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Loranthus mirabilis Nan lluerck ct ]Miicll. Aiy. in Act. 8oc. llelv. .Sci. Nat. 

 55 (1872) 47. Stcinniatopliijlliini, cuminyii Van Tiogli. Bull. >Soc. Bot. Fr. 

 41 ( 1894) 505. Loranthus cumingianus Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfani. Naclitrage 

 (1897) 128, non L. cumingii Engl. 1. c. 



Philippines, without locality (1966 Cuming) 1836-1840, in Herb. Bureau of 

 Science. Basilan (3447 Hutchinson) December, 1905, parasitic on trees along 

 the seashore. Mindanao, Davao (376 Copcland) March, 1904; Lake Lanao, 

 Camp Keithley {Mrs. Clemens) March, 1906. 



The oldest name for this species is Loranthus mirahilis Van Huerck ct Muell. 

 Arg., the description being published in 1872 as above cited. The name is 

 recorded in the first supplement to Index Kewensis, but the citation to the 

 original publication is not given, the reference being to Van Tieghem, Bull. 8oc. 

 Bot. Fr. 41 (1894) 547, in obs. Van Tieghem 1. c. states that he found this 

 number of Cuming's Philippine collection in the herbaria of Van Huerck, De- 

 Candolle, and Boissier under the name L. mirahiJis. He did not, however, find a 

 reference to the place of publication. Both Loranthus mirahilis and Stemmato- 

 l)hi/Uum cumingii { = Loranthus cumingianus) were based on the same number of 

 Cuming's Philippine collection cited above. It was by chance only that I found 

 a reference to the original publication of Loranthus mirahilis, in reading over 

 the list of Mueller's publications given by Briquet,^^ and I am indebted to Dr. 

 William Trelease, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, for a copy of the 

 rather long description and discussion of the species, the original publication not 

 being available in Manila. 



Loranthus secundiflorus Merrill sp. nov. % Dendropthoe. 



Shrubby, less than 1 m. high, glabrous throughout except the minutely 

 puberulent inflorescence. Branches slender, terete, smooth, somewhat 

 enlarged and compressed below the nodes, olive brown when dry. Leaves 

 o[)posite, lanceolate, coriaceous, shining, sessile, 8 to 10 cm. long, 2 to 3 

 cm. wide, paler beneath, the base obtuse or subacute, gradually narrowed 

 above to the slightly acuminate apex ; lateral nerves obscure, irregular, 

 o to T on each side of the midril), the reticulations lax. Inflorescence 

 solitar}', axillary, of 4 to 8 cm. long racemose panicles, the flowers secund, 

 the axis and branchlets minutely puberulent, the branches of the in- 

 florescence opposite, very short, about 3 mm. long, racemosely disposed, 

 each with 2 or 3 sessile flowers at the apex, the bracts orbicular-ovate, 

 ol)tuse, al>out 2 mm. long. Calyx cylindrical, 4.5 mm. long, minutely 

 pubendent or subglabrous, the limb extending beyond the ovary and 

 rather prominently 6-toothed. Corolla glabrous, cylindrical, not en- 

 larged, about 2 cm. long, red, the lobes 2 mm. wide below, united for 

 the lower 2 mm., the portion above the insertion of the stamens reflexed 

 in anthesis, 5 to G mm. long. Anthers sessile, linear, ina})pen(liculate, 

 al)()ut 4.5 mm. long. 



Mindanao, Province of Surigao (237 Bolster) February 10, 1906. Parasitic 

 on various trees in open lands at an altitude of about 15 m. above the sea. A 

 species recogiiizalile l)y its secund flowers and sessile anthers. 



"Bh/?. Ilirb. Boiss. (1896). 4, 128. 



