PHILIPPINE LORANTHACE^. 



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3. PHRYGILANTHUS Eichl. 



1. Phrygilanthus obtusifolius Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 189. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan. Mount Mariveles, Whitford 134, 1081, May, 1904, 

 February, 1905, For. Bur. 1813 Borden, September, 1904, For. Bur. 628G Curran, 

 February, 1907. 



Endemic. 



4. VISCUM Linn. 



1. Branches leafy 1- V.orientale 



1. Branches leafless, terete or compressed. 



2. Branches terete or angled 2. V. angulatum 



2. Branches compressed. 



3. Internodes 1.5 to G cm long; plant diffuse, pendulous or spreading, dicho- 



tomously branched, 20 to 80 cm long 3. V. articulatum 



3. Internodes 2 or 3 to 15 mm long; plant erect, strict, less than 10 cm long. 



4. V. opuntia 



1. Viscum orientale Willi Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 224; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 278; 

 Blume Fl. Jav. Loranth. (1828) /. 24, 25; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 224; 

 Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 141, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 232; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1883) 184; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1894) 408. 



Fusanus f parasitus Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 53; ed. 3, 1 : 100. 



Viscum monoicum Presl Epim. (1851) 251, non Roxb. 



Viscum opuntioides Cav. Icon. 6 (1801) 3, in note, probably, non L. 



Philippines, without locality, Cuming 191,8, 1950, 195//, 1961. Luzon, Prov- 

 ince of Nueva Ecija, For. Bur. 8454 Curran: Province of Bataan, Lamao, For. 

 Bur. 7230 Curran: Province of Pangasinan, Alberto 2. Lubang, Merrill 9G1. 

 Palawan, For. Bur. 3814 Curran. 



India and Ceylon to southern China, through Malaya to New Guinea and 

 northern Australia. 



2. Viscum angulatum Heyne ex DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 283; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 1 1 (1856) 80G; Hook. f. Fl. Brit.Tnd. 5 (1886) 225; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 184. 



Viscum ramosissimum Wight Icon. t. 1017. 



Viscum capense Llanos Fragm. (1851) 53; Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4: 38, non Linn. f. 

 fide F.-Villar. 



Viscum oxycedri Llanos Mem. Ac. Cienc. Madr. 4 (1858) 501; Fl. Filip. 1. c. 

 102, non DC, fide F.-Vill. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, For. Bur. G9J,3 Curran, May, 1907, parasitic on 

 Casuarina equisetifolia Forst. 



India to Java and northern Australia. 



3. Viscum articulatum Burm. Fl. Ind. (1768) 311; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 

 284; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 22(5 ; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 185. 



Viscum compressum Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 2 (1812) 861; Blume Fl. 

 Jav. Loranth. (1828) t. 26. 



Viscum philippense Llanos Fragm. (1851) 53, Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4: 38, fide F.- 

 Villar. 



Viscum falcatum Llanos in Mom. Ac. Cienc. Madr. 4 (1858) 501, Fl. Filip. 1. c. 

 102, non Wall., fide F.-Villar. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Williams 1009, For. Bur. 15894 Bacani, For. Bur. 

 10923 Curran, For. Bur. 1621,3 Curran, Merritt, d Zschokke: Province of Union, 



