1 52 MERRILL. 



Elmer 5554: Province of Zainbales, For. Bur. 11051 Zschokke: Province of Pan- 

 gasinan, For. Bur. SS.'fl Curran d Mcrritt: Province of Rizal, Loher .'/.JS2; Province 

 of Bataan, For. Bur. 1230 bis Curran. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 56 Jf. 

 India to Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



4. Viscum opuntia Thunb. FI. Jap. (1784) G4. 



Yiscum japonicum Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Sec. 3 (1794) 329; Hook. f. Fl. Bnt. 

 Ind. 5 (1886) 228. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Pulog, For. Bur. IGOUf Curran, Merritt 

 d Zschokke: Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. SOSO Curran d 

 Merritt. 



India to Japan, south to Mauritius, Malaya, and Australia; not previously 

 reported from the Philippines. 



5. NOTOTHIXOS Oliver. 



1. Inflorescence of simple spikes. 



2. Leaves 2 cm long or less T. N. curranii 



2. Leaves 4 to 5 cm long 2. N. sulphurous 



1. Inflorescence cymose 3. N. philippinensis 



1. Notothixos curranii sp. nov. 



Kamulis foliis junioribus inflorescentiisque densissime pallide griseo- 

 puberulis; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, ovato-lanceolatis vel elliptico-lanceo- 

 lati?, 1.5 ad 2 cm longis, trinerviis, apice obtusis vel leviter obtuse 

 acuminatis, basi acuminatis, supra glabris^ nitidis^ subtus dense pallide 

 puberulis; floribus 4-meris, oppositis, in spicis simplieibus terminalibus 

 axillaribusque solitariis dispositis. 



Branches terete, dark-brown or nearly black, glabrous, the youngest 

 branchlets, inflorescences and young leaves densely pale-grayish-puber- 

 ulent. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 1.5 to 2 

 cm long, 8 to 10 mm wide, subcoriaceous, the apex obtuse or obscurely and 

 broadly acuminate, base acuminate, margins entire, the upper surface 

 glabrous, brown and shining when dry, the lower surface densely pale- 

 grayish-puberulent ; nerves 3, slender, extending from the base nearly to 

 the apex, rather distinct on the upper surface, nearly obsolete beneath; 

 petioles 3 to 4 mm long, puberulent. Spikes terminal and axillary, 

 solitary, about 1 cm long. Flowers 4-merous, sessile, opposite, each sub- 

 tended by a small, broadly ovate, obtuse bract less than 1 mm long. 

 Perianth-lobes 4, ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Limay, For. Bur. 12'f02 Mcrritt d Curran, August, 

 1908. 



Distinguished among the Philippine species by its small leaves and pale, 

 scarcely yellow, and not glandular puberulence. 



2. Notothixos sulphureus sp. nov. 



Kaniulis foliis junioribus inflorescentiisque densissime sulphureo- 

 glanduloso-pubcrulis; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, late ovatis, vel late ellip- 

 ticis, usque ad 5 cm longis, subcoriaceis, basi apiceque late rotundatis, 

 supra glabris, subtus pallide glanduloso-pul)crulis nitidisque, trinerviis; 



