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9. Loranthus tenuis sp. nov. 
Glaber, ramulis juvenilibus inflorescentiisque exceptis; ramis ramu- 
lisque tenuibus, griseo-brunneis, teretibus, lenticellatis ; foliis oppositis, 
suboppositis vel alternis, lanceolatis, usque ad 6 cm longis, utrinque 
angustatis, apice acuminatis, petiolatis, nervis utrinque circiter 5, sub- 
obsoletis; cymis axillaribus, solitariis, vix 1.5 cm longis, 3-floris; floribus 
leviter ferrugi neo-puberulis, 4-meris; petalis liberis, 5 mm longis. 
Glabrous except the young branchlets and inflorescence. Branches 
slender, brownish-gray, terete, lenticellate, glabrous, the young branchlets 
slightly feiTuginous-puberulent. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alter- 
nate, coriaceous, glabrous, dull, lanceolate, 3.5 to 6 cm long, 0.8 to 1.8 
cm wide, narrowed at both ends, the apex acuminate, acumen blunt, base 
acute or acuminate; nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, very 
obscure, the reticulations obsolete; petioles slender, 5 mm long or less. 
Cymes axillary, solitary, less than 1.5 cm long, 3-flowered, each therefore 
a simple triad with pedicelled flowers, the pedicels about 2 mm long. 
Calyx cup-shaped, 1.8 to 2 mm long, obscurely 4-toothed or sub truncate, 
the limb slightly produced, ferrugi nous-puberulent, subtended by a single, 
ovate, obtuse bract about 1 mm long. Petals 4, free, linear or oblong- 
linear, ferruginous-puberulent outside, obtuse, about 5 mm long, 0.5 to 
0.7 mm wide. Anthers erect, continuous. Style 6 mm long; stigma 
capitate. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles, parasitic on 
Diospyros pilosanthera Blanco in forests at an altitude of about 800 m, For. Bur. 
6287 Curran, February, 1907. 
A species well characterized by its slender branches, narrow, lanceolate leaves, 
and simple, solitary triads. 
10. Loranthus mearnsii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 271. 
Mindoro, Mount Halcon, Merrill 5733, November, 1906. 
Endemic. 
11. Loranthus caul iflorus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 185. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 55, and two sheets 
without number, January, March, May, 1906. 
Endemic. 
12. Loranthus lanaensis sp. nov. 
Glaber; foliis suboppositis, coriaceis, lanceolatis vel late lanceolatis, 
in sicco brunneis, opaeis, circiter 20 cm longis, basi acutis, apice valde 
acute acuminatis, petiolatis, nervis utrinque circiter 7, obscuris; cymis 
ad nodos solitariis vel fasciculatis, trichotomis, 9-floris; floribus omnibus 
pedicellatis, 5-meris; petalis liberis, 3 ad 3.5 cm longis. 
Glabrous throughout. Branches stout, terete, gray or brown. Leaves 
subopposite, lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 18 to 20 cm long, 4.5 to 6 
cm wide, thickly coriaceous, brown when dry, dull, the base acute, the 
apex strongly and sharply acuminate, often somewhat falcate ; nerves 
