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Loranthus copelandi Men ill sp. ii(i\. DciKhojiHiov % Eudendrojtlhor. 



Glabrous except the inllureseeiiee, with 11 to 18 cin. long huieeolate to 

 oblong-lanceolate petioled leaves, and many flowered axillary fascicled 

 racemes, the flowers red and yellow, about 4.5 cm. long. Branches 

 brownish gray, glabrous, terete. Leaves snbcoriaceous, glabrous, minutely 

 wrinkled-rugose when dry. dull, 11 to 18 cm. long, 2.5 to 3.5 cm. wide, 

 naiTowcd above to the hhmt a|)ex and below to the somewhat attenuate 

 hase, tile midrib very stout, tlie lateral nerves 3 to 4 on each side of the 

 midrib, long, ascending, the reticulations obscure; petioles stout, about 1 

 cm. long. Inflorescence slightly ferruginous pubescent, 3 to 5 racemes 

 fascicled in each axil or in the axils of fallen leaves, 4 to T cm. long. 

 Flowers slender, tlie buds slightly pubescent, becoming glabrous except 

 tlie calyx, red below, yellow al)ove. about 20 in each raceme. Pedicels 

 about 1 mm. long, puberulent, the bract narrowly ovate, acute, 1.5 mm. 

 long, puberulent. Calyx cylindrical, rather densely ferruginous puberu- 

 lent. 3 mni. long, with 5 suudl teeth. Coi'olla slender, somewhat curved, 

 slightly enlarged above, 4 to 4.5 em. long, 5-lobed, the lobes linear, about 

 1 cm. long, becoming recurved. Anthers not narrowed below, 3 mm. 

 long, apiculate-acuniinati' ; lilanients about 5 mm. long. 



Luzox, Province of Benguet, Daklaii to Kabayan (4407 Merrill ) October 27. 

 1905. Parasitic on Pittosporum pentandrum (Blanco) Merr.. in thickets at about 

 1,500 m. A species apparently closely related to Loranthun curvatiis Blume, 

 (lid'oring in its vegetative characters and fascicled racemes. 



Loranthus mindanaensis Merrill sp. nov. ^ Dciulropthoe. 



Slii-iihhy. glabrous throughout. Branches terete, glabrous, light gi'ay. 

 the younger branchlets brownish to olivaceous, rather slender. Leaves 

 coriaceous, glabrous, dull, ovate to oblong-ovate, 8 to 12 em. long, 4 to 

 () cm. wide, the base broad, usually rounded, the a|)ex blunt-acute, the 

 midrib stout; latei'al nerves irregular, 3 tit 4 on each side of the niidrih, 

 ascending, not })roniinent. the reticulations lax: petioles stout, ahout 

 3 mm. long. Inflorescence axillai-y. of solitai'y ;> to 5 cm. long racemose 

 ]ianicles, the flowers in groups of threes at the ends of the vei-y shoi't 

 branchlets, the branchlets racemosely disposed. op])osite. 2 to 3 mm. long. 

 Flowers sessile, glabrous, the bracts broadly ovate, about 1.5 mm. long, 

 obtuse. Calyx cylindrical, about .■).5 mm. long, tlic limb truncate, entir(\ 

 slightlv exceeding the oxai'v. Corolla I'ed. Iiihuhir. not enlarged hclow. 

 nearlv 2 cm. long, the lobes (i, lineai', united for the lower 2 mm. l''ila- 

 ments very siiorl, less than 1 mm. long. imi|i|)cn{liculate, the anlhei's 

 liiu'ar, about .'! mm. long, the |ioiiion id' Ihr prtals abo\c thr insri'tion ot 

 the staiiirii ahont 5 mm. long, rrllrxed in anthrsis. 



Ml.ND.W.M). I)i>trict of l);i\;io. |)a\:io ( :;4 1 Ciiprhiml ] M;iiili. IDOI. mi 'I'hco- 

 hr<jiii<i. <;(i<-(i<i i... :iihI Aiilitlcsiiui (/lirsiniibillti (jaertn.; ]\Iount Apo ('iS5 HcVun 

 tG Hoorrr) .May, l!Mi:!. A sjx'cies related to fjoraiithiis sccundi/loriis Men., and 

 /.. sulnillcniifolius .Men., dilferin^f in xcgetatixc charaeters from botli. 



