140 
MERRILL. 
20. Loranthus ferrugineus Roxb. FI. Ind. 2 (1824) 188; DC. Prodr. 4 
(1830) 299; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 210; LTsteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. 
(1905) 125. 
Palawan, Merrill 705 ; Bur. Sci. 203 Bermejos; Bur. Sci. S23 Foxworthy. 
Malay Peninsula to Java and Sumatra. 
§ Dendrophtiioe. 
21. Loranthus hallieri sp. nov. 
Glaber; foliis sessilibus, oppositis, ovatis, basi valde cordatis, apice 
acuminatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, coriaceis, 5- vel 7-plinerviis ; floribus 
5-meris, in racemis brevibus axillaribus fasciculatis dispositis. 
Glabrous throughout, or the inflorescence Very slightly pubescent. 
Branches terete, reddish-brown, not lenticellate. Leaves opposite, ovate, 
coriaceous, sessile, 7 to 10 cm long, 3 to 5.5 cm wide, dull and brown 
when dry, the base very strongly cordate and half surrounding the stems, 
the apex acuminate; nei'ves 5 to 7 from just above the base, ascending, 
curved, rather distinct, the reticulations obsolete or nearly so. Racemes 
fascicled, axillary, the rachis less than 1 cm long, the pedicels about 2 mm 
long. Calyx cylindric, 3 mm long, the limb slightly produced, truncate 
or obscurely toothed, each subtended by an ovate, concave, acute or 
acuminate, 1.5 mm long bracteole. Corolla somewhat curved, 3 to 3.5 
cm long, in bud somewhat narrowed at both base and apex to a diameter 
of 1 mm, the median portion slightly inflated and 3 mm in diameter, 
the tube 1.5 to 1.8 mm long, the lobes 5, about 1.7 mm wide, the portions 
above the insertion of the stamens linear, 8 mm long, recurved. Fila- 
ments 4 mm long; anthers continuous, linear, 3 mm long. 
Basilan, Hallier s. n., February, 1904. 
A species at once recognizable by its opposite, sessile, strongly cordate leaves, 
and short, axillary, fascicled racemes. 
22. Loranthus dementis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 185. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., March, 1906. 
Endemic. 
23. Loranthus copelandii Merr. 1. c. 186. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Daklan to Kabayan, Merrill 1/^07 ; Mount Pulog, 
For. Bur. 18176, 16232 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. 
Endemic. 
24. Loranthus loheri sp. nov. 
Loranthus curvatus Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 230; Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 141 ; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 184, non Blume. 
Glaber, inflorescentiis. exceptis; foliis alternis, petiolatis, coriaceis, 
oblongo-ellipticis vel anguste ovato-ellipticis, in sicco- brunneis, opacis, 
basi acutis, apice obtusis vel late obtuse acuminatis, usque ad 10 cm 
longis, nervis utrinque 3, ascendentibus ; floribus rubris, leviter curvatis, 
circiter 3 cm longis, 5-meris, in racemis simplicibus, solitariis, axillaribus 
dispositis. 
