184 



wliitc. densely many llmvered, tin' rliaeliis |ml)ei'uleiit with minute liairs. 

 Perianth 4-parte(l, the segments ()hl()n<;--()vate, obtuse, about 1.5 mm. l(»ii<i'. 

 Stamens 4; tihimeuts intie.xed in liud, exserted in anthesis, 2 to 3 mm. 

 l()U,u' : anthers about 1 mm. loni;-. I'istiHate inlloreseence axilbiry, spieatc, 

 short, 1 to 1..") cm. louii, lew (about 8) llowered, the rliaehis puberulent. 

 Periantli 4-parted, the se<2:ments imbricate, sube([ual, oljloniif-ovate. obtuse. 

 1.7 to 2 jum. lon^;. Ovary sessile. ob]()n<i', exserted, 1-celled, <:labrous; 

 style 2 mm. lon^ir. bipai'tite I'or two-thirds its leniztli. 



^Mindanao, District uf Davao (27S ])i\ Ore d- Iloonr), April. I'.H);!. Ua.sila.n 

 (2440 Hutchinson) Decenilier, 190o. ■■('(iiiiinon in foiest.s above 15 in." Hutch- 

 inson. Baf^obo Hulas, in Basilan (>//.s. 



A species cliaracterized by its c(>iii|iaiatively slioil inlloiescence and caiulate- 

 aciiiiiiiiate leaves, tlie nuufiiiis of wliicli are ciilirc below and more or less 

 irregularly crenate-serrate above. 



UKTKWCE.i:. 



CHAMABAINIA Wight. 



Chamabainia squamigera (Wall.) ^^'ed(l. in ])('. Prodr. 16 (ISd'.l) 21S. C. cii.s- 

 pidata Wight; Hook. t. Fi. ]?rit. Iiid. 5 (1888) 580; V. H. Wriglit in 

 Forbes & Henisl. -Journ. Linn. .Soe. Bot. 26 (189!)) 48!». 

 Ia'ZOX, District of Lepanto, Mount Data (455(i Merrill) Xoveniber 4, 1!K)5. In 



the mossy forest at about 2,250 ni. Westein China to Xoithern India .south (o 



Ceylon. 



An interesting case of geographical distribution, no species of the genus luiving 



previously been reported from the lMii!ip])ines. So far as I am able to determine 



from (Icsciiptions alone, the l'hilii)pine form is not distinct from the .Vsiatic 



species to which it is here referred. 



LOKANTHACE.i:. 



LORANTHUS Linn. 



Loranthus ahernianus .Merrill >\). no\. S hcndrDjil Imc. 



Shrubbv, bi'anched. ^^labrous except the somewhat Furfuraceous inllor- 

 eseeuce. J^ranches glabrous, rugose, lenticellate, reddish brown when 

 drv. rather slendei'. T^eaves op])()site, glabi'ons. coriaceous. ])ale when 

 di'W (Udl. o\ate to oblong ovate, the base I'ather broad, rounded oi- obtuse, 

 the apex acunnnate, <• to I'l cm. long. 2.'> to 5 cm. w idc. the midi-ib pi-om- 

 ineiit, the latei'al nei'ves xcrv ii'i'cgnlar, obscui'c. petioles 1 cm. long. 

 Indorescence of solitary, axillary, hitei-al and tei'iiiinal racemose panicles 

 (■) to S cm. long, rather many llowered, the axis and short branches fui'- 

 t'uraceous, the 1.5 to ';* cm. long peduncles subtended bv a whorl of small 

 imbricated bracts, the lii-anches mo>tly abn\c the middle, alxiut 5 mm. 

 long, each usuallv three llowered. the midillc tlower sessile, the two lateral 

 ones ju'diceled. Flowers >lcnder. tubular, about iL.") cm. long, yellow. 

 sliglitly enlarged below and at the apex, the subtending hi-acts ovate, that 

 of the sessile llowcr acuminate. 1 mm. long, tho.se of the lateral jiedici'led 

 llowers smallei' and often acute, tlu' jjedicels of the lateral ilowers ',\ to 4 



