136 MERRILL. 



9. Loranthus tenuis sp. nov. 



Glabor, ramulis juvenilibus inflorescentiisque exceptis; ramis raniu- 

 lisque tenuibus, griseo-bmnneis, teretibus, lenticellatis ; foliis oppositis, 

 siiboppositis vel alternis, lanceolatis, usque ad 6 em longis, utrinque 

 angustatis, apice acuminatis^ petiolatis, nervis utrinque circiter 5, sub- 

 obsoletis; cyniis axillariljus, solitariis, vix l.o cm longis, 3-floris; lioribus 

 levitcr ferrugineo-pul)erulis, 4-meris; petalis liberis, 5 mm longis. 



Glabrous except the young branchlets and inflorescence. Branches 

 slender, brownish-gray, terete, len-ticellate, glabrous, tlie young branclilets 

 slightly feiTuginous-puberulent. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alter- 

 nate, coriaceous, glabrous, dull, lanceolate, 3.5 to 6 cm long. 0.8 to 1.8 

 cm wide, narrowed at both ends, the apex acuminate, acumen Ijhint, base 

 acute or acuminate; nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midril), very 

 obscure, the reticulations obsolete; petioles slender, 5 mm long or less. 

 Cymes axillary, solitary, less than 1.5 cm long, 3-flowered, each tlierofore 

 a simple triad with pedicelled flowers, the pedicels about 2 mm long. 

 Calyx cup-shaped, 1.8 to 2 mm long, obscurely 4-tootlied or subtruncate, 

 the limb slightly produced, ferruginous-puberulent, subtended l)y a single, 

 ovate, obtuse bract about 1 mm long. Petals 4, free, linear or oblong- 

 linear, ferruginous-puberulent outside, obtuse, about 5 mm long, 0.5 to 

 0.7 mm wide. Anthers erect, continuous. Style 6 mm long; stigma 

 capitate. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles, parasitic on 

 Diospyros pilosanthera Blanco in forests at an altitude of about 800 m. For. Bur. 

 6287 Ctirran, February, 1907. 



A species well characteri/eil by its slender branches, narrow, lanceolate leaves, 

 and simi)le. solitary triads. 



10. Loranthus mearnsii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 271. 

 MiXDOKO. ]\Iouiit Ilalcoii. Merrill 5733, November, 1906. 



Endemic. 



11. Loranthus cauliflorus j\lerr. in Pliilip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 185. 

 Mi.NDAJNAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 55, and two sheets 



witliout nundjer, .January, ^Nlarcli, May. 1900. 

 Endemic. 



12. Loranthus lanaensis sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis sul)oi)])ositis, coriaceis, lanceolatis vel laic laiiceolatis, 

 in sicco brunneis, opacis, circiter 20 cm longis, basi acutis, a])ice valde 

 acute acuminatis, petiolatis, nervis utrinque circiter 7, o1)scuris; cymis 

 ad nodos solitariis vol fasciculatis, triehotomis, 9-floris; lloiiltiis omnibus 

 pediccllatis, 5-meris; ]ietalis lil)eris, 3 ad 3.5 cm longis. 



(lihibrous througliout. Branches stout, terete, gray or brown. Ix^aves 

 sii]»o|)])osito, lanceolate or Iji'oadly lanccolatr. IS to 20 cm long, 4.5 to 6 

 cm wide, thickly coriaceous, l)rown when dry, dull, the base acute, the 

 apex strongly and shar])ly acuminate, often somewluit falcate; nerves 



