494 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 
A very characteristic species, distinguishable by its large, en- 
tire, long-petioled, very inequilateral leaves which are strongly,. 
obliquely cordate at the base. 
Polychroa Lour. is here adopted in place of Pellionia Gaudich., 
Loureiro’s generic name being much the older. The type of the 
genus is Polychroa repens Lour., which is manifestly identical 
with the form described as Pellionia daveauana by N. E. Brown.’ 
PROTEACEAE 
HELICIA Loureiro 
HELICIA HAINANENSIS Hayata in Ic. Pl. Formos. 9 (1920) 87. 
Kwangtung Province, Tung Sing, K. K. Ts’oong 1897, June 24, 
1918, with the local name pdng sd muk. 
Previously known only from Hainan, Ts’oong’s specimen 
matching our Hainan material, McClure 8069, 8335, 8429, in all 
respects. Another apparently undescribed species is repre- 
sented by sterile material in Professor Ts’oong’s collection. 
LORANTHACEAE 
4 LORANTHUS Linnaeus 
<< “LORANTHUS MACLUREI sp. nov. § Dendrophthoé. 
Frutex parasiticus, floribus exceptis glaber, ramis teretibus, 
ramulis 4-angulatis; foliis oppositis, oblongis ad oblongo-ovatis, 
coriaceis, 2.5 ad 4.5 cm longis, olivaceis, subtus pallidioribus, . 
obtusis vel subacutis,-nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, obscuris; inflores- 
centiis axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculatis, 3- vel 4-floris, bracteis 
3 vel 4 persistentibus coriaceis oblongo-ovatis 13 ad 18 mm 
longis instructis involucro triangularibus formantibus; floribus 
sessilibus, 5-meris, leviter pubescentibus, circiter 2.3 cm longis, 
corollae tubo leviter 5-costatis, segmentis 8 mm longis. 
Glabrous except the slightly pubescent flowers, the branches 
terete, smooth, rather dark-colored when dry, the branchlets 
about 2 mm in diameter, somewhat 4-angled, their internodes 
5 to 15 mm long. Leaves opposite, oblong to oblong-elliptic or 
oblong-ovate, 2.5 to 4.5 cm long, 1 to 2.5 em wide, coriaceous, 
olivaceous, slightly shining, the lower surface paler, the base 
acute, the apex obtuse to somewhat acute; lateral nerves 5 or 6 
on each side of the midrib, somewhat spreading, slender, obscure, 
sometimes nearly obsolete, the reticulations obsolete; petioles 
2 to 5 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, peduncled, 
the peduncles 4 to 5 mm long, glabrous, each bearing 3 or 4 
? Gard. Chron. 2 (1880) 262. 
