Loranthus copelandi Merrill sp. iiov. Deiidropihoe % Eudcndropihoi}. 
Glahroiis except the inflorescence, with 11 to 18 cm. long lanceolate to 
oblong-lanceolate petiolecl leaves, and many flowered axillary fascicled 
I'acemes, the flowers red and yellow, abont 4.5 cm. long. Branches 
brownish gray, glabrous, terete. ' Leaves subcoriaceous, glabrous, minutely 
wrinkled-rugose when dry, dull, 11 to 18 cm. long, 3.5 to 3.5 cm. wide, 
narrowed above to the Idunt apex and below to the somewhat attenuate 
base, the midrib very stout, the lateral nerves 3 to 4 on each side of the 
midrib, long, ascending, the reticulations obscure; petioles stout, about 1 
cm. long. Inflorescence slightly ferruginous pubescent, 3 to 5 racemes 
fascicled in each axil or in the axils of fallen leaves, 4 to 7 cm. long. 
Flowers slender, the buds slightly pubescent, becoming glabrous except 
the calyx, red below, yellow above, about 20 in each raceme. Pedicels 
about 1 mm. long, puberulent, the bract narrowly ovate, acute, 1.5 mm. 
long, puberulent. Calyx cylindrical, rather densely ferruginous puberu- 
lent, 3 mm. long, with 5 small teeth. Corolla slender, somewhat curved, 
slightly enlarged al)ove, 4 to 4.5 cm. long, 5-lobed, the lobes linear, about 
1 cm. long, becoming recurved. zVnthers not narrowed below, 3 mm. 
long, apiculate-acuminate ; filaments about 5 mm. long. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet. Daklaii to Kabayan (4407 Merrill) October 27, 
1905. Parasitic on Fitiosporum pentandrmn (Blanco) Merr., in thickets at about 
1,500 in. A species apparently closely related to Loranthus cnrvatus Bluine, 
(lill'ering in its vegetative characters and fascicled racemes. 
Loranthus mindanaensis Merrill sp. nov. % Dendropthoe. 
Shrubl)3h glabrous throughout. Branches terete, glabrous, light gray, 
the. younger Ijrauchlets brownish to olivaceous, rather slender. Leaves 
coriaceous, glabrous, dull, ovate to olilong-ovate, 8 to 12 cm. long, 4 to 
6 cm. wide, the base liroad, usually rounded, the apex blunt-acute, the 
midril) stout ; lateral nerves irregular, 3 to 4 on each side of the midrib, 
ascending, not prominent, the reticulations lax; petioles stout, about 
3 mm. long. Inflorescence axillary, of solitary 3 to 5 cm. long racemose 
panicles, the flowers in groups of threes at the ends of the vgry short 
hranchlets, the branchlets racemosely disposed, opposite, 2 to 3 mm. long. 
Flowers sessile, glabrous, the bracts broadly ovate, about 1.5 mm. long, 
obtuse. Calyx cylindrical, about 3.5 mm. long, the limb truncate, entii'e, 
slightly exceeding the ovary. Corolla red, tnbidar, not enlarged below, 
nearly 3 cm. long, the lobes 6, linear, united for the lower 3 mm. Fila- 
ments very shoi't, less than 1 mm. long, inappcndiculate, the anthers 
linear, al)out 3 mm. long, the portion of the petals above the insertion of 
the stamen about 5 mm. long, reflexed in anthesis. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Davao (34i Copeland) March, 1904, on Tlieo- 
hroma. cacao L., and Anlidesrna ghcswinbilla, Gaertii.; Mount i^po (285 DeVore 
tG Hoover) May, 1903. A species related to Loranthus secundifl,orus Merr., and 
L. sulmlternifolius Merr., dilVcring in vegetative characters from both. 
