xiii, c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 275 
Anthers linear-oblong, 3 mm long, subsessile. Bracteoles sub- 
tending the calyces ovate, acuminate, about 2 mm long. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26&09 Ramos 
6 Edano, August 15, 1916, on trees in forests, altitude about 300 meters, 
the flowers red and yellow. 
This very characteristic species is readily distinguishable by its very 
thickly coriaceouS"leaves, the veins and reticulations obsolete, or the former 
faintly visible on the upper surface. It does not appear to be closely 
allied to any previously described Philippine form. 
LORANTHUS EDANOII sp. nov. § Heteranthus. 
Frutex parasiticus, glaber, ramis ramulisque teretibus, inter- 
nodiis elongatis ; foliis oppositis, sessilibus, crasse coriaceis, 
oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 16 cm longis, apice obtusis vel obtuse 
acuminatis, basi obtusis, in siccitate minute verruculosis, brun- 
neo-olivaceis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 5, subobscuris, 
curvato-adscendentibus, secondariis obsoletis ; inflorescentiis axil- 
laribus et secus internodiis seriatim dispositis, breviter peduncu- 
latis, 6-floris; floribus omnibus sessilibus, 5-meris, cylindraceis, 
circiter 16 mm longis, petalis liberis. 
A parasitic glabrous shrub, or the inflorescences very obscurely 
ferruginous-puberulent. Branches and branchlets terete, dark- 
brown, smooth, or the older branches lenticellate, the internodes 
7 to 11 cm in length. Leaves opposite, sessile, thickly coriaceous, 
dull, brownish-olivaceous, of the same color on both surfaces 
and minutely verruculose when dry, often slightly inequilateral, 
oblong-ovate, 11 to 16 cm long, 5.5 to 6 cm long, apex obtuse 
to obscurely blunt-acuminate, base obtuse; lateral nerves about 
5 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, not prominent, 
evanescent or obscurely anastomosing, the secondary nerves and 
reticulations obsolete. Inflorescences axillary and seriately ar- 
ranged along one side of the internodes, all peduncled and 6- 
flowered. Peduncles about 5 mm long. Flowers red, 5-merous, 
all sessile, and each subtended by a reniform-ovate, rounded 
bracteole, about 2 mm long and 2.5 mm wide. Calyx cylindric, 
slightly curved, 3.5 mm long, the limb truncate, produced about 
1 mm. Petals 5, linear, free, about 13 mm long, 1 mm wide, 
glabrous, the portion above the insertion of the stamen thick- 
ened, narrowly oblong-obovate, obtuse, 3 mm long. Anthers 
oblong, continuous with the filament, 1.2 mm long, the filament 
as long as the anther. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 262A1 Ramos 
6 Edano, August 8, 1916, on trees at low altitudes. 
A very characteristic species, in vegetative characters approaching 
Loranthus cuernosensis Elm. and L. seriatus Merr. It is readily dis- 
