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Loranthus copelandi Merrill sp. nov. Dendrbpthoe S Eudendroplhoe. 



Glabrous except the inflorescence, with 11 to 18 cm. long lanceolate to 

 oblong-lanceolate petioled leaves, and many flowered axillary fascicled 

 racemes, the flowers red and yellow, ahout 4..") cm. long. Branches 

 brownish gray, glabrous, terete. Loaves subcoriaceous, glabrous, minutely 

 wrinkled-rugose when dry, dull, 11 to 18 cm. long, 2.5 to 3.5 cm. wide, 

 narrowed ahove to the blunt apex and below to the somewhat attenuate! 

 base, the midrib very stout, the lateral nerves :5 to 4 on each side of the 

 midrib, long, ascending, the reticulations obscure; petioles stout, ahout 1 

 cm. long. Inflorescence slightly ferruginous pubescent, 3 to 5 racemes 

 fascicled in each axil or in the axils of fallen leaves, 4 to T cm. long. 

 Flowers slender, the buds slightly pubescent, becoming glabrous except 

 the calyx, red below, yellow above, about 20 in each raceme. Pedicels 

 ahout 1 nun. long, puberulent, the bract narrowly ovate, acute. 1.5 mm. 

 long, puberulent. Calyx cylindrical, rather densely ferruginous puberu- 

 lent. •'> nun. long, with 5 small teeth. Corolla slender, somewhat curved, 

 slightly enlarged ahove, 4 to 4.5 cm. long, 5-lobed, the lohes linear, ahout 

 1 cm. long, becoming recurved. Anthers not narrowed below, 3 mm. 

 long, apiculate-acuminate ; filaments about 5 mm. long. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Daklan to Kabayan (4407 Merrill) October 27, 

 1905. Parasitic on Pittosporwn pentandrum (Blanco) Merr., in thickets at about 

 ],!500 in. A species apparently closely related to Loranthus eurratus Blunie. 

 (littering in its vegetative characters and fascicled racemes. 



Loranthus mindanaensis Merrill sp. nov. { Dendropthoe. 



Shrubby, glabrous throughout. Branches terete, glabrous, light gray, 

 the younger hranchlots brownish to olivaceous, rather slender. Leaves 

 coriaceous, glabrous, dull, ovate to ohlong-ovate, S to 12 cm. long, 4 to 

 (I cm. wide, the liase broad, usually rounded, the apex blunt-acute, the 

 midrib stout ; lateral nerves irregular, 3 to 4 on each side of the midrib, 

 ascending, not prominent, the reticulations lax; petioles stout, ahout 

 -'! mm. long. Inflorescence axillary, of solitary 3 to 5 cm. long racemose 

 panicles, the flowers in groups of threes at the ends of the very short 

 hranchlots. the hranchlots racemosely disposed, opposite. 2 to •'> nun. long. 

 Flowers sessile, glabrous, the bracts broadly ovate, ahout 1.5 nun. long. 

 obtuse. Calyx cylindrical, about 3.5 nun. long, the limb truncate, entire, 

 slightly exceeding the ovary. Corolla red, tubular, not enlarged below, 

 nearly 2 cm. long, the lohes (>, linear, united for the lower 2 nun. Fila- 

 ments very short, less than 1 mm. long, inappendiculate, the anthers 

 linear, ahout .'i nun. long, the portion of the petals above the insertion of 

 the stamen ahout 5 nun. long, rehYxod in anthesis. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Davao (341 Oopeland) March. 1904, on Theo- 

 broma cacao L., and Antide&na ghesosmbilla Gaertn.; Mount Apo (285 DeVore 



d- Huorer) May. l!)0:i. A speeies related to Loranthus sccuudi floras Merr.. and 

 L. subaltern ifolius Men., differing in vegetative characters from both. 



