PHILIPPINE LORANTHACE.Fv. 139 



Both of these have opposite sessile leaves similar in size, shape, and texture to 

 Elmer 9525, but on both the inflorescence is composed of very shortly peduncled, 

 fascicled triads, while Mr. Elmer distinctly states that the flowers on his species 

 are in small, axillary, sessile clusters. 

 Endemic. 



§ CiCHLANTIIUS. 



17. Loranthus estipitatus Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. II 4 (1894) 221; 

 Forbes & Hemsl. in .Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1894) 405. 



Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1970. Luzox, Province of Tayabas, 

 Elmer 1911: Province of Rizal. Bosoboso, Merrill 1826. 

 Southern China to Tonkin, Perak, and Borneo. 



18. Loranthus sphenoideus Blume Fl. Jav. Loranth. (1828) 23, t. Jf; Vid. 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 140, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 231; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1883) 184. 



Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1)90. Luzon, Province of Benguet, 

 For. Bur. J,S80, 10903 Curran, Williams 984: Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 

 5928 Curran: Province of Bulacan, Yoder 201: Province of Rizal, Bur. 8ci. 110 

 Foxworthy. Mindoro, For. Bur. 8792 Merritt. Guimaras, For. Bur. 21f9 Gam- 

 mill. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens Jf59. 



A form in manj^ respects resembling Loranthus fuscus Blume, differing chiefly 

 from the above specimens by its narrower leaves and paler pubescence, but which 

 I am not disposed to consider specifically distinct from Loranthus sphenoideus 

 Blume, is represented by the following specimens: Philippines, without locality, 

 Cuming 1959. Luzon, Province of Union, Bauang, Elmer 5711: Province of 

 Tarlac, Merrill s. n.: Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. 4977 Ramos; Alberto 35. 



Miquel has reduced Loranthus sphenoideus Blume to L. repandus Blume, as a 

 variety, to which it is vindoubtedly allied. The type of L. sphenoideus was from 

 Celebes, and Blume reports the species from Java; I am not sure of its other 

 distribution, but it is probably more or less widely distributed in the Malay region. 



19. Loranthus philippensis Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnaea 3 (1828) 204; 

 Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 164; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. 

 (1854) 741; Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 140, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 231; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 84; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 183. 



Scurrula philippensis G. Don Gen. Hist. 3 (1834) 423. 



Dendrophthoe philippensis Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1^ (1856) 817; Vid. Cat. PI. Prov. 

 Manila (1880) 40. 



Ijonicera symphoricarpos Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 161. 



Cichlanthus philippensis Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42 (1895) 243. 



Philippines, without locality, Cuming 491, 1977. Luzon, Province of Benguet, 

 Elmer 5911, Williams 1379: Province of Nueva Vizcaya, For. Bur. 15783 Curran 

 d Merritt: Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 128 Foxworthy, Merrill 1688, For. Bur. 

 3169 Ahern's collector: Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 5790 Curran, Merrill 1585: 

 Province of Laguna, Bur. Sci. 6013 Robinson, Hallier s. n. : Province of Bulacan, 

 Yoder 241: Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. 4972 Ramos: Province of Tayabas, 

 Whitford 590. Mindoro, For. Bur. 3684 Merritt, Whitford 1)27. Ticao, For. 

 Bur. 2532 Clark. Mindanao, Mrs. Clemens s. n. 



A widely distributed endemic species, apparently the Philippine representative 

 of Loranthus scurrula Linn., and certainly closely allied to it. Typical forms 

 are very distinct from the preceding and the next, but it is frequently very 

 difficult to distinguish some .small forms from the former. 

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