LORANTHACEAE. — VISCUM 319 



Linnaeus, April 1907 (No. 3263); without precise locality, A. Henry 

 (No. 3206). Szech'uan: Yangtsze River banks, alt. 30-300 m., 

 parasitic on Aleurites Fordii Hemsley, April 1908 (No. 2709); same 

 locality and same host. May 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4482) ; with- 

 out precise locality, cliffs, July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4484). 

 Yunnan: Mi-le district, on Zanthoxylum, A. Henry (No. 9942). 



A picture of this plant will be found under No. 0164 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs. 



Here may be added the description of a new species collected by A. Henry. 



Viscum stipitatum Lecomte, n. sp. 



Frutex parasiticus; rami teretes, dichotomi; ramuli tenuiter longitudinaliterque 

 striati; internodia basi articulata, usque 5-6 cm. longa. Folia opposita, lanceolata, 

 utrinque attenuata, saepe falciformia, membranacea v. subcoriacea, basi articu- 

 lata, apice subacuta, 6-7.5 cm. longa, 1.3-2 cm. lata, costis 5-7 utrinque pro- 

 minentibus. Flores monoici ; triades axillares, terminalesque ; pedunculus communis 

 3-5 mm. longus, apice 2-bracteatus, bracteis triangularibus parvis; flos medius 

 semper 9 ; flores laterales 2 saepe 9 interdum cf ; flos cf ovoideus, scssilis, 0.75 

 mm. longus, lobis 4 triangularibus instructus; antherae petalis adnatae, trans- 

 versahter loculosae; flos 9 ovoideus, primo sessiUs lobis 4 triangularibus parvis 

 instructus; stamina 0; ovarium inferum, stigmate parvo cyUndrico instructum; 

 perianthii lobi decidui. Fructus baccatus, ovoideus, demum longe stipitatus, 

 usque 9 mm. latus, sed maturus claviformis, l-spermus. Semen ovoideum; 

 albumen carnosum; embryo verticalis, teres. 



Yunnan : Szemao, alt. 1600 m., on trees, A. Henry (No. 12758). 



This species is well characterized by its long-stipitate fruits and slender and 

 often falcate leaves. 



