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MERRILL. 



of the petals above the insertion of the stamens about (J mm long. 

 Anther 2.5 mm long, continuous; filament short. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Vickers' Landing, Mrs. Clemens s. n., September-Octo- 

 ber, 1906: District of Davao, Mount Apo, Williams 2565, April, 1905. 



A species well characterized by its 6-flowered peduncles, the flowers all sessile 

 and arranged in two triads at the apex of the peduncle. 



15. Loranthus hutch insonii sp. nov. 



Ulaber; foliis coriaceis, nitidis, brunneis, elliptico-ovatis, basi acutis, 

 apice late rotundatis, oppositis vel subverticillatis, usque ad 8 cm longis, 

 petiolatis, nervis utrinque 2 vel 3, subobsoletis; flovibus ad nodos fascicu- 

 latis, breviter pedicellatis, 5-meris; petal is liberie, circiter 2 cm longis. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches stout, terete, smooth, dark-reddish- 

 brown, the internodes 3 to 5 cm long. Leaves opposite or subverticillate, 

 thickly coriaceous, brown and somewhat shining w hen dry, elliptic-ovate, 

 5 to 8 cm long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, the base acute, the apex broad, 

 rounded, margins somewhat revolute; nerves two or three on each side of 

 the midrib, indistinct, the reticulations obsolete, the midrib prominent; 

 petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Flowers red, 2.2 cm long, the buds cylin- 

 dric, fasciculate in the axils and at the nodes, three to ten or more 

 flowers at each node, pedicellate, the pedicels about 2 mm long. Calyx 

 about 4 mm long, cylindric, the limb produced, truncate, each subtended 

 by a single, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, 1.5 mm long bractcole. Petals 5, 

 free, linear, about 2 cm long, 2 mm wide, the portion above the inser- 

 tion of the stamens 6 mm long. Stamens 6 mm long, the antheriferous 

 portion continuous, 3 mm long. 



Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. J,554 Mearns & 

 Hutchinson, May, 1906, on trees in forests at an altitude of about 1,100 m. 



16. Loranthus cuernosensis Elmer Lead. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 469. 

 Ulaber; foliis oppositis, sessilibus, coriaceis, usque ad 15 cm longis, 



5 cm latis, in sicco brunneis, opacis, ovato-lanceolatis vel oblongis, basi 

 late rotundatis vel obtusis, interdum inaequilatcralibus, supra sensim 

 angustatis, apice acutis vel acuminatis, nervis utrinque 3 ad 5, obscuris, 

 reticulis obsoletis; floribus axillaribus, fasciculatis, 5-inens. circiter 2 

 cm longis. 



Negros, Cuernos Mountains, near Duniaguete, Elmer 9525, March, 1908, in 

 forests at an altitude of about 1,060 m. 



The relationships of this species are not clear to me, as it is impossible to 

 determine from the original description to which section the plant really belongs, 

 while the material of the type collection before me shows neither the attachment 

 (if (he inflorescence nor flowers. I found, however, a single petal, which appears 

 to me to have been free, and have accordingly placed the species in the section 

 llctcnnithus; for the sake of convenience 1 have included it in the key, also in 

 the section Dvmhophthoc. 



In vegetative characters the type collection is rather closely matched by a 

 specimen from Zamboanga, Mindanao, Ahem 519, with very immature flowers, 

 and one from Mount Mayon, Luzon. Bur. Sci. 6J f 82 Robinson, with fruit only. 



