NEW PHILIPPINE PI^VNTS. 133 



LOIIANTHAOE.E. 



LORANTHUS Linn. 

 Loranthus ovatifolius Merrill s[). nov. ij Dcndroplhoc. 



Glaber; foliis ovatis, acuminatis, subcoriaceis, nitidis, basi late cor- 

 datis; ra'cemis axiilaribiis, solitariis, confertis; floribus tenuibiis, ca. 2 cm 

 longis, 5-meris. 



Glabrous tlirougliout, brancbes terete, slender, pale-grayisli-brown, 

 lenticellate. Leaves opposite, ovate to broadly ovate, subcoriaceons, 

 shining on both surfaces, 6 to 8 cm long, -4 to G em wide, apex acuminate, 

 rarely subacute, base l)road, rather strongly cordate; nerves 5 or G on 

 each side of the midrib, indistinct, irregular, the reticulations obscure ; 

 ])etioles 2 to 3 nnn long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, congested, 

 about 3 cm long, the Howers 3-1 on 2-3 mm long lateral branches which 

 are racemosely disposed, the rachis 1 to 1.5 cm long. Fbjwers scarlet, 

 slender, about 2 cm long, one sessile, tlie others on eacli Ijranchlet short- 

 ])edicellate, each subtended by a broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, concave 

 bracteole about 2 mm long. Corolla cylindrical, about 1.5 mm in diam- 

 eter, not swollen, 5-lohed, lol)es extending nearly to the base, less than 

 1 mm wide; filaments 1.5 mm long; anthers equaling the filaments. 

 Calyx oblong, 2 mm long, 1 mm thick, somewhat sulcate and angular, 

 the liml) short, 5-toothed ; style about 2 cm long. 



Mindanao, without localitj% on the seaeoast, Mrs. Clemens lido, October, 1907. 



A species well characterized by its ovate glabrous shining broadly cordate 

 leave-s, congested inflorescence and 5-nierovis slender flowers. 



MAGNOLIACEyE. 



TALAUMA Juss. 



Talauma pubescens JMerrill sp. nov. 



Arbor ca. 15 m alta; ramis ramulis stipulis petiolis foliis subtus brac- 

 teisque plus minus dense pubescentibus ; foliis elliptico-ovatis vel oblongo- 

 ovatis, acuminatis, chartaceis vel sul)eoriaceis, 15 ad 30 cm longis, nervis 

 utrinque ca. 20; floribi»s albis ca. 4 cm longis; petalis 9, ghibris, anguste 

 oblongo-obovatis vel subspatulatis, interioribus minoribus. 



A tree about 15 m high, the 1)ranches terete, rather stout, dark-colored, 

 pubescent, in age glabrous, the branchlets densely fulvous-pubescent. 

 Leaves elliptical-ovate to o1)long-ovate, chartaceous to subcoriaceons, 15 

 to 30 cm long, 8 to 14 cm wide, base rounded, apex rather short-acuminate, 

 above shining and glabrous, beneath more or less pubescent with scattered 

 hairs, in age subglabrous; nerves prominent, about 20 on each side of the 

 midrib, anastomosing near the margin of tbe leaf: })etioles densely pubes- 

 cent, 2 to 3.5 cm long; stipules deciduous, linear-lanceolate, 8 or *) em 

 long, densely fulvous-hirsute outside. Flowers white, fragrant, the buds 

 inclosed in a deciduous, broadly ovate, acuminate, densely pubescent bract 



