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of the petals above the insertion of the stamens about 6 mm long. 

 Anther 2.5 mm long, continuous; filament short. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Vickers' Landing, Mrs. Clemens s. «., September-Octo- 

 ber, 1906: District of Davao, Mount Apo, Williams 2565, April, 1905. 



A species well characterized by its 6-flowered peduncles, the flowers all sessile 

 and arranged in two triads at the apex of the peduncle. 



15. Loranthus hutch insonii sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis coriaceis, nitidis, brunneis, elliptieo-ovatis, basi acutis, 

 apice late rotundatis, oppositis vel subverticillatis, usque ad 8 cm longis, 

 petiolatis, nervis utrinque 2 vel 3, subobsoletis ; floribus ad nodos f ascicu- 

 latis, breviter pedicellatis, o-meris ; petalis liberis, circiter 2 cm longis. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches stout, terete, smooth, dark-reddish- 

 brown, the internodes 3 to 5 cm long. Leaves opposite or subverticillate, 

 thickly coriaceous, brown and somewhat shining when dry, elliptic-ovate, 

 5 to 8 cm long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, the base acute, the apex broad, 

 rounded, margins somewhat revolute ; nerves two or three on each side of 

 the midrib, indistinct, the reticulations obsolete, the midrib prominent; 

 petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Flowers red, 2.2 cm long, the buds cylin- 

 dric, fasciculate in the axils and at the nodes, three to ten or more 

 flowers at each node, pedicellate, the pedicels about 2 mm long. Cal}Tc 

 about 4 mm long, cylindric, the limb produced, truncate, each subtended 

 by a single, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, 1.5 mm long bracteole. Petals 5, 

 free, linear, about 2 cm long, 2 mm wide, the portion above the inser- 

 tion of the stamens 6 mm long. Stamens 6 mm long, the antheriferous 

 portion continuous, 3 mm long. 



Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. Ji55Jf M earns d 

 Hutchinson, May, 1906, on trees in forests at an altitude of about 1,100 m. 



16. Loranthus cuernosensis Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 469. 

 Glaber; foliis oppositis, sessilibus, coriaceis, usque ad 15 cm longis, 



5 cm latis, in sicco brunneis, opacis, ovato-lanceolatis vel oblongis, basi 

 late rotundatis vel obtusis, interdum inaequilateralibus, supra sensim 

 angustatis, apice acutis vel acuminatis, nervis utrinque 3 ad 5, obscuris, 

 reticulis obsoletis; floribus axillaribus; fasciculatis, 5-meris, circiter 2 

 cm longis. 



Negbos, Cuernos Mountains, near Dumagucte, Elmer 9525, March, 1908, in 

 forests at an altitude of about 1,060 ni. 



The relationships of this species are not clear to me, as it is impossible to 

 determine from the original description to which section the plant really belongs, 

 while the material of the type collection before me shows neither the attachment 

 of the inflorescence nor flowers. I found, however, a single petal, which appears 

 to me to have been free, and have accordingly placed the species in the section 

 Hetcranthus ; for the sake of convenience I have included it in the key, also in 

 the section Dendrophthoe. 



In vegetative characters the type collection is rather closely matched by a 

 specimen fmni Zamlioanga. Mindanao, Ahem 579, with very immature flowers, 

 iiiid rmc from .Mount Mnyon. Luzon, liur. Sci. 6'i82 Robinson, with fruit only. 



