PHILIPPINE LORANTHACE^. 



149 



Undoubtedly an erroneous identification; the species has not as yet been found 

 in the Philippines. 



Loranthus RETUSUS Jack; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 184; Vidal Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 232. 



This species was credited to the Philippines by Vidal on the strength of a 

 specimen in the Kew Herbarium, collected by Lobb, and so localized; however, 

 there are two sheets of Lobb's collection at Kew, one labeled Philippines, and 

 the other Java. It is a well known fact that Lobb's specimens were distributed 

 with erroneous localizations, the same number in some herbaria bearing the 

 locality "Philippine," in others "Singapore," and in others "Java." A number 

 of species have been credited to the Philippines only on the strength of Lobb's 

 specimens so labeled, which have not been discovered in the Archipelago by any 

 later collectors, and which undoubtedly do not extend to the Philippines; among 

 these are Eurycoma longifolia Jack, Archytaea vahlii Choisy, Medinilla luzo- 

 niensis Hook, f., Leucopogon malayanus Jack, Emielia myrtillus Kurz, Fagraea 

 ligustrina Blume, and Loranthus retusus Jack. Until the above species are 

 actually discovered in the Philippines, they should not be considered as repre- 

 sentatives of the Philippine flora. 



Loranthus scurrula Linn.; Schultes Syst. Veg. 7 (1829) 90. 



Credited to the Philippines by citation of Camell, Luzon, n. 30. The species 

 has not been found in the Archipelago, and Camell's plant was undoubtedly the 

 allied Loranthus philippensis C. & S. 



Loranthus pauciflorus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 235; F.-Vill. Nov. App. 

 (1883) 184, non Sw. 



Loranthus tomentosits Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 104; ed. 3, 1 : 290, non Heyne. 



I have not been able to find any specimens that agree exactly with Blanco's 

 description, which is not sufficiently complete to make out the relationships of 

 the species. The description calls for a plant with opposite, nearly lanceolate 

 leaves, obtuse at the apex, the margins and both surfaces stellate-pubescent or 

 tomentose. Flowers G-merous, three or four grouped in each axil. The only Phil- 

 ippine specimens that agree with the above in vegetative characters are forms of 

 L. philippensis and L. sphenoideus, but neither of these has G-merous flowers. It 

 is barely possible that Blanco's description was based on a mixture of material. 

 F.-Villar considered it to be a distinct valid species, and retained it under Blanco's 

 first specific name. Neither name is valid, and as the species is a very doubtful 

 one I do not consider it advisable to coin a new name for it at this time. 



Loranthus coccineus Jack. 



Loranthus wallichianus Schult. 



Loranthus pulcher DC. 



Loranthus fasciculatus Bl. 



Loranthus- fuscus Bl. 



Loranthus bicolor Roxb. 



Loranthus globosus Roxb. 



Loranthus pallens Wall. 



Loranthus carinatulus Wall. 



LORANTHS SPHAEROCARPUS Bl. 



The above ten species were credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar in the 

 Novissima Appendix to the third edition of Blanco's Flora de Filipinas (1883) 

 183, 184. It is very doubtful if any of them actually occur in the Philippines, 

 and they were apparently credited to the Archipelago on the part of F.-Villar by 

 misconceptions of the species and erroneous identifications. 



