Psittacanthus americanus (Jacq.) Mart.

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1044. Psittacanthu8 americanus (L.) Mart.
In Regensb. Flora, xiii. 108 (l830); Urban in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. xxiv. 12 (1897).
Syn. Loranthus americanus L. Sp. PI. 331 (1753); Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Am. Hist. 97, t. 67 (1763); Descourtilz, Fl. Pitt. & Med. Antilles, vi. 35, t. 390 (l828); Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 311 (i860) e.p. L. Plumieri Cham. & Schlecht, in Linnaea, iii. 211 (l828); DC. Prod. iv. 311 (l830). L. Jacquini DC. Prod. iv. 308 (l830) e.p. Psittacanthus Jacquini (DC.) G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. 415 (l834). P. Plumieri G. Don, op. c. 417. P. scalpratus Vahl ex Eichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. pt. 2, 25 (l868).
Flowers scarlet. Style yellow with red tip. Anthers maroon.
Parasitic high on tree of woodland border, South Chil-tern, Dominica, B.W.I. Alt. ca. 450 m.
Coll. W.H. & B.T. Hodge (no. 1582). February 29, 1940.<<<OCR