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LORANTHACE.T]. 
LORANTHUS TJnn. 
Loranthus halconensis Morrill ii. sp. § Dendropflioii. 
Foliis oblongo-laneeolatis coriaceis verticillatis usque ad 15 cm. longis; 
floribus ad 2.5 cm. longis^ G-mcris, pu1)erii1is, dense fascieulatis; fas- 
ciculis axillaribus, pcdunciilis ad 1 mm. longis, ;VHoris. 
Seandcntj glabrous cAX'e])t tlie puberulent inflorescence, tlie branches 
stout^ terete^ light gray. Leaves in whorls of 0^ oblong lanceolate, coria- 
ceous, glabroiis, brown when dry, 10 to 15 cm. long, 3.5 to 5 cm. wide, 
acute or obtvise, the base aoite, the midrib stout, tlie lateral nerves 5 to 6 
on each side of the midrib, oljscure, the reticulations obsolete; petioles 
1 cm. long or less. Tnllofesconco on the brAnchos below the leaves in the 
axils of fallen leaves, fasciculate, puberulent, 5 to (\ or nu)re peduncles 
in a fascicle, each about 1 mm. long and bearing three flowers, the pedicels 
about 1 mm. long. Flowers yellow, about 2.5 cm. long, not inflated. 
Calyx densely puberulent, cylindrical, truncate, 3 mm. long, the basal 
bract broadly ovate, small. Corolla G-merous, the lobes united for the 
lower 1.5 to 3 mm., pubondent outside, linear, 1.5 mm. wide, the reflexcd 
portion above tlie insertion of the stamens lanceolate, acute, G mm. long. 
Filaments 1.5 nun. long; anthers 3 mm. long. 
Parasitic on Ficus minahassae along the Alag River at 100 m. alt. (No. 5fi64). 
Well characterized hy its Whorlcd leaves, densely fascicled flowers from the 
larger branches and (t-nierous corolla. 
Loranthus mearnsii Merrill n. sp. § Dendropthoc. 
Foliis oppositis vel subalternis, elliptico-ovatis, obtusis, basi ac'utis, 
5 ad 8 cm, longis, glaberrimis; racemis solitariis, axillaribus, ferrugineo- 
puberulis, 3-5-fioris; floribus usque ad 2.7 cm. longis; calyce 4-dentato; 
corolla irregular! ter l-lobata, tubo gibbo angulato. 
Glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches brownish gray, terete, 
glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, opposite or subal- 
ternate, elliptical-ovate, the apex obtuse, sometimes rounded, the base 
acute 5 to 8 cm. long, 3 to 5 cm. wide; lateral nerves 3 to 4 on each side 
of the midrib, ascending; petioles 1 cm. long, or less. Eacemes few, 
solitary, from the leaf-axils or from axils of fallen leaAcs, few-flowered, 
the rachis, pedicel? and calyces ferruginous puberulent; pedicels 2 mm. 
lon<^ the basal bract of the calyx ovate, acute or acuminate about as long 
as the calyx tube. Calyx tube cylindrical, 2 mm. long, the limb 1.5 mm. 
long, spreading, 4-toothed. Corolla 2.5 cm. long, green except the tips 
of the lobes which are red, the tube somewhat inflated, 4-angled, about 
H) mm. lonn-, the lobes 4, irregular, the reflexcd portion above the inser- ' 
