140) MERRILL. 



Loranthus formosus F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 164, non Blume. 



Loranthus globosus Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1886) 230, non Roxb. 



Kh/iranthe ampullacea Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3 l (1889) 188; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 50. 



Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1951, 1963. Luzon, Province of Nueva 

 Ecija, For. Bur. 8459 Curran:- Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 6944 Curran: 

 Province of Bataan, Whitford 86: Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 979 Ramos, For. 

 Bur. 1(79 Ahern's collector. Palawan, For. Bur. 3581 Curran. 



India to southern China, and the Malay Peninsula, south to Celebes. 



40. Loranthus macgregorii sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis opposite, coriaceis, oblongis, rcctis vel leviter falcate, 

 usque ad 10 cm longis, apice obtusis, basi acute vel obtusis, sessilibus, 

 nervis utrinquc circiter 4, subobsoletis, ascendentibus ; inflorescentiis 

 axillaribus, solitariis vel binis; floribus sessilibus subcapitatis, 5-meris; 

 corolla 16 mm longa. 



Glabrous throughout. Brandies gray or brown, terete, rather slender. 

 Leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, 6 to 10 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, coriace- 

 ous, dull when dry, the apex blunt, the base acute or blunt; nerves about 



4 on each side of the midrib, very slender and obscure, ascending. 

 Flowers three to six at the apex of each peduncle, sessile, not in triads, 

 subcapitately arranged, the peduncles about 5 mm long, solitary or two 

 in each axil. Calyx cylindric, slightly enlarged upwards, 5 mm long, 

 the limb slightly produced, truncate, each subtended by an ovate, obtuse, 

 2 mm long bract, and a wider bracteole of about the same length which 

 is refuse, apparently formed of two connate bracteoles. Flowers 5- 

 merous, yellow. Corolla 16 mm long, the buds angular, inflated below 

 and slightly so at the apex, in an thesis about 5 mm in diameter below 

 the middle, the tube about 5 mm long; lobes 4 mm wide at the base, 

 narrowed to 1 mm in the median portion, the part above the insertion of 

 the anthers reflexed, thick, fleshy, 5 mm long. Anthers sessile, 3.5 mm 

 long. Style 14 mm long; stigma capitate. 



Boiiol, Guindulman, Bur. Sci. 1266 McGregor, June, 1906. 



A species well characterized by its sessile subcapitate flowers which are 

 congested and sessile at the ends of the short peduncles, each subtended by two 

 bracts. 



41. Loranthus geminatus sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis opposite, petiolatis, coriaceis, anguste ovate vel ovato- 

 lanceolatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, acute vel acuminate, nervis utrinque 



5 ad 7, tenuibus, obscuris; inflorescentiis axillaribus, solitariis vel fascicu- 

 late, floribus 6-meris, sessilibus, geminate; corolla 1.5 cm longa. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches dark-colored, terete, not lenticellate, 

 the branchlets slightly compressed. Leaves coriaceous, very dark-brown 

 or nearly black and slightly shining when dry, opposite, narrowly lanceo- 

 late to ovate-lanceolate, 8 to 10 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, the base 

 acute, the apex acute or acuminate; nerves 5 to 7 on each side of the 

 midrib, slender, curved, obscure; petioles 5 mm long. Peduncles axil- 



