1SS 

 Loranthus sessiliflorus Merrill sp.. nov. § Phoenioanthemum. 



Shrubby, entirely glabrous, with axillary solitary or fascicled spikes <>f 



small sessile flowers, the whole inflorescence glabrous, red. Branches dark 

 reddish brown or nearly black when dry, terete. Leaves opposite, very 

 coriaceous, broadly-ovate to suborbicular-ovate, dull and minutely wrin- 

 kled on both surfaces when dry. the apex broad, rounded or obtuse, 

 rarely somewhat narrowed and acute, the base acute to subt runcate, <S to 

 1 1 cm. long, 5 to 8 cm. wide, the nerves I to 5 on each side of the stout 

 midrib, obscure; petioles stout, about 1 cm. long. Spikes 1 to 1 or 5 in 

 each axil, usually :!. ! to ] cm. long, many flowered. Flowers red. 

 sessile, about "i mm. Long, the subtending bract very thick, orbicular. 

 Dearly 1..") mm. in diameter. Calyx glabrous, cylindrical, about '! mm. 

 long, the limb very slightly produced hcyond the ovary, truncate. Petals 

 I, I'vvi' to the base, linear, scarcely widened below, 5 mm. long, the upper 

 half curved-reflexed from the insertion of the stamens. Filaments about 

 1 mm. long, slightly rugose-wrinkled near the insertion below, the 

 anthers continuous, slightly wider than the filaments, oblong, 1..") mm. 

 long. Style glabrous, about 5 mm. long. Immature fruit small, ovoid. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (If 71 Whitford) March, 1005; 

 Province of Benguet, Baguio (6057 Elmer) March, 1904. Mindobo, Baco River 

 (4041 Merrill) March, 1905; (125 McGregor) March, 1905. Parasitic on various 



trees, sen level to an altitude of about 1,500 in. 



Loranthus subalternifolius Merrill noin. nov, Amylotheoa cumingii Van Tiegh. 

 Bull. Bot. Soc. France. 41 (1894) 2(14. Loranthus cumiiujii Engl. Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. (1807) 128, non L. oumingianus Engl. l. c. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches light gray, terete, the branchlets 

 often olivaceous, somewhat thickened and compressed below the nodes, 

 smooth. Leaves coriaceous, subalternate, or the upper ones opposite, 

 oblong-ovate, usually pale when dry, Bomewhal shining 8 to L3 cm. long, 

 4 to 5.5 cm. wide, usually gradually nan-owed above to the acute, rarely 

 slight I v acuminate apex, and more abruptly narrowed below to the 

 acute, often decurrent base; nerves about (i on each Bide of the midrib, 

 obscure; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Inflorescence of solitary, axillary, 

 racemose panicles 4 to 7 cm. long, the branches short, opposite, spreading, 

 racemosely disposed, about -'5 mm. long, each bearing three sessile flowers 

 at the apex, the bracts reniform. rounded, about 2 mm. long. Calyx 

 cylindrical, about 5.5 mm. long, the Limb strongly produced beyond the 

 ovary, truncate, somewhat spreading. Corolla tubular, about 18 mm. 

 long, golden yellow, somewhat inflated below, the lobes 6, linear, united 

 for the lower ;! mm. Filaments very stout, about 2 mm. long; anthers 

 lineai - , 2.5 mm. long, the portion of the petals above the insertion of the 

 stamens thickened, nearly 6 mm. long, spreading or reflexed in anthesis. 



Philippines (1969 Owning) 1836-1840. Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan 

 (6191 Elmer) April. 1904. 



The above description is based on No. (>191 Elmer, my specimen of Cuming's 

 plant a cotype of Amylotheoa cumingii Van Tiegh. = Loranthus cumingii Engl., 



