144 MERRILL. 



35. Loranthus haenkeanus Presl ex Scliultes Syst. 7 (1829) 113; DC. Prodr. 

 4 (1830) 304; Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 231, Phan. Cuming. Philip. 

 (1885) 140; F,-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 184. 



Loranthus malif alius Presl 1. c. ; DC. 1. c.; Vid. 1. cc., Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 

 t. 81, f. B.; F.-Vill. 1. c.; Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. Jf59. 



Scurrnla haenJceana et 8. malifolia G. Don Gen. Hist. 3 (1834) 423. 



Dendrophthoe heankeana et D. malifolia Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. V (1856) 822. 



Candollina haenkeana et C. malifolia Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42 

 (1895) 269. 



Candollina barthei Van Tiegh. 1. c. ? 



Loranthus barthei Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1 (1897) 129? 



Philippines, without locality, Cuming 19^7, 1957. Luzon, Province of Ilocos 

 Sur, For. Bur. 5657 Klemme: Province of Benguet, For. Bur. 15892 Bacani: 

 Province of Union, Elmer 5537 : Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. 18032 Merritt: 

 Province of Tarlac, Uall s. %: Province of Nueva Ecija, Btir. Sci. 5271 McGregor: 

 Province of Pampanga, Bur. Sci. 1929 Foxworthy : Province of Bulacan, Yoder 

 251: Manila, Lyon s. n.: Province of Bataan, Bur. Sci. 1618, 1894 Foxworthy, 

 For. Bur. 90 Barnes. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, M7-s. Clemens s. n. 



A very characteristic, but rather variable species. I have not seen the types 

 of the two species described by Presl, based on Heanke's Philippine material, but 

 the two have been distinguished by later authors by the erect and terminal in- 

 florescence of L. haenkeanus, and the lateral and refracted inflorescence of L. 

 malifolius, but these characters do not appear to me to be constant, and I can 

 detect no other specific differences either in the material before me or in the 

 original descriptions of the two species. The only description given by Van 

 Tieghem for the third species, Candollina barthei, is "ombelle terminale et 

 refractee," and I suspect that it, too, is only a form of L. haenkeanus Presl. On 

 most of the specimens above cited, including both numbers of Cuming's collection, 

 5- and 6-merous flowers are to be found in the same umbel. 



Endemic. 



36. Loranthus curranii sp. nov. 



Glaber, infloresceutiis exceptis; foliis alternis vcl siiboppositis, petio- 

 latis, coriaceis, oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 15 cm longis, basi rotundatis 

 vel acutis, apice acutis vel breviter acute acuminatis, nervis utrinque cir- 

 citer 7, supra distinctis, subtus subobsoletis; floribus 4-merip, circiter 3 cm 

 longis, in triadibus dispositis, lateralibus breviter pedicellatis, intermedio 

 sessile, triadibus umbellatim dispositis, pedimculis reflexis vel patulis, in 

 ramis vetustioribus. 



Glabrous except tlie inflorescence. Branches terete, light-gray or 

 brownish, stout. Leaves alternate or subopposite, coriaceous, brown when 

 dry and somewhat shining, oblong-lanceolate, 11 to 15 cm long, -i to 5 

 cm wide, the base rounded or acute, the apex acute or shortly and sharply 

 acuminate; nei"ves about 7 on cacli side of tlic midrib, nearly obsolete 

 on the lower surface, on tiie upper rather distinct, anastomosing, curved, 

 the reticulations lax; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long, stout. Umbels solitary, 

 the peduncles, pedicels and calyces densely ferruginous-puberulent, the 

 corolla slightly so, the peduncles spreading or recurved, about 1 cm long, 

 from the larger branches below the leaves, the flowers 4-merous, in 

 crowded triads which are umbellalely arranged, their peduncles 3 to 4 



