134 MERRILL. 



§ Heteeanthus. 



3. Loranthus basilanensis sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis verticillatis, coriaceis, elliptico-ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, 

 usque ad 11 cm longis, utrinque acutis, vel apice leviter acuminatis, basi 

 interdum rotundatis, petiolatis, nervis utrinque 3 vel 4, subobsoletis ; 

 floribus 5-meris, in cymis brevibus axillaribus solitariis binis vel fas- 

 ciculatis dispositis; petalis liberis, eirciter 1.5 cm longis. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches terete, grayish or brownish, smooth, 

 Leaves three or four at each node, verticillate, elliptic-ovate to oblong- 

 ovate, 6 to 11 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, brown when dry, dull, acute at 

 both ends, or the apex sometimes slightly acuminate and the base 

 rounded; nerves 3 or 4 on each side of the midrib, very obscure, the 

 reticulations obsolete; petioles 5 to 10 mm long. Cymes axillary, soli- 

 tary, in pairs, or fascicled at the nodes, the rachis less than 1 cm long. 

 Flowers yellow, pedicelled, each subtended by a single small bracteole. 

 Calyx cup-shaped, 3 mm long, the limb produced, truncate. Petals 5, 

 about 15 cm long, 1 mm wide, free, the portion above the insertion of 

 the stamens refiexed; filaments 2 mm long; antliers continuous, 3 mm 

 long. 



Basilan, Matangal Point, For. Bur. SJf.'il Hutchinson, December, 1907. An 

 unnumbered specimen collected on Basilan by Hallier, in January, 1904, is probably 

 referable here, as well as Copelund 376, from Davao, Jlindanao. 



4. Loranthus merrittii nom. nov. 



Loranthus 7iodostis Engl. Nat. Pllanzenfam. Nachtr. 1 (1897) 128, non Desr. 



8temmatoj)hyllum nodosum Van Tiogii. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 41 (1894) 

 506. 



Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1952, 195S, the former the type number. 

 Luzon, near Manila, Merrill SJ/OJ}, Loher 4463 : Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. 

 8348 Curran & Merritt: Province of Bataan, near Bagac, For. Bur. 5977 Curran. 

 LxjBANG, Merrill 960. Mindobo, Cauayan, For. Bur. 9893 Merritt. 



Endemic. 



5. Loranthus benguetensis sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis verticillatis, ternis vol (luattTJiis, oblongo-ellipticis vel 

 lanceolato-cllipticis, obtusis, sessilibus, erasse coriaceis, nitidis, usque ad 

 4 cm longis; floribus 5-meris, glabris, in triadibus dispositis, omnibus 

 breviter pedicellatis ; triadibus umbellatim dispositis, pedunculis axillari- 

 bus, solitariis. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches stout, terete, dark-colored and almost 

 black when dry, somewhat shining. Leaves verticillate, tliree or four at 

 each node, sessile, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, obtuse, the base 

 acute, thickly coriaceous, shining, 3 to 4 cm long, 1 to 1.3 cm wide, the 

 midrib faint, the lateral nerves and reticulations obsolete. Inflorescence 

 axillary, solitary, the peduncles slender, about 1 cm long, each with about 

 four sbort braucbos umbollatoly disposed at the apex, tbese branch&s about 



