146 MERRILL. 



Loranthus formosus F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 164, non Blume. 



Loranthus globosvs Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (188G) 230, non Roxb. 



Elytranthe ampuUacea Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3' (1889) 188; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 50. 



Philu'PINes, without locality, Cuming 1951, 1963. Luzox, Province of Nueva 

 Ecija, For. Bur. S'i-j9 Cur ran: Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 69JiJf Curran: 

 Province of Bataan, Whitford S6 : Province of llizal. Bur. Sci. 979 Ramos, For. 

 Bur. 479 Aheni's collector. Palawan, For. Bur. 35S1 Curran. 



India to southern China, and the Malay Peninsula, south to Celebes. 



40. Loranthus macgregorii sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis oppositis, coriaceis, oblongis, rectis vel leviter falcatis, 

 usque ad 10 cm longis, apice obtusis, basi acutis vel obtusis, sessilibus, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 4, subobsoletis, ascendentibus ; inflorescentiis 

 axillaribus, solitariis vel binis ; floribus sessilibus subcapitatis, 5-meris; 

 corolla 16 mm longa. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches gray or brown, terete, rather slender. 

 Leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, 6 to 10 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, coriace- 

 ous, dull when dry, the apex blunt, the base acute or blunt; nerves about 



4 on each side of the midrib, very slender and obscure, ascending. 

 Flowers three to six at the apex of each peduncle, sessile, not in triads, 

 subcapitatcly arranged, the peduncles about 5 mm long, solitary or two 

 in each axil. Calyx cylindric, slightly enlarged upwards, 5 mm long, 

 the limb slightly produced, tnincate, each subtended by an ovate, obtuse, 

 2 mm long bract, and a wider bracteole of about the same length which 

 is refuse, apparently formed of two connate bracteoles. Flowers 5- 

 merous, yellow. Corolla 16 mm long, the buds angular, inflated below 

 and slightly so at the apex, in anthesis about 5 mm in diameter below 

 the middle, the tube about 5 mm long; lobes 4 mm wide at the base, 

 narrowed to 1 mm in the median portion, the part above the insertion of 

 the anthers reflexed, thick, fleshy, 5 mm long. Anthers sessile, 3.5 mm 

 long. Style 14 mm long; stigma capitate. 



BoiiOL, Guindulman, Bur. Sci. 1266 McGregor, June, 1906. 



A species well characterized by its sessile subcapitate flowers which are 

 congested and sessile at the ends of the short peduncles, each subtended by two 

 bracts. 



41. Loranthus geminatus sp. nov. 



Glaber; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, coriaceis, anguste ovatis vol ovato- 

 lanceolatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, acutis vel acuminatis, noivis utrinque 



5 ad 7, tenuibus, obscuris; inflorescentiis axillaribus, solitariis vol fascicu- 

 latis, floribus 6-mcris, sessilibus, geminatis; corolla 1.5 cm longa. 



Glabrous throughout. Branches dark-colored, tercto, not lenticellate, 

 the branclilcts slightly compressed. Leaves coriaceous, very dark-brown 

 or nearly black and slightly shining when dry, opposite, narrowly lanceo- 

 late to ovate-lanceolate, 8 to 10 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, the base 

 acute, the apox acute or acuminate; nerves 5 to 7 on each side of the 

 midrib, slonder, curved, obscure; petioles 5 mm long. Peduncles axil- 



