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being fragmentary, but siiHicient 1 believe to show the identity of the two speci- 
mens. Van Tiegliem’s description being very short and imperfect, it has been 
thought well to publish a longer one here. 
Loranthus viridis Merrill sp. nov. ^ Dendropthoe. 
Coarse, more or less branched, shrubby, glabrous throughout. Jjeaves 
opposite, coriaceous, usually pale or yellowish when dry, elliptical-ovate, 
ovate or even obovate, 6 to 11 cm. long, 4 to G cm. wide, rounded or acute 
at the apex, narrowed below to the acute, slightly decurreut base, shin- 
ing above, dull beneath, the midrib stout, the lateral nerves obscure; 
petioles stout, 2 to 3 cm. long. Cymes 5 cm. long or less, few flowered, 
glabrous, solitary in the upper axils and terminal, the branches few, three 
or four, whorled at the summit of the 1 to 2.5 cm. long peduncles the 
branches spreading, about 1 cm. long, each branchlet with two or three 
flowers the j^edicels about 2 mm. long, the bract subtending the flower 
small, orbicular-ovate, rounded. Flowers pale green, about 3.5 cm. long, 
the buds somewhat clavate at the tips. Calyx cylindrical, glabrous, 5 
to 6 mm. long, the limb truncate, or very obscurely 6 toothed, slightly 
exceeding the ovary. Corolla slightly swollen below, the lobes 6, united 
for the lower 0.5 cm., 3 mm. wide below, gradually narrowed upward 
and 1 mm. wide above, the upper 1 cm. reflexed from the insertion of the 
stamens, much thickened and deeply channeled on the inner surface. 
Stamens 8 mm. long, the antheriferous portion narrow, about 3.5 mm. 
long, inappendiculate. Fruit fleshy, glabrous, ellipsoidal, about 12 mm. 
long. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles (816, 1814, 2938 Borden) June, 
September, 1904, and Marcli, 1905. No. 1953 Cuming, Philippines, without 
locality, of which a fragmentary specimen exists in our herbarium, appears to 
belong here. 
PHRYGILANTHUS Eiehl. 
Phrygilanthus obtusifolius Merrill sp. nov. 
Glabrous throughout. Shrubby, much branched, about 1 m. long, the 
Ijranches slender, brown or yellowish when dry, rigid, terete, the younger 
branches often somewhat compressed below the nodes, the nodes promi- 
nent. Leaves opposite, oblong-obovate, 3 to 6 cm. long, 1 to 2.5 cm. wide, 
the apex broad, rounded, gradually narrowed below to the cuneate base, 
coriaceous, dull, finely wrinkled on both surfaces when dry, the nerves, 
including the midrib, obsolete or nearly so; petioles 3 to 5 mm. long. 
Cymes glabrous, axillary and terminal, few, usually 2-flowered, solitary 
or two or three from each node, the peduncles slender, 1 to 2 cm. long, 
the pedicels 3 mm. long. Flowers white about 1 cm. long the bract small, 
rounded, about 1 mm. long. Calyx glabrous, cylindrical, truncate, 3 mm. 
long, the limb slightly exceeding the ovary. Petals 5, free, slightly 
enlarged, and 2 min. wide below, narrowed above, the upper three-fifths 
curved-reflexed from the insertion of the stamens. Filaments G mm. 
long; anthers oldong, obtuse, versatile. Style glabrous, about 12 
mm. 
