136 MERRILL. 



9. Loranthus tenuis sp. nov. 



Glaber, ramulis juvenilibus inflorescentiisque exceptis; ramis ramu- 

 lisque tenuibus, griseo-brunneis, teretibus, lenticellatis ; foliis oppositis, 

 suboppositis vel altcrnis, lanceolatis, usque ad 6 cm longis, utrinque 

 angustatis, apice acuminatis, petiolatis, nervia utrinque circiter 5, sub- 

 obsoletis; cymis axillaribus, solitariis, vix 1.5 cm longis, 3-floris; floribus 

 leviter ferrugineo-puberulis, 4-mcris; petalis liberis, 5 mm longis. 



Glabrous except the young branchlets and inflorescence. Branches 

 slender, brownish-gray, terete, lenticellate, glabrous, the young branchlets 

 slightly ferruginous-puberulent. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alter- 

 nate, coriaceous, glabrous, dull, lanceolate, 3.5 to 6 cm long, 0.8 to 1.8 

 cm wide, narrowed at both ends, the apex acuminate, acumen blunt, base 

 acute or acuminate ; nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, very 

 obscure, the reticulations obsolete; petioles slender, 5 mm long or less. 

 Cymes axillary, solitary, less than 1.5 cm long, 3-flowered, each tberefore 

 a simple triad with pedicelled flowers, the pedicels about 2 mm long. 

 Calyx cup-shaped, 1.8 to 2 mm long, obscurely 4-toothed or subtruncate, 

 the limb slightly produced, ferruginous-puberulent, subtended by a single, 

 ovate, obtuse bract about 1 mm long. Totals 4, free, linear or oblong- 

 linear, ferruginous-puberulent outside, obtuse, about 5 mm long, 0.5 to 

 0.7 mm wide. Anthers erect, continuous. Style 6 mm long; stigma 

 capitate. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles, parasitic on 

 Diospyros pilosanthera Blanco in forests at an altitude of about 800 m, For. Bur. 

 6287 Curran, February, 1907. 



A species well characterized by its slender branches, narrow, lanceolate leaves, 

 and simple, solitary triads. 



10. Loranthus mearnsii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 271. 

 Mindoro, Mount Halcon, Merrill 5733, November, 1906. 



Endemic. 



11. Loranthus cauliflorus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (190G) Suppl. 185. 

 Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 55, and two sheets 



without number, January, March, May, 1006. 

 Endemic. 



12. Loranthus lanaensis sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis suboppositis, coriaceis, lanceolatis vel late lanceolatis, 

 in sicco brunneis, opacis, circiter 20 cm longis, basi acutis, apice valde 

 acute acuminatis, petiolatis, nervis utrinque circiter 7, obscuris; cymis 

 ad nodos solitariis vel fasciculatis, trichotomis, 9-floris; floribus omnibus 

 pediccllatis, 5-meris; petalis liberis, 3 ad 3.5 cm longis. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches stout, terete, gray or brown. Leaves 

 subopposite, lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 18 to 20 cm long, 4.5 to 6 

 cm wide, thickly coriaceous, brown when dry, dull, the base acute, the 

 apex strongly and sharply acuminate, often somewhat falcate ; nerves 



