LORANTHACE/E. 



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pio breve pectinate. Calycis tubus cum ovario aclnatus complanatus mm. 

 longus, lobis 4 triangularibus apice acntis vel tnmcatis ; stigma sessile conicum 

 ^ mm. longum apice obtusum. 



HAB. Toroku : Yoshiryo, leg. T. KAWAKAMI et Y. SHIMADA, Oct. 1907, (No. 

 5747). 



The most slender form of Viscum found in Formosa. It is very likely an 

 erect plant. 



Viscum (Aspidixia) filipendulum HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 69-70). Parasiti- 

 ca 40-50 cm. longa pendula dichotome vel trichotome ramosissima, ramis nodosis 

 patentissimis, internodiis mediis inferioribusque teretibus 2-2^ cm. longis 2 mm. 

 in diainetro sectionis apice plus minus la- 

 tioribus basi angustioribus in exsiccato 

 rugulosis glabris, internodiis superioribus 

 angustioribus complanatis. Flores moncecii. 

 Fl. mascnlini ad latus nodorum opposi- 

 tim siti brevissime stipitati, stipitibus 

 i mm. longis perfecte immersis, bracteolis 

 minutis ; involucro ad orem bifido margine 

 sub lente setuloso-pectinato. Segmeiita ca- 

 lycis 4 extus sub lente papillosa oblonga 

 apice acuta vel obtusa If mm. longa mm. 

 lata, antheris sessilibus ad segrnentum ca- 

 lycis adnatis oblongis 1 mm. longis. Flores 

 9- ad latus nodorum oppositini siti. Ova- 

 rium inferius. Fructus in exsiccato suci- 

 no-coloratus oblongus 7mm. longus 6 mm. 

 latus apice obtusus lobis perianthii 4 triangularibus apice acutis ^ mm. longis 

 coronatus glaber ad centrum apice apiculato-punctatus. 



HAB. Koshun : Shasensui, leg. T. KAWAKAMI et S. SASAKI, Feb. 1911. 



Remarkable for its having persistent calyx-lobes like those of Pseudixus 

 japonicus. 



Viscum (Euviscum-Triflorce) sp. Folia elliptica 2-3 cm. longa 1 cm. lata 

 apice obtusissima basi cuneata margine integra crassiuscula plana 3-nervia, 



Fig. 69, Viscum filipendulum 

 HAYATA; a, a male flower-bud on 

 a node ; b, the same, detached ; c, a 

 more advanced male flower on a node ; 

 d, the same, detached ; e, a petal, with 

 a stamen ; f, a female flower ; g, a fruit ; 

 h, the same, seen from a little above. 



