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The Chinese colloquial name of this plant is Yui-pao. 



A picture of this plant will be found under No. 474 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs. 



Loranthus sutchuenensis Lecomte, Not. Syst. III. 167 (1916). 

 Western Hupeh: Ichang, parasitic on many trees, on deciduous 

 Oaks in particular, alt. 30-600 m., April 1907 (No. 3522). 



B. Flores hexameri dialypetali. 



Loranthus Delavayi Van Tieghem in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XLI. 

 535 (nomen nudum) (1894); Lecomte, Not. Syst. III. 168 (1916). 



f Loranthus Hemsleyanus King in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVIII. 120 (1890). 

 Loranthus odoratus Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 406 (non WalUch) 



(1894). 

 Loranthus odoratus Wallich, f. Hemsleyanus E. Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 



305 (1900). 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, parasitic on Quercus variahilis 

 Blume, alt. 300-1000 m., December 1907 (No. 3524); Ichang, A. Henry 

 (No. 7849). Yunnan: parasitic on Oaks, alt. 2000 m., A. Henry 

 (No. 9112); Chao-chio Valley, alt. 2300 m., March 1905, G. Forrest 

 (No. 540). 



Loranthus Delavayi, var. latifolius Van Tieghem in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, XLI. 

 535 (1894). 



Yunnan : alt. 2700 m., A. Henry (No. 12892). 



Here may be added notes on some species not collected during the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum Expeditions. The first five species belong to the group with tetramerous 

 gamopetalous flowers; the last species belongs to a group with pentamerous dialy- 

 petalous flowers. 



Loranthus chinensis De CandoUe, Coll. Mem. VI. 28, t. 7 (1830); Prodr. IV. 301 

 (1830). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 141 (1861). — Maximo wicz in Bull. Acad. Set. 

 St. Petersbourg, XXII. 230 (1876); in Mel. Biol. IX. 611 (1876). — Hemsley in 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 405 (1894). 



Western Szech'uan: without precise locaUty, parasitic on various trees 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 4486). 



Loranthus chinensis, var. formosanus Lecomte, n. var. 



A typo recedit foliis basi attenuatis, fructibus basi paullo stipitatis. 



Formosa: South Cape, A. Henry (No. 979). 



Loranthus estipitatus Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, IV. 221 (1894). — Hems- 

 ley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 405 (1894). 



Loranthus estipitatus, var. longifiorus Lecomte, n. var. 



A typo recedit floribus usque 3.5 cm. longis, antheris locellatis 5 mm. longis. 



Yunnan: A. Henry (No. 10057; flowers scarlet). 



Loranthus ferrugineus Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. II. 207 (1824). — De Candolle, 

 Prodr. IV. 299 (1830). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 210 (1886). 



