Loranthus sessiliflorus ]\lei;iill sp. iiov. ^ Plioenicunihemum. 
Shrubb}^, entivel}^ giabroiis, with axillar}^ solitar}^ or fascicled spikes of 
small sessile flowers, the whole inflorescence glabrous, red. Branches dark 
reddish brown or nearl}^ lilack when dry, terete. Leaves opposite, very 
coriaceous, broadly-ovate to suborbicular-ovate, dull and minutely wrin- 
kled on both surfaces when dry, the apex broad, rounded or obtuse, 
I'arel}' soinewliat narro^ved and acute, the l)ase acute to subtruncate, 8 to 
11 cm. long, 5 to 8 cm. wide, the nerves 4 to 5 on each side of the stout 
midrib, obscure; petioles stout, about 1 cm. long. Spikes 1 to 4 or 5 in 
each axil, usually 3, 4 to 7 cm. long, many flowered. Flowers red, 
sessile, about 7 mm. long, the subtending bract very thick, orbicular, 
nearly 1.5 mm. in diameter. Calyx glabrous, cylindrical, about 2 nun. 
long, the limb very slightly produced beyond the ovary, truncate. Petals 
4, free to the base, linear, scarcely widened below, 5 mm. long, the upper 
half curved-reflexed from the insertion of the stamens. Filaments about 
1 mm. long, slightly rugose-wrinkled near the insertion below, the 
anthers continuous, slightly wider than the fllaments, oblong, 1.5 mm. 
long. St3de glabrous, al)ont 5 mm. long. Immature fruit small, ovoid. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (1171 Whitford) March, 1905; 
Province of Bengnet, Baguio (6057 Elmer) March, 1904. Mindoro, Baco River 
(4041 Merrill) March, 1905; (125 McGregor) INIarch, 1905. Pai’asitic on various 
trees, .sea level to an altitude of about 1,500 m. 
Loranthus subaltern ifol i us Merrill noiu. nov. Amylotheca ciimingii Van Tiegli.'^ 
Bull. Bot. Soc. France, 41 (1894) 264. Loranthus cumin, gii Engl. Nat. 
Pflanzenfani. Nachtr. (1897) 128, non L. cwmingianus Engl. 1. c. 
Glabrous throughout. Branches light gray, terete, the branchlets 
often olivaceous, somewhat thickened and compressed below tlie nodes, 
smooth. Leaves coriaceous, subalternate, or the upper ones opposite, 
oblong-ovate, usually pale when diy, somewhat shining 8 to 13 cm. long, 
4 to 5.5 cm. wide, usually gradually narrowed aliove to the acute, rarely 
slightly acuminate apex, and more abruptly narrowed below to tlie 
acute, often decurrent base; nerves about 6 on each side of the midril), 
obscure; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Inflorescence of solitary, axillary, 
racemose jranicles 4 to 7 cm. long, the branches short, opposite, spreading, 
racemosely disposed, about 3 mm. long, each bearing three sessile flowers 
at the apex, the bracts reniform, rounded, about 2 mm. long. Calyx 
cylindrical, about 5.5 mm. long, the liml) strongly produced beyond the 
ovary, truncate, somewhat spreading. Corolla tuliular, about 18 mm. 
long, golden yellow, somewhat inflated below, tlie lobes G, linear, united 
foi- the lower 3 mm. Filaments very stout, about 2 mm. long; anthers 
linear, 2.5 mm. long, the portion of the petals above the insertion of the 
stamens thickened, nearly fi mm. long, spreading or reflexed in anthesis. 
Phii.tppi.nes (1969 Cuming) 1836-1840. Luzon, Province of Bengiiet, Sablan 
(6191 Elmer) April, 1904. 
The above description is based on No. (il91 Elmer, niy specimen of Cuming’s 
plant a cotype of Amylotheca cumingii Van Tiogh. = Loranthus cumingii Engl., 
