PHILIPPINE LORANTHACE^. 143 



nearly to the base, the tube about 1 mm long, the lobes 1.8 mm wide, 

 the leflexed portion above the insertion of the anthers 7 mm long. 

 Filaments 2 mm long; anthers continuous, 4 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, Bur. Sci. ^785 Ramos, For. Bur. 

 8252 Curran & Merritt, December, 1907, altitude 2,100 m. 



31. Loranthus ahernianus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 184. 

 Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 21fi0 Ahertis collector: Province 



of Zambales, Bur. Sci. 5115 Ramos. 

 Endemic. 



32. Loranthus acuminatissimus sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, elliptico-lanceolatis vel late lanceo- 

 latis, usque ad 13 cm longis, coriaceis, nitidis, in sicco pallidis, apice valde 

 caudato-acuminatis, basi acutis; floribus 6-meris, 3.5 ad 4 cm longis, in 

 triadibus dispositis, lateralibus longe pedicellatis, intermedio sessile; 

 triadibus racemose dispositis, longe pedunculatis. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches terete, grayish, lenticellate, rather 

 slender. Leaves rather pale and shining when dry, opposite, elliptic- 

 lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 8 to 13 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm wide, the 

 base acute, the apex strongly caudate-acuminate, the acumen straight or 

 slightly falcate, blunt or acute; nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, 

 evident on both surfaces but scarcely more distinct than are the secondary 

 ones and reticulations; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, 

 glabrous, solitary, in the uppermost axils only, the rachis 5 to 6 cm long, 

 each subtended by three or four broadly triangular-ovate, 3 to 3 mm 

 long bracts. Flowers in triads, the middle one sessile, subtended by a 

 broadly ovate, sharply and abruptly acuminate bract, 4 mm long, the 

 lateral ones with pedicels 9 to 10 mm long; the triads racemosely dis- 

 posed, their peduncles about 1 cm long. Calyx cylindric, 4.5 mm long, 

 the limb produced about 1 mm, truncate or minutely denticulate. 

 Corolla- tube short, slightly inflated, about 4 mm in diameter, 2 to 3.5 

 mm long, the lobes 2 mm wide at the base, the portion above the insertion 

 of the anthers about 18 mm long. Filaments 11 mm long; anthers con- 

 tinuous, 7 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Bur. Sci. 5100 Ramos, December, 1908. 

 Manifestly closely allied to the preceding species, differing chiefly in its 

 entirely glabrous inflorescence and very strongly caudate-acuminate leaves. 



33. Loranthus ovatifolius Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 133. 

 Mindanao, along the seashore, but with no definite locality, Mrs. Clemens 



1195, September, 1907. 

 Endemic. 



34. Loranthus halconensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 271. 

 Mindoro, Alag Eiver, Merrill 566 Jf, November, 1906, parasitic on Ficus mina- 



hassae Miq., altitude about 100 m. Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Pulog, 

 For. Bur. 16230 Curran, Merritt & Zochokke. 

 Endemic. 



