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iiim. long. Calyx evlindric-al, 4 mm. long, glal)r()us, (he limb extended 

 somewhat beyond the ovary, truncate or obscurely G-toothed. Corolla 

 about 3 cm. long, glabrous, the lobes linear, united for the lower 0.5 cm., 

 the filaments inserted at about the middle, 9 mm. long, inappendiculate ; 

 anthers linear oblong about 5 mm. long. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso (2140 Ahern's collector) December 15, 

 1904. A species apparently related to Loranthus viridis Merr., bvit differing in 

 many characters. 



Loranthus cauliflorus Merrill sp. nov. ^ StefumatophyUuni, Artlirostemma. 



Shruliby, glabrous throughout, the flowers arranged along one side of 

 the branches 1k>1ow the leaves on very short usually trianthous peduncles. 

 Branches dark brown, terete, glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves opposite, 

 coriaceous, 18 to 25 cm. long, 6 to 8 cm. wide, oblong-ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, dull, minutely densely wrinkled when dry, the base acute, 

 the apex acuminate ; nerves about 5 on each side of the midrib, ascending; 

 petioles stout, 2 to 2.5 cm. long. Flowers rather numerous, red, the 

 peduncles stout, 2 mm. long or less, each bearing three, sometimes but 

 two or one, sessile flowers, each flower subtended by a broadly ovate 

 basal bract about 2.5 mm. long. Calyx cylindrical, 3 mm. long, the 

 limb short, truncate. Petals 5, free, 2 to 2.4 cm. long, linear, 2 mm. wide 

 below, free, narrowed above, the recurved portion above the insertion of 

 the stamen about 8 mm. long. Anthers about 7 mm. long, sessile or 

 subsessile. 



MiXDAXAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (55 Mrs. Clemens) January, 1906. A 

 very characteristic species, at once recognizable by its peculiar inflorescence, the 

 flowers being borne along one side of the branches below the leaves. 



Loranthus dementis Merrill sp. nov. % Dendropthoe. 



Shrubb}', glabrous throughout except the slightly puberulent flowers 

 and inflorescence. Branches brownish gray, stout, terete, with numerous 

 small lenticels. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to oblong-ovate, alternate, the 

 base acute, the apex obtuse, dull when dry, 8 to 12 cm. long, 4 to 6.5 cm. 

 wide, with two pairs of stout nerves from near the base of the leaf, the 

 upper pair extending nearly to the apex, the reticulations lax. Flowers 

 slender, somewhat curved, 2.5 to 3 cm. long, 2 to 5 racemosely disposed 

 on each short peduncle, the peduncles numerous, fascicled in the axils 

 of the leaves. Calyx cylindrical, nearly 3 mm. long, somewhat fer- 

 ruginous puberulent, the limb produced above the ovary nearly 1 mm.. 

 5-toothcd, the basal bract narrowly ovate, acute, about 1.5 min. long, the 

 pedicel 1 to 2 mm. long. Corolla slender, somewhat curved, slightly 

 inflated above, the tube long, red and yellow, grayish or brownish scurfy 

 puberulent outside, the lobes 5, 10 to 13 mm. long, the reflexed portion 

 above the insertion of the stamens linear, about 8 mm. long. Filaments 

 4 to 5 mm. long; anthers about 2 mm. long. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley [Mrs. Clemens) March, 190(), altitude 

 about 800 m. 



