152 MERRILL. 



Elmer 5554: Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 11051 Zschokke: Province of Pan- 

 gasinan, For. Bur. 8347 Gurran d Mcrritt: Province of Rizal, Loher J,' f 82: Province 

 of Bataan, For. Bur. 7230 bis Curran, Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 56/ f . 

 India to Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



4. Viscum opuntia Thunb. PI. Jap. (1784) G4. 



Viscum japonicum Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 3 (1794) 329; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. 5 (1886) 228. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 1G01J, Curran, Merritt 

 d Zschokke: Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 8080 Curran d 

 Merritt. 



India to Japan, south to Mauritius, Malaya, ami Australia; not previously 

 reported from the Philippines. 



5. NOTOTHIXOS Oliver. 



1. Inflorescence of simple spikes. 



2. Leaves 2 cm long or less T . y. curranii 



2. Leaves 4 to 5 cm long 2 , N. sulphurous 



1. Inflorescence cymose 3 y. philippinensis 



1. Notothixos curranii sp. now 



Ramulis foliia junioribus infiorescentiisquc densissime pallide griseo- 



puberulis ; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, ovato-lanceolatis vel elliptico-lanceo- 

 latis, 1.5 ad 2 cm longifl, trinerviis, apice obtusis vel leviter obtuse 

 acuminatis, basi acuminatis, supra glabris, nitidis, subtus dense pallide 

 puberulis; floribus 4-mcris, oppositis, in spicis simplicibus terminalibus 

 axillaribnsque solitariis dispositis. 



Branches terete, dark-brown or nearly black, glabrous, the youngest 

 branchlets, inflorescences and young leaves densely pale-gray isb-puber- 

 ulent. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 1.5 to 2 

 cm long, 8 to 10 mm wide, subcoriaceous, the apex obtuse or obscurely and 

 broadly acuminate, base acuminate, margins entire, the upper surface 

 glabrous, brown and shining when dry, the lower surface densely pale- 

 grayish-puberulent; nerves 3, slender, extending from the base nearly to 

 the apex, rather distinct on the upper surface, nearly obsolete beneath; 

 petioles 3 to 4 mm long, puberulent. Spikes terminal and axillary, 

 solitary, about 1 cm long. Flowers 4-merous, sessile, opposite, eacli sub- 

 tended by a small, broadly ovate, obtuse bract less than 1 mm long. 

 Perianth-lobes 4, ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Limay, For. Bur. 12',02 Mcrritt d Curran August 

 1908. 



Distinguished among the Philippine species by its small leaves and pale, 

 scarcely yellow, and not glandular puberulence. 



2. Notothixos sulphureus sp. nov. 



Ramulis foliis junioribus inflorescentiisquc densissime sulphureo- 

 glanduloso-puberulis; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, late ovatis, vel late ellip- 

 ticis, usque ad 5 cm longis, subcoriaceis, basi apiceque late rotundatis, 

 supra glabris, subtus pallide glanduloso-puberulis nitidisque, trinerviis; 



