers very small, 2 lines long. Calgx linear, urceolate; Umb or margin thickened. Petals
four, free, spreading. ¿'¿cwfK.s inserted below the 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 Tupeia than a Tupeia-Yike Loranthus. The style above the middle is bent twice—first clown
with a sharp angle, and then it turns up equally suddenly.
5. Lo ran th u s te7iuifiorus,Yio6k. fil.; fobis petiolatis oppositis obovatis obtusis, floribus paniculatis
pedicellatis, calyce pubescente, corolla Uneari-elongata, petalis 4 apice liberis, antheris late oblongis, stylo
gracili, stigmate simplici.
H a b . N o rth e rn Island, Colenso?
Of this I have but one small specimen, of which the ticket has been lost. I t is very distinct from any of the
former, and may be recognized by the pedicellate paniculate flowers, which are very slender, more than an inch lo n g ;
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 aUowed to
this description.
Gen. I I . T U P E IA , Cham, et Schlecht.
D /om dioici (y. hermaphroditi ?). M asc. Calyx 0. P e ta la 4, valvata, decidua. Stamina 4, filamentis
elongatis, petaUs oppositis, iis basi insertis ; antheris subrotundis. Eoem. Calyx ovario adnatus,
elongato-urceolatus ; limbus incrassatus. P e ta la 4, decidua, valvata. Ovarium 1-loculare ; stylo valido, recto ;
stigmate subdiscoideo, capitato. Bacca viscosa, 1-locularis, 1 -sp e rm a ; semine péndulo, a lb um in o so ;
embryone ax illa ri; radicula te reti, su p e ra ; cotyledonibus elongatis.— 'Pmúo.xú.Ms p a ra siticu s, lignosus ; ramis
p a llid is , divaricatis, teretibus, ramulis paniculisque puberulis. EoUa opposita et alterna, p etio la ta , Hneari-
elliptica V. obovata v. late rhomhea, obtusa. Pan icu læ axillares et terminales, jú n io re s bracteatæ. Plores
p a r v i, albi.
A woody, parasitical, dicecious shrub, with terete jointed branches covered with pale bark, pubescent branchlets
and panicles, opposite and alternate petioled blunt leaves, and terminal or axiUary panicles of small flowers, covered in
a young state with imbricated glossy scales. Male fiowers 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. Petals four, valvate, deciduous. Stamens 0. Ovary one-ceUed. Style
elongated ; stigma discoid. Berry ovoid, very viscid.—A curious plant, differing from Loranthus in being dicecious,
and in habit ; from Viscum, in the stamens being perfect. (Name, that of a South Sea Island plant, erroneously given
to this.)
1. Tupeia antárctica, Cham, et Schlecht. Linnoea, v. 3. p . 203. Yiscum antarcticum, Forst. Prodr.
A. R ich . Flora. Y. pubigerum, A . Cunn. Prodr. Yiscoides læta et Y. latifoUa, B a n k s et Sol. M S S .
T a b . X X Y I.
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Is la n d s ; abundant. Ba n k s a n d Solander, Forster, etc. N a t. name,
" P ir i- t a ,” Colenso.
Leaves very variable in form and size, f - 1 4 inch long, lanceolate, obovate, rounded or rhomboid in outline.
Panicles spreading, shorter than the leaves.—P l a t e XXYI. Pig. 1, male flower; 2, the same laid open; 3, female
flower ; 4, ovarium and style ; 5, fmit ; 6, the same cut vertically ; 7, cut transversely :—all magnified.
Gen. H I . Y ISCUM, Tourn.
Flores m o n o id v. dioici. Calycis limbus obsoletus. P e ta la 4 , trian g u la ría, valvata. Antheroe petalis
adnatæ, multiloculares, cellulosæ. Ovarium fl. ? calyce adnatum, 1-loculare. Bacca in tu s viscosa, 1-
locularis, 1-sperma. Semen albuminosum ; embryo u t in Loraniho, sed in te rd um multiplex.
There is but one New Zealand species of this genus, which I have never seen in flower ; it forms little yeUow
tufts of jointed stems and branches 3 -4 inches long, on Leptospermum and Gaultheria branches. Leaves none ;
joints 2 -4 lines long, terete, contracted below, dilated above. Flowers 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 tbe genus to which the Mistletoe belongs, and is exactly like a Salicornia in appearance. (Name, i^os,
sacred, according to various authors ; the Mistletoe being hallowed by the ancients.)
1. Yiscum salicornioides, A. C u n n .; pusillum, glaberrimum, erectum, ramosum, aphyUum, ramis
teretibus multiarticulatis, articulis iuferne contractis apice dilatatis. A . Cunn. Prodr.
H a b . N o rth ern Islan d . Bay of Islands, Cunningham, etc.
I am not aware of this curious little species having been found except at the Keri-Keri falls, where it is
abundant.
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