LORANTHACEAE. 



Determined by Henri Lecomte. 



LORANTHUS L. 

 A. Flores tetrameri, gamopetali. 



Loranthus Balfourianus Diels in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, V. 

 250 (PL Chin. Forrest.) (1912). 



Phyllodesmis Delavayi Van Tieghem in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XLII. 241 

 (1895). 



Western Szech'uan: southeast of Tachien-lu, parasitic on 

 Viburnum and various Willows, alt. 2800-3000 m., June 1908 (No. 

 3526; flowers orange and gold); without precise locality, parasitic on 

 Willows, alt. 2500 m. (Veitch Exped. No. 4485; flowers scarlet). 



A picture of this plant will be found under No. 630 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs. 



Loranthus caloreas Diels in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, V. 251 

 (1912). 

 Yunnan : Lichiang Range, alt. 3000-4000 m., July 1906, G. Forrest (No. 2600). 



Loranthus caloreas, var. oblongifolius Lecomte, Not. Syst. IIL 49 

 (1916). 



Western Hupeh: parasitic on Pterocarya stenoptera De Candolle, 



alt. 300-1000 m., November 1907 (No. 3523). 



The colloquial Chinese name of this plant is Sang-ch'e-sung. 

 Here may be added a variety not collected during the Arnold Arboretum 

 Expeditions. 



Loranthus caloreas, var. Fargesii Lecomte, Not. Syst. III. 49 (1916). 

 Western Szech'uan: parasitic on Abies Beissneriana Rehder & Wilson, alt. 

 300 m. (Veitch Exped. No. 4441). 



Loranthus yadoriki Siebold & Zuccarini, var. hupehanus Lecomte, 

 n. var. 



A typo recedit foliis subtus cinereo-tomentosis. 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, a pest on Oaks and 

 many other trees, alt. 300-1200m., May 1907 (N0.3521). Szech'uan: 

 Nanch'uan, A. von Rosthorn (No. 2443). 



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