PHILIPPINE LOOANTHACEuE. 



145 



mm long, the middle flower of each triad sessile, the lateral ones with 

 pedicels about 1.5 mm long. Calyx densely ferruginous-puberulent, 5 

 mm long, narrowly funnel-shaped, 4-toothed, each subtended by a brac- 

 teole about 2 mm long. Corolla 2.5 cm long, slightly ferruginous-puber- 

 ulent, red, split down one side, the tube 2.5 mm long, the lobes above 

 the insertion of the stamens about 6 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, reflexed, 

 acute. Filament 3 mm long; anther continuous, nearly 3 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon, For. Bur. 5035 Curran, August, 

 1000, parasitic on Podoearpus at an altitude of about 2,250 in, (type) ; Mount 

 Pulog. For. Bur. 181)3 Curran. Mcrritt. 4 Zschokke. 



A species manifestly allied to the preceding, but distinguished by its constantly 

 4-merous flowers. 



37. Loranthus viridis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 189. 

 Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1953. Luzon, Province of Bataan, For. 



Bur. 816, 181 Ji, 2938 Borden, For. Bur. 6318 Curran. 

 Endemic. 



38. Loranthus banahaensis Elmer Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 288. 

 Glaber; foliis oppositis vel suboppositis, petiolatis, crasse coriaceis, 



obovatis vel subellipticis, circiter 10 cm longis, 5 cm latis, apice obtusis 

 vel rotundatis, basi acutis vel subcuneatis, in sicco supra olivaceis, nitidis, 

 subtus brunneis, nervis utrinque 5 ad 7, obscuris, anastomosantibus ; 

 petiolo crasso, 1 ad 2 cm longo; floribus 6-meris, sessilibus, fasciculatis, 

 axillaribus; circiter 1.7 cm longis; antheris sessilibus, basifixis. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Mount Banajao, altitude 750 m, Elmer 9115, 

 May, 1907, type number. 



There is considerable doubt as to its alliances, due to discrepancies between the 

 original description and the material distributed under the type number. The 

 specimen before me has 6-merous flowers, and sessile, basi fixed, not versatile 

 anthers, but in other respects agrees closely with Mr. Elmer's description, and it 

 seems to be quite evident that he was in error in ascribing 4-merous flowers and 

 versatile anthers to Loranthus banahaensis, unless the species was based on a 

 mixture, which my specimen does not show, and accordingly I have emended the 

 diagnosis above. It is barely possible that Loranthus banahaensis should be 

 referred to the section Lepiostegeres, as the fascicles of flowers are described as 

 being surrounded by involucral bracts, although no measurements are given, and the 

 buds are said to be covered with a calyptrate hood which soon falls off. The 

 specimen before me shows only a single inflorescence, with opened flowers, and the 

 "involucral bracts" are represented only by the small bracteoles subtending the 

 flowers. It is entirely different from the only other Philippine species of the 

 section Lepiostegeres known to me. 



Endemic. 



§ Macrosolen. 



39. Loranthus ampullaceus Koxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1820) 189; DC. Prodr. 4 

 (1830) 296; Hook. f. PI. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 220; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot, 26 (1894) 405; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 184; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 141. 



Hillia longiftora Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 235; ed. 2 (1845) 165; ed. 3, 1: 297. 

 Loranthus tomentosus Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. 444* non Blanco. 



