Loranthus
(from loron, a strap, and anthos, a flower; in allusion to the shape of the petals). ORD. Loranthaceae. A large genus (about 330 species) of stove, greenhouse, or hardy, parasitic shrubs, rarely terrestrial trees or shrubs, broadly distributed throughout the tropics, beyond which few extend. Flowers often beautifully coloured, small or long, hermaphrodite or by abortion dioecious; perianth double; calyx truncate or four to six-toothed; petals four to six, valvate. Fruit baccate or drupaceous. Leaves entire, often thick or fleshy. L. flavidus is an interesting, hardy or half-hardy parasite, stated, in "Gartenflora," to be in cultivation in England: this is, however, doubtful. It may possibly be grown by sowing the berries upon the above-ground roots or on the branches of the Beech-tree.
L. flavidus (yellowish). fl. produced in small racemes from the previous year's growth; perianth yellowish, 1/2in. long, having a slender tube, and four narrow, reflexed segments. l. opposite, petiolate, oblong, about 1 1/2in. long, obtuse and thick. New Zealand, 1885.