Flora of New Zealand Series

Loranthus adamsii Cheesem. in T.N.Z.I. 13, 1881, 296.

Trilepidea adamsii (Cheesem.) Tiegh. loc. cit. 41, 1894, 489.

Type locality: Thames goldfields. Type: A, "J. Adams 3842".

Glab. bushy shrub up to ± 1 m. diam.; branchlets terete or nearly so. Lvs opp. on stout petioles ± 2 mm. long, or subsessile. Lamina thick, coriac., broad- to obovate- to elliptic-oblong, veins obscure, margins ± recurved. Infl. of axillary, 2-4-fld cymes on short peduncles. Fls sessile or subsessile, subtended by a small bract and 2 bracteoles. Receptacle-rim with 4 minute teeth. Tepals 4, at first dilated at middle, splitting ± 1/4 way down, and often with a dorsal split to base, 2-3 cm. long, reddish, tinged yellow-green. Anthers very narrow, basifixed, style = per., stigma capitate. Fr. ellipsoid, red, ± 8-9 mm. long.

DIST.: N. Great Barrier Id, Cape Colville Peninsula, Hunua, on Coprosma, Melicope, Myrsine.

FL. 9-10. FT. 12-(6).