PHILIPPINE LORANTHACE.1^. 151 



3. PHRYGILANTHUS Eichl. 



1. Phrygilanthus obtusifolius Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 

 189. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Whitford 13Jf, 1081, May, 1904, 

 February, 1905, For. Bur. 1813 Borden, September, 1904, For. Bur. 6286 Curran, 

 February, 1907. 



Endemic. 



4. VI SCUM Linn. 



1. Branches leafy 1. V. orientale 



1. Branches leaHess, terete or compressed. 



2. Branches terete or angled 2. V. angulatum 



2. Branches compressed. 



3. Internodes 1.5 to 6 cm long; plant diflfuse, pendulous or spreading, dicho- 



tomously branched, 20 to 80 cm long 3. V. articulatum 



3. Internodes 2 or 3 to 15 mm long; plant erect, strict, less than 10 cm long. 



4. V. opuntia 



1. Viscum orientale Willd. Sp. PI. 4 (1805) 224; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 278; 

 Blunie Fl. Jav. Loranth. (1828) t. 2J,, 25; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 224; 

 Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 141, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 232; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. ( 1883 ) 184 ; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 ( 1894 ) 408. 



Fusanvs ? parasitus Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 53; ed. 3, 1 : 100. 



Viscum monoicum Fiesl'E-pim. (1851) 251, non Roxb. 



Viscum opuntioides Cav. Icon. 6 (1801) 3, in note, probably, non L. 



Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1948, 1950, 1954, 1961. Luzon, Prov- 

 ince of Nueva Ecija, For. Bur. 8454 Curran: Province of Bataan, Lamao, For. 

 Bur. 7230 Curran: Province of. Pangasinan, Alberto 2. Lubang, Merrill 961. 

 Palawan, For. Bur. 3814 Curran. 



India and Ceylon to southern China, through Malaya to New Guinea and 

 northern Australia. 



2. Viscum angulatum Heyne ex DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 283; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 1' (1856) 806; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 225; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 184. 



. Viscum ramosissimum Wight Icon. t. 1017. 



Viscum capense Llanos Fragm. (1851) 53; Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4: 38, non Linn. f. 

 fide F.-Villar. 



Viscum oxycedri Llanos Mem. Ac. Cienc. Madr. 4 (1858) 501; Fl. Filip. 1. c. 

 102, non DC, fide F.-Vill. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 6943 Curran, May, 1907, parasitic on 

 Casuarina cquisetifolia Forst. 



India to Java and northern Australia. 



3. Viscum articulatum Burm. Fl. Ind. (1768) 311; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 

 284; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 226; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 185. 



Viscum compressum Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 2 (1812) 861; Blume Fl. 

 Jav. Loranth. (1828) t. 26. 



Viscum philippense Llanos Fragm. (1851) 53, Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 4: 38, fide F.- 

 Villar. 



Viscmn falcaitim Llanos in Mom. Ac. Cienc. Madr. 4 (1858) 501, Fl. Filip. 1. c. 

 102, non Wall., fide F.-Villar. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Williams 1009, For. Bur. 15894 Bacani, For. Bur. 

 10923 Curran, For. Bur. 16243 Curran, Merritt, d Zschokke: Province of Union, 



