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being fragmentary, but sufficient 1 believe to sbow the identity of the two speci- 

 mens. Van Tieghem's description being very short and imperfect, it has been 

 thought well to publish a longer one here. 



Loranthus viridis Merrill sp. nov. % Dcndiopthoe. 



Coarse, more or less branched, shrubby, glabrous throughout. Leaves 

 opposite, coriaceous, usually pale or yellowish when dry, elliptical-ovate, 

 ovate or even obovate, 6 to 11 cm. long, 4 to 6 cm. wide, rounded or acute 

 at the apex, narrowed below to the acute, slightly decurrent base, shin- 

 ing above, dull beneath, the midrib stout, the lateral nerves obscure; 

 petioles stout, 2 to 3 cm. long. Cymes 5 cm. long or less, few flowered, 

 glabrous, solitary in the upper axils and terminal, the branches few, three 

 or four, whorled at the summit of the 1 to 2.5 cm. long peduncles the 

 branches spreading, about 1 cm. long, each branchlet with two or three 

 flowers the pedicels about 2 mm. long, the bract subtending the flower 

 small, orbicular-ovate, rounded. Flowers pale green, about 3.5 cm. long, 

 the buds somewhat clavate at the tips. Calyx cylindrical, glabrous, 5 

 to 6 mm. long, the limb truncate, or very obscurely 6 toothed, slightly 

 exceeding the ovary. Corolla slightly swollen below, the lobes 6, united 

 for the lower 0.5 cm., 3 mm. wide below, gradually narrowed upward 

 and 1 mm. wide above, the upper 1 cm. reflexed from the insertion of the 

 stamens, much thickened and deeply channeled on the inner surface. 

 Stamens 8 mm. long, the antheriferous portion narrow, about 3.5 mm. 

 long, inappendiculate. Fruit fleshy, glabrous, ellipsoidal, about 12 mm. 

 long. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (81G, 1814, 2938 Borden) June, 

 September, 1904, and March, 1905. No. 1953 Cuming, Philippines, without 

 locality, of which a fragmentary specimen exists in our herbarium, appears to 

 belong here. 



PHRYGILANTHUS Eichl. 



Phrygilanthus obtusifolius Merrill sp. nov. 



Glabrous throughout. Shrubby, much branched, about 1 m. long, the 

 i)ranches slender, brown or yellowish when dry, rigid, terete, the younger 

 branches often somewhat compressed below the nodes, the nodes promi- 

 nent. Leaves opposite, oblong-obovate, 3 to 6 cm. long, 1 to 2.5 cm. wide, 

 the. apex broad, rounded, gradually narrowed below to the cuneate base, 

 coriaceous, dull, finely wrinkled on both surfaces when dry, the nerves, 

 including the midrib, obsolete or nearly so; petioles 3 to 5 mm. long. 

 Cymes glabrous, axillary and terminal, few, usually 2-flowered, solitary 

 or two or three from each node, the peduncles slender, 1 to 2 cm. long, 

 the pedicels 3 mm. long. Flowers white about 1 cm. long the bract small, 

 rounded, about 1 mm. long. Calyx glabrous, cylindrical, truncate, 3 mm. 

 long, the limb sliglitly exceeding the ovary. ■ Petals 5, free, slightly 

 enlarged, and 2 mm. wide below, narrowed above, the upper three-fifths 

 curved-reflexed from the insertion of the stamens. Filaments G mm. 

 long; anthers oblong, obtuse, versatile. Stylo glabrous, about 12 iniii. 



