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LORANTHUS ($ DENDROPHTHOE) GONOCLADUS, n. sp. 
Glaber, ramis crassis tetragonis, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis 
acutis magnis subcoriaceis penninerviis, floribus 3-6nis axillaribus breviter 
pedicellatis interdum brevissime pedunculatis, calycis tubo oblongo basi 
bracteola ovata suffulto, limbi dentibus quadratis, corolla rubrz tubo 
cylindrico cite ad medium fisso, segmentis 5 lanceolatis, antheris line- 
aribus. 
Branches long, straight, stout, dull brown, with two ribs de- 
current from the petiole. Petiole 2 in. long; blade 3-4 in. long, 
12-2 in. broad, deltoid at the base, moderately thick in texture, 
brownish when dried, quite glabrous, with a distinet midrib and 
many arcuate ascending indistinct parallel side ribs. Flowers in 
clusters in the axils of the leaves all down the branch; pedicel 
jin. long. Calyx j in. long, with a one-sided persistent brac- 
teole; limb collar-like, with 5 quadrate teeth. Corolla red, an 
inch long, with 5 ligulate segments 1 in. long and a tube which 
is soon slit on one side halfway down. Stamens inserted above 
the base of the segments. Berry oblong, 4 in. long.—Tanala, 
Baron 296! Forest between Tankay and the east coast, Baron 
1602 ! 
LORANTHUS ($ DENDROPHTHOE) MONOPHLEBIUS, n. Sp. 
Glaber, ramulis gracilibus teretibus, foliis petiolatis obovato-oblongis 
obtusis basi cuneatis subcoriaceis uninervatis, floribus axillaribus 3-6 
pedicellatis, bracteola ovata unilaterali, calycis tubo oblongo, limbo bre- 
vissimo campanulato obscure dentato, corolle tubo curvato cylindrico cite 
ad medium fisso, segmentis 5 oblanceolatis, antheris linearibus. 
A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender terete drab 
woody branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioled, 2-27 in. long, an 
inch broad, very obtuse, deltoid at the base, moderately thick 
in texture, green and glabrous on both sides, the midrib distinct 
through the lower half, but the other veins hidden. Flowers up 
to six from the axils of the leaves all down the branch ; pedicels 
as long as the calyx. Calyx with an oblong tube 3 in. long and 
a short collar-like obscurely toothed limb. Corolla red, with a 
curved cylindrical tube an inch long slit on one side halfway 
down, and 5 oblanceolate segments } in. long. Anthers linear, 
i in. long.—Central Madagascar, Baron 1931! These new spe- 
cies are all allied to L. clavatus, Desr. In the descriptions of 
Loranthi in Journ. Bot. 1882, pp. 245 and 267, there are two 
misprints in the figures. The corolla of L. Baroni is 14 in., and 
the anthers of L. pachyphyllus are j in. long. 
