LORANTHACEAE. — VISCUM 319 
Linnaeus, April 1907 (No. 3263); without precise locality, A. Henry 
(No. 3206). Szech’uan: Yangtsze River banks, alt. 30-300 m., 
parasitic on Aleurites Fordii Hemsley, April 1908 (No. 2709); same 
locality and same host, May 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4482); with- 
out precise locality, cliffs, July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4484). 
Yunnan: Mi-lé district, on Zanthoxylum, A. Henry (No. 9942). 
A picture of this plant will be found under No. 0164 of the collection of Wilson’s 
photographs. 
Here may be added the description of a new species collected by A. Henry. 
Viscum stipitatum Lecomte, n. sp. 
Frutex parasiticus; rami teretes, dichotomi; ramuli tenuiter longitudinaliterque 
striati; internodia basi articulata, usque 5-6 cm. longa. Folia opposita, lanceolata, 
utrinque attenuata, saepe falciformia, membranacea v. subcoriacea, basi articu- 
lata, apice subacuta, 6-7.5 em. longa, 1.3-2 cm. lata, costis 5-7 utrinque pro- 
minentibus. Flores monoici; triades axillares, terminalesque; pedunculus communis 
3-5 mm. longus, apice 2-bracteatus, bracteis triangularibus parvis; flos medius 
semper 9; flores laterales 2 saepe 9 interdum <7; flos c? ovoideus, sessilis, 0.75 
mm. longus, lobis 4 triangularibus instructus; antherae petalis adnatae, trans- 
versaliter loculosae; flos 2 ovoideus, primo sessilis lobis 4 triangularibus parvis 
instructus; stamina 0; ovarium inferum, stigmate parvo cylindrico instructum; 
perianthii lobi decidui. Fructus baccatus, ovoideus, demum longe stipitatus, 
usque 9 mm. latus, sed maturus claviformis, l-spermus. Semen ovoideum; 
albumen carnosum; embryo verticalis, teres. 
Yunnan: Szemao, alt. 1600 m., on trees, A. Henry (No. 12758). 
species is well characterized by its long-stipitate fruits and slender and 
often falcate leaves. 
