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A parasitic glabrous shrub, the branches terete, the branchlets 
somewhat compressed, dull-brownish, smooth, the internodes 5 
to 10 cm long. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, dull-brownish when 
dry, ovate to broadly ovate, 11 to 16 cm long, 8 to 13 cm wide, 
obtuse, base broadly acute to subtruncate; lateral nerves 8 to 
10 on each side of the midrib, distinct, the secondary ones and 
the reticulations obsolete or nearly so; petioles stout, about 1 
cm long. Heads axillary, 15- to 20-flowered, the bracts coria- 
ceous, the outer ones reniform, 1 cm long and 2 cm wide, the 
inner ones obovate, the bracteoles linear-oblong to oblong,’ some- 
what keeled, about 11 mm long, obtuse. Calyx 4 mm long, 
cylindric, the limb inflated, membranaceous, produced about 1.5 
mm. Corolla-tube inflated below, the lobes six, united for the 
lower 5 mm, the free portions 2 mm wide below, narrowed 
upward, the reflexed part above the insertion of the stamens 
oblong, obtuse, 5 mm long. Anthers linear, acuminate, sessile, 
4 mm long. 
Samar, Catbalogan, Bur. Sci. 17UU8 Ramos, April 22, 1914, on trees in 
damp forests at low altitudes, the inflorescence reddish, but the corollas 
green and yellow. 
A species readily distinguished among all the Philippine representatives 
of the section Lepeostegeres by its very broad leaves. 
LORANTHUS OVATI BRACTEUS sp. nov. § Macrosolen. 
Frutex parasiticus, glaber, ramulis ramulisque teretibus ; foliis 
oppositis, breviter petiolatis, oblongo-ovatis, coriaceis, usque ad 
15 cm longis, obtusis, basi acutis vel leviter decurrento-acumina- 
tis, in siccitate supra brunneo-olivaceis, subtus pallidis, nervis 
utrinque 6 ad 8, obscuris; capitulis axillaribus 12- ad 15-floris, 
sessilibus, bracteis ovatis, leviter carinatis, circiter 13 mm longis, 
bracteolis ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, carinatis, 7 ad 11 mm 
longis ; floribus in triadibus sessilibus dispositis, 6-meris, circiter 
21 mm longis. 
A parasitic, glabrous shrub, the branches and branchlets terete, 
the former pale- the latter dark-brown, smooth, the internodes 
2 to 5 cm long. Leaves opposite, oblong-ovate, coriaceous, shin- 
ing, 12 to 15 cm long, 5.5 to 7.5 cm wide, narrowed upward 
to the obtuse apex and below to the acute or somewhat decurrent- 
acuminate base, the upper surface dark brownish-olivaceous, 
the lower surface pale-brownish; lateral nerves 6 to 8 on each 
side of the midrib, slender, very obscure, often evanescent, the 
secondary nerves and reticulations obsolete; petioles 5 to 8 mm 
long. Heads axillary, sessile, 12- to 15-flowered, the outer four 
bracts ovate, coriaceous, acute, more or less keeled, about 13 
mm long, the bracteoles subtending the triads elliptic to oblong- 
