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NEW PHILIPPINE PIANTS. 133 
LORANTHACEJi:. 
LORANTHUS Linn. 
Loranthus ovatifolius Merrill sp. iiov. § Dendropthoe. 
Glabcr; foliis ovatis, acuniinatis^ subcoriaceis, nitidis, basi late cor- 
datis; raceinis axillaribus, solitariis, confertis; floribus tenuildis, ca. 2 cm 
longis, 5-ineris. , ■ * 
Glabrous tlirougliout, branelies terete^ slender, pale-grayisli-brown, 
lenticellate. Leaves opposite, ' ovate to broadly ovate, subcoriaceous, 
shining on both surfaces, 6 to 8 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, apex acuminate, 
;arely subacute, base broad, rather strongly cordate; nerves 5 or 6 on 
each side of the midrib, indistinct, irregular, the reticulations obscure; 
petioles 2 to 3 mm long. Inflorescence axillary,, solitar}^, congested, 
about 3 cm long, the flowers 3-1 on 2-3 mm long lateral branches which 
are racemosely disposed, the rachis 1 to 1.5 cm long. Flowers scarlet, 
slender, about 2 cm long, one sessile, the others on each branchlet short- 
pedicellate, each subtended by a broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, concave 
bracteole about 2 mm long. Corolla cylindrical, about 1.5 nmi in diam- 
eter, not swollen, 5-lobed, lobes extending nearly to the base, less than 
1 mm wide; filaments 1.5 mm long; anthers equaling the filaments. 
Calyx oblong, 2 mm long, 1 mm thick, somewhat sulcate and angular, 
the limb short, 5-tootlied; style about 2 cm long. 
~ Mindanao, without locality, on the seaeoabt, Mrs. Clemens 1195, October, 1907. 
A species well characterized by its ovate glabrous shining broadly cordate 
leaves, congested inflorescence and 5-nierous slender flowers. 
MAGNOLIACEyli:. 
TALAUMA Juss. 
Talauma pubescens !^^errilI sp. nov. 
Arbor ca. 15 m alia; ramis ramulis slipulis*petiolis foliis subtus brac- 
teisque plus miuTis dense pubcscentibus ; foliis elliptico-ovatis vel ol)longo- 
ovatis, acuminatis, cliartaceis vel subcoriaceis, 15 ad 30 cm longis, nervis 
utrinque ca. 20 ; floribus albis ca. 4 cm longis ; petalis 9, glabris, anguste 
oblongo-obovatis vel subspatulaiis, interioribus minoribus. 
A tree about 15 m high, the branches terete, rather stout, dark-colored, 
pubescent, in age glabrous, the branchlets densely fulvous-pubescent. 
Leaves elliptical-ovate to oblong-ovate, chartaeeuus to subcoriaceous, 15 
to 30 em long, 8 to 14 em wide, l)ase rounded, apex rather short-aeuniinate, 
above sliinjng and glabrous, beneath more or less pubescent with scattered 
hairs, in age subglabrous; nerves prominent, about 20 on each side of the 
midrib, auiistomosing near the margin of the leaf: petioles densel}' pubes- 
cent, 2 to 3.5 em long; stipules deciduous, linear-lanceolate, 8 or cm 
long, densely fulvous-hirsute outside. Flowers white, fragrant, the buds 
inclosed in a deciduous, broadly ovate, acuminate, densely pubescent ba-act 
