188 



Loranthus ses^iliflorus Merrill s\\. iiov. ^ I'hoenicanthemuni.. 



Slinibby, entirely glabrous, with axillary solitary or fascicled spikes of 

 small sessile flowers, the whole inflorescence glabrous, red. Branches dark 

 reddish l)rown or nearly bhuk wlicii dry, terete. Leaves opposite, very 

 coriaceous, broadly-ovate to sul)orbicular-ovate, dull and minutely wrin- 

 kled on both surfaces when dry. the apex broad, rounded or ol)tuse, 

 rarely somewhat nai-j-owcd and acute, the base acute to subti'uncate, 8 to 

 11 cm. long, 5 to S cm. wide, the nerves 4 to ■> on each side of the stout 

 midrib, obscure; petioles stout, about 1 cm. long. Spikes 1 to 4 or 5 in 

 each axil, usually 3, 4 to 7 cm. long, many flowered. Flowers red. 

 sessile, about 7 mm. long, the subtending bract very thick, orbicular, 

 iH'arly 1.5 mm. in diameter. Calyx glabrous, cylindrical, about 2 mm. 

 long, the limb very slightly produced beyond the ovary, truncate. Petals 

 4, free to the base, linear, scarcely widened below, 5 mm. long, the upper 

 half curved-reflexed from the insertion of the stamens. Filaments about 

 1 mm. long, slightly rugose-wrinkled lu^ai' the insertion below, the 

 anthers continuous, slightly wider than the filaments, oblong, 1.5 inm. 

 long. Style glabrous, about 5 mm. long. Immature fruit small, ovoid. 



Luzox, Province of Bataan, Mount :\[arivoles (1171 Whitford) Marcli, 1!)05; 

 Province of Benguet, Bafjuio (OOoT Elmer) ]\Iarch, 1!)(»4. IMindoko, Baco River 

 (4041 Merrill) Marcli, 190.5; (125 McGregor) :\Iarcli, 100.5. Parasitic on various 

 trees, sea level to an altitude of ahout 1,500 in. 



Loranthus subalternifolius Merrill noni. nov. Amylotheca cumiiuiii Van Tiegh. 

 Bull. Bot. Soe. France, 41 (1894) 264. Loranthus cumingii Engl. Nat. 

 Pfianzenfani. Nachtr. (1897) 128, non L. cumingianus Engl. 1. c. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches light gray, terete, the branchlets 

 often olivaceous, somewhat thickened aiul compressed below the nodes, 

 smooth. Leaves coriaceous, subalternate, or the upper ones opposite, 

 oblong-ovate, usually pale when dry, somewhat shining 8 to i;5 cm. long, 

 4 to 5.5 cm. wide, usually gradually narrowed above to the acute, rarely 

 slightlv acuminate apex, and more abruptly narrowed lielow to the 

 acute, often decurrent base; nei\cs about G on each side of the midrili, 

 obscure; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Inflorescence of solitai-y, axillary, 

 racemose panicles 4 to 7 cm. long, the branches short, opposite, spreading, 

 raceniosely disposed, about 3 uim. long, each bearing three sessile flowers 

 at the apex, the bracts renifoiin. rounded, about 2 mm. long. Calyx 

 cylindrical, about 5.5 mm. long, the limb sti'ongly in'odueed beyond the 

 ovary, truncate, soniewhai spreading. Coi'olla liibniar. alioiit IS imii. 

 long, golilen yellow, somewhat inflated below, the lobes (i. lineai-. iiniteil 

 for the lower ;*> mm. I'^ilamcnts very stout, about 2 mm. long; aniliers 

 linear, 2.5 mm. long, tlu' portion of the ])etals al)ove Ibe insertion of tbe 

 stamens thickeiu'd, neaily (i mm. long, spreading or rellexed in antbesis, 



PHH.TI'I'I.NES ( 19t»9 Ciimiiuj) ls:!(l ISUl. I.r/.ON. Province of I'.engucl. Salilan 

 (0191 FAmer) April, 1904. 



'i'lie above (lescripf ion is based on No. (ilOl Hlimr. my s|M'cini<'n of (uniing's 

 plant a cotype of A nn/lotlircn cii miiuiii Nan 'V\r<r\i.-— Ijoraii I li ks cinniiii/ii JMigl., 



