4. L. Adamsii, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 296.—A perfectly glabrous bush 2–4 ft. high; branchlets terete. Leaves opposite, 1½–2½ in. long, broadly oblong or oblong-obovate, obtuse,, narrowed into a short stout petiole or almost sessile, very thick and coriaceous, veins hardly visible, margins slightly recurved. Peduncles very short, axillary, each bearing 2–4 sessile flowers; a small concave bract and 2 bracteoles at the base of each flower. Flowers rather large, 1½–2 in. long, reddish, more or less tinged with yellowish-green. Calyx-limb short, with 4 minute triangular teeth. Corolla narrow at the base, swollen in the middle, and then contracted just below the limb; lobes 4, separating about ¼-way down, reflexed, but the corolla often splits dorsally to the base, the lobes then all turning one way. Anthers narrow-linear, basifixed, tips acute. Style equalling the corolla; stigma capitate.
North Island: Auckland—Thames goldfields, Adams! T.F.C.; Hunua, Kirk! September–October.
The foliage of this almost precisely matches that of L. Colensoi, but the flowers are very different. Parasitic on Coprosma, Myrsine, and Melicope.
5. L. flavidus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 100, t. 27.—A sparingly branched glabrous shrub 1–3 ft. high; branches spreading. Leaves opposite, 1–2½ in. long, linear-oblong, usually rounded at the tip, rarely apiculate, narrowed at the base into a short petiole, flat, very coriaceous, veins inconspicuous, or 3–5 diverging from the base; margins thickened and very minutely crenulate when dry, often red when fresh. Eacemes axillary, 10–16-flowered, spreading or drooping, ¾–2 in. long; peduncle slender, tetragonous; pedicels opposite and decussate, about ⅙ in. long; bracts obsolete. Flowers ½–¾ in. long, orange-yellow. Calyx-limb minute, cupular, truncate. Corolla slender, swollen above the base; petals united almost to the middle, upper part sharply reflexed, linear-spathulate. Anthers small, linear-oblong. Style rather longer than the corolla; stigma large, capitate.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 107. L. polychroa, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvii. (1885) 241.
North and South Islands: Not uncommon in Fagus forests from the Ruahine Mountains and Mount Egmont southwards. Sea-level to 2500 ft. December–February.
Usually parasitic on the various species of Fagus.
6. L. tenuiflorus, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 100.—A small glabrous shrub; branches slender, terete. Leaves opposite, 1–1½ in. long, obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed into short slender petioles, veins few, slender. Flowers about 1 in. long, in axillary trichotomous puberulous panicles; peduncles and pedicels slender, divaricating, about ¼ in. long. Corolla slender, terete, curved; petals very narrow, united ⅔-way up, but perhaps ultimately separating. Anthers oblong, versatile. Style slender; stigma simple.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 107.
