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Loranthus mirabilis Van Ilnerck ft Mufll. Arg-. in Aft. Soc. ilelv. 8ei. Nat. 
55 (1872) 47. Stemmatopliyllum cumhujii Van Tiegli. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 
41 (1894) 505. Loranthus ctmingiamis Eng). Nat. Pllanzenfain. Naclitriige 
( 1897 ) 128, non L. cuniingii Engl. 1. c. 
Philippines, witliout locality (1966 Caviing) 1836-1840, in FIcrb. Bui'cau of 
iScienee. Basilan (3447 Hutchinson] December, 1905, parasitic on trees along 
the .seashore. Mindanao, Davao (370 Copeland) March, 1904; Lake Lanao, 
('amp Keithley (Mrs. Clemens) March, 1906. 
The oldest name for this species is LoranI kus niirahilis Van tiuerck et iNluell. 
Arg., the description being published in 1872 as above cited. The name is 
recorded in tlie first supplement to Index Kewensis, but the citation to the 
original publication is not given, the reference being to Van Tieghem, Bull. Soc. 
Bot. Fr. 41 (1894) 547, in obs. Van Tieghem 1. c. states that he found this 
number of Cuming’s Philippine collection in the herbaria of Van Huerck, De- 
Candolle, and Boissier under the name L. niirahilis. He did not, however, find a 
reference to the place of publication. Both Loranthus mirahilis and Stenimato- 
plnjlluni cumingii (=Loranthus cumingiamis) were based on the same number of 
Cuming’s Philippine collection cited above. It was by chance only that I found 
a. reference to the original publication of Loranthus niirahilis, in reading over 
the list of Mueller’s publications given by Briquet,” and I am indebted to Dr. 
William Trelease, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, for a copy of the 
rather long description and discussion of the species, the original publication not 
being available in Manila. 
Loranthus secundiflorus Merrill sp. nov. i Dendropthoe. 
Shrubby, less than 1 m. high, glabrous throughout except the niiiiutely 
iniherulent inflorescence. Branches slender, terete, smooth, somewhat 
enlarged and compressed below the nodes, olive hrown when dry. Leaves 
opposite, lanceolate, coriaceous, shining, se.ssile, 8 to 10 cm. long, 2 to 3 
cm. wide, paler beneath, the base obtuse or suliacute, gradually narrowed 
aliove to the slightly acuminate apex ; lateral nerves ohscure, irregular, 
5 to 7 on each side of the midrib, the reticulations lax. Inflorescence 
solitaiy, axillary, of 4 to 8 cm. long racemose panicles, the flowers secund, 
the axis and branchlets minutely ])uberulent, the hranclies of the in- 
florescence opposite, very short, aliout 3 mm. long, racemosely disposed, 
each with 2 or 3 sessile flowers at the apex, the bracts orbicular-ovate, 
obtuse, about 2 mm. long. Calyx cylindrical, 4.5 mm. long, minutely 
puberulent or subglabrous, the limb extending beyond the ovary and 
rather prominently 6-toothed. Corolla glabrous, cylindrical, not en- 
larged, about 2 cm. long, red, the lobes 2 mm. wide behnv, united for 
the lower 2 mm., the portion above the insertion of the stamens reflexed 
in anthesis, 5 to 6 mni. long. Anthers sessile, linear, inappendiculate, 
about 4.5 mm. long. 
Mindanao, Province of Surigao (237 Bolster) February 10, 1906. Parasitic 
oil various trees in open lands at an altitude of about 15 in. above tlie sea. A 
species recognizable by its secund flowers and sessile anthers. 
”Bi(». Herh. Boiss. (1896), 4, 128. 
