PHILIPPINE LORA NTH ACEiE . 
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nearly to the base, the tube about 1 mm long, the lobes 1.8 mm wide, 
the reflexed portion above the insertion of the anthers 7 mm long. 
Filaments 2 mm long; anthers continuous, 4 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, Bur. Sci. 1/785 Ramos, For. Bur. 
8252 Curran cC- Merritt, December, 1907, altitude 2,100 m. 
31. Loranthus ahernianus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 184. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 211/0 Ahern's collector: Province 
of Zambales, Bur. Sci. 5115 Ramos. 
Endemic. 
32. Loranthus acum inatissimus sp. nov. 
Glaber; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, elliptico-lanceolatis vel late lanceo- 
latis, usque ad 13 cm longis, coriaceis, nitidis, in sicco pallidis, apice valde 
caudato-acuminatis, basi acutis; floribus 6-meris, 3.5 ad 4 cm longis, in 
triadibus dispositis, lateralibus longe pedicellatis, intermedio sessile ; 
triadibus racemose dispositis, longe pedunculatis. 
Glabrous throughout. Branches terete, grayish, lentieellate, rather 
slender. Leaves rather pale and shining when dry, opposite, elliptic- 
lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 8 to 13 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm wide, the 
base acute, the apex strongly caudate-acuminate, the acumen straight or 
slightly falcate, blunt or acute ; nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, 
evident on both surfaces but scarcely more distinct than are the secondary 
ones and reticulations; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, 
glabrous, solitary, in the uppermost axils only, the rachis 5 to 6 cm long, 
each subtended by three or four broadly triangular-ovate, 2 to 3 mm 
long bracts. Flowers in triads, the middle one sessile, subtended by a 
broadly ovate, sharply and abruptly acuminate bract, 4 mm long, the 
lateral ones with pedicels 9 to 10 mm long; the triads racemosely dis- 
posed, their peduncles about 1 cm long. Calyx cylindric, 4.5 mm long, 
the limb produced about 1 mm, truncate or minutely denticulate. 
Corolla-tube short, slightly inflated, about 4 mm in diameter, 2 to 3.5 
mm long, the lobes 2 mm wide at the base, the portion above the insertion 
of the anthers about 18 mm long. Filaments 11 mm long; anthers con- 
tinuous, 7 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Bur. Sci. 5700 Ramos, December, 1908. 
Manifestly closely allied to the preceding species, differing chiefly in its 
entirely glabrous inflorescence and very strongly caudate-acuminate leaves. 
33. Loranthus ovatifolius Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 133. 
Mindanao, along the seashore, but with no definite locality, Mrs. Clemens 
1195, September, 1907. 
Endemic. 
34. Loranthus halconensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 271. 
Mindoro, Alag River, Merrill 5601/, November, 1906, parasitic on Ficus mina- 
hassae Miq., altitude about 100 m. Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Pulog, 
For. Bur. 16230 Curran, Merritt & Zocholclce. 
Endemic. 
