PHILIPPINE LORANTHACEdE. 
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Both of these have opposite sessile leaves similar in size, shape, and texture to 
Elmer 9525, but on both the inflorescence is composed of very shortly peduncled, 
fascicled triads, while Mr. Elmer distinctly states that the flowers on his species 
are in small, axillary, sessile clusters. 
Endemic. 
§ ClCHLANTIIUS. 
17. Loranthus estipitatus Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. II 4 (1894) 221; 
Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1894) 405. 
Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1970. Luzon, Province of Tayabas, 
Elmer 7 911: Province of Bizal, Bosoboso, Merrill 1826. 
Southern China to Tonkin, Perak, and Borneo. 
18. Loranthus sphenoideus Blume FI. Jav. Loranth. (1828) 23, t. 1/ ; Vid. 
Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 140, Bev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 231; F.-Vill. 
Nov. App. (1883) 184. 
Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1/90. Luzon, Province of Benguet, 
For. Bur. 1/880, 10903 Curran, Williams 981/: Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 
5928 Curran: Province of Bulacan, Yoder 201: Province of Bizal, Bur. Sci. 110 
Foxworthy. Mindoro, For. Bur. 8792 Merritt. Guimaras, For. Bur. 21/9 Gam- 
mill. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1/59. 
A form in many respects resembling Loranthus fuscus Blume, differing chiefly 
from the above specimens by its narrower leaves and paler -pubescence, but which 
I am not disposed to consider specifically distinct from Loranthus sphenoideus 
Blume, is represented by the following specimens: Philippines, without locality, 
Cuming 1959. Luzon, Province of Union, Bauang, Elmer 5711: Province of 
Tarlac, Merrill s. n.: Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. 1/977 Ramos ; Alberto 35. 
Miquel has reduced Loranthus sphenoideus Blume to L. repandus Blume, as a 
variety, to which it is undoubtedly allied. The type of L. sphenoideus was from 
Celebes, and Blume reports the species from Java; I am not sure of its other 
distribution, but it is probably more or less widely distributed in the Malay region. 
19. Loranthus philippensis Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnaea 3 (1828) 204; 
Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 164; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes FT. S. Explor. Exped. 
(1854) 741; Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 140, Bev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 
231; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 84; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 183. 
Scurrula philippensis G. Don Gen. Hist. 3 (1834) 423. 
Dendrophtlioe philippensis Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I 1 (1856) 817 ; Vid. Cat. PI. Prov. 
Manila (1880) 40. 
Lonicera symphoricarpos Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 161. 
Cichlanthus philippensis Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42 (1895) 243. 
Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1/91, 1977. Luzon, Province of Benguet, 
Elmer 5911, Williams 1379: Province of Nueva Vizcaya, For. Bur. 15783 Curran 
iC- Merritt: Province of Bizal, Bur. Sci. 128 Foxworthy, Merrill 1688, For. Bur. 
3169 Ahern’s collector: Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 5790 Curran, Merrill 1585: 
Province of Laguna, Bur. Sci. 6013 Robinson, Hallier s. n. : Province of Bid a can, 
Yoder 21/1: Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. 1/972 Ramos: Province of Tayabas, 
Whitford 590. Mindoro, For. Bur. 3681/ Merritt, Whitford 11/27. Ticao, For. 
Bur. 2532 Clark. Mindanao, Mrs. Clemens s. n. 
A widely distributed endemic species, apparently the Philippine representative 
of Loranthus scurrula Linn., and certainly closely allied to it. Typical forms 
are very distinct from the preceding and the next, but it is frequently very 
difficult to distinguish some small forms from the former. 
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