142 MERRILL. 



3 or 4 on eacli side of the midrib, indistinct, curved-ascending; petioles 



1 to. 1.5 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary or fascicled, rachis 2 

 cm long or less, the flowers all sessile, greenish-yellow, red at the base, 

 second, arranged in triads which are very shortly peduncled, the triads 

 racemosely arranged, their peduncles 2 to 2.5 mm long. Calyx cylindric, 



2 to 2.5 mm long, each subtended by an ovate, 1.4 mm long bract. 

 Corolla very slender, 6-cleft, about 2.5 cm long, 1.5 mm in diameter, the 

 tube 4 to 5 mm long. Filaments 3 mm long; anthers continuous, 3.5 mm 

 long. 



Honor, Tagbilaran, parasitic on trees near the seashore, Bur. Sci. 1211 McGregor, 

 July 12, 190G. 



Allied to the preceding and to the next species, but characterized by its very 

 slender and elongated flowers and its lanceolate, petioled leaves. 



28. Loranthus secundiflorus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 187. 

 Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Surigao, Bolster 281, February, 1906, and 



without number, May-June, 190G: Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 

 s. n., March, 190C: District of Davao, Williams 2695. 

 Endemic. 



29. Loranthus mindanaensis Merr. 1. c. 186. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Copeland 8+1, DcYore d Hoover 285, Williams 

 2580. Specimens from Guimaras, For. Bur. 101 GammiU, and from Negros, 

 Whitford U/89, are probably referable here, differing from the type in some minor 

 characters. 



Endemic. 



The above four species form a group of closely allied forms which are often 

 difficult to distinguish. Additional material may lead to the reduction of some 

 of them. 



30. Loranthus revolutus sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis oppositis, ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis, coriaceis, in 

 sicco nitidis, usque ad 7 cm longis, petiolatis, apice late rotundatis vel 

 obtusis, basi decurrenti-acuminatis, margine revolutis, ncrvis utrinque 



4 ad G, vix distinctis; inflorescentiis in ramis vetustioribus, solitariis, 

 floribus 5-meris, in triadibus racemose disposilis, iloribus lateralibus 

 brevissime pedicellatis, intermedio sessile. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches stout, gray, terete, the branchlets 

 brownish, obscurely angled. Leaves opposite, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 

 thickly coriaceous, brown and somewhat shining when dry, 5 to 7 cm 

 long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, the margins rather strongly recurved, the apex 

 broad, rounded or obtuse, the base decurrent-acuminate ; nerves 4 to 6 on 

 each side of the midrib, not distinct; petioles nearly 1 cm long. In- 

 florescence from the larger branches below the leaves, solitary, the rachis 

 2 to 2.5 cm long, flower-bearing only above the middle, the flowers 

 arranged in triads, the middle one of each triad sessile, the two lateral 

 ones very shortly (1 mm) pedicelled, the triads in turn racemosely dis- 

 posed, the peduncles 2 to 3 mm long. Calyx cylindric, about 4 mm long, 

 obscurely toothed. Corolla yellow, red at the tip, 2.5 cm long, 5-cleft 



