LORANTHACE^E. 



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pio breve pectinate. Calycis tubus cum ovario adnatus complanatus mm. 

 longus, lobis 4 triangularibus apice acutis vel truncatis ; stigma sessile conicum 

 ^ mm. longum apice obtusum. 



HAB. Toroku : Yoshiryo, leg. T. KAWAKAMI et Y. SHIMADA, Oct. 1907, (No. 

 5747). 



The most slender form of Viscum found in Formosa. It is very likely an 

 erect plant. 



Viscum (Aspidixid) filipendulum HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 69-70). Parasiti- 

 ca 40-50 cm. longa pendula dichotome vel trichotome ramosissima, ramis nodosis 

 patentissimis, internodiis mediis inferioribusque teretibus 2-2| cm. longis 2 mm. 

 in diametro sectionis apice plus minus la- 

 tioribus basi angustioribus in exsiccato 

 rugulosis glabris, internodiis superioribus 

 angustioribus complanatis. Flores monceeii. 

 Fl. masculini ad latus nodorum opposi- 

 tim siti brevissime stipitati, stipitibus 

 \ mm. longis perfecte immersis, bracteolis 

 minutis ; involucre ad orem bifido margine 

 sub lente setuloso-pectinato. Segmenta ca- 

 lycis 4 extus sub lente papillosa oblonga 

 apice acuta vel obtusa 1 mm. longa mm. 

 lata, antheris sessilibus ad segmentum ca- 

 lycis adnatis oblongis 1 mm. longis. Flores 

 ad latus nodorum oppositim siti. Ova- 

 rium inferius. Fructus in exsiccato suci- 

 no-coloratus oblongus 7mm. longus 6mm. 

 latus apice obtusus lobis perianthii 4 triangularibus apice acutis \ mm. longis 

 coronatus glaber ad centrum apice apiculato-punctatus. 



HAB. Koshun : Shasensui, leg. T. KAWAKAMI et S. SASAKI, Feb. 1911. 



Eemarkable for its having persistent calyx-lobes like those of Pseudixus 

 laponicus. 



Viscum (Euviscum-Triflorce) sp. Folia elliptica 2-3 cm. longa 1 cm. lata 

 apice obtusissima basi cuneata margine integra crassiuscula plana 3-nervia, 



Fig. 69, Viscum filipendulum 

 HAYATA; a, a male flower-bud on 

 a node ; b, the same, detached ; c, a 

 more advanced male flower on a node; 

 d, the same, detached ; e, a petal with 

 a stamen ; f, a female flower ; g, a fruit ; 

 h, the same, seen from a little above. 



