140 MERRILL. 



20. Loranthus ferrugineus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 188; DC. Prodr. 4 

 (1830) 299; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 5 (188G) 210; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. 

 (1905) 125. 



Palawan, Merrill 105 ; Bur. Bci. 203 Bermejos; Bur. Hci. 823 Foxworthy. 

 Malay Peninsula to Java and Sumatra. 



§ DENUROPHTIIOii. 



21. Loranthus hallieri up. nov. 



Glaber; foliis sessilibus, oppositis, ovatis, basi valde cordatis, apice 

 acuminatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, coriaceis, 5- vel 7-plinerviis ; floribus 

 5-meris, in racemis brevibus axillaribus fasciculatis dispcsitis. 



Glabrous throughout, or the inflorescence very slightly pubescent. 

 Branches terete, reddish-brown, not lenticellate. Leaves opposite, ovate, 

 coriaceous, sessile, 7 to 10 cm long, 3 to 5.5 cm wide, dull and brown 

 when dry, the base very strongly cordate and half surrounding the stems, 

 the apex acuminate; nerves 5 to 7 from just above the base, ascending, 

 curved, rather distinct, the reticulations obsolete or nearly so. Eacemes 

 fascicled, axillary, the rachis less than 1 cm long, the pedicels about 2 mm 

 long. Calyx cylindric, 3 mm long, the limb slightly produced, truncate 

 or obscurely toothed, each subtended by an ovate, concave, acute or 

 acuminate, 1.5 mm long bracteole. Corolla somewhat curved, 3 to 3.5 

 cm long, in bud somewhat narrowed at both base and apex to a diameter 

 of 1 mm, the median portion slightly inflated and 3 mm in diameter, 

 the tube 1.5 to 1.8 mm long, the lobes 5, about 1.7 mm wide, the portions 

 above the insertion of the stamens linear, 8 mm long, recurved. Fila- 

 ments 4 mm long; anthers continuous, linear, 3 mm long. 



Basilan, Eallier s. n., February, 1904. 



A species at once recognizable by its opposite, sessile, strongly cordate leaves, 

 and short, axillary, fascicled racemes. 



22. Loranthus dementis Mcrr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (190G) Suppl. 185. 

 Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., March, lOOG. 

 Endemic. 



23. Loranthus copelandii Merr. 1. c. 186. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Daklan to Kabayan, Merrill ^i^i07 ; Mount Pulog, 

 For. Bur. 18176, 16232 Curran, Merritt, d Zschohke. 

 Endemic. 



24. Loranthus loheri sp. nov. 



Loranthus cunatvs Vid. Rev. Pi. Vase. Filip. (1880) 230; Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 141; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 184, non P.lume. 



Glabei', infloi-escentiis exceptis; foliis alternis, petiolatis, coriaceis, 

 oblongo-ellipticis vel anguste ovato-ellipticis, in sicco brunncis, opacis, 

 basi acutis, apice obtusis vel late obtuse acuminatis, usque ad 10 cm 

 longis, nervis utrinquc 3, ascendentibus; floribus rubris, leviter curvatis, 

 circiter 3 cm longis, 5-meris, in racemis simplicibus, solitariis, axillaribus 

 dispo.sitis. 



