PHILIPPINE L0RANTHACE7E. 
145 
mm long, the middle flower of each triad sessile, the lateral ones with 
pedicels about 1.5 mm long. Calyx densely ferruginous-puberulent, 5 
mm long, narrowly funnel-shaped, 4-toothed, each subtended by a brac- 
teole about 2 mm long. Corolla 2.5 cm long, slightly ferruginous-puber- 
ulent, red, split down one side, the tube 2.5 mm long, the lobes above 
the insertion of the stamens about 6 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, reflexed, 
acute. Filament 3 mm long; anther continuous, nearly 3 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon, For. Bur. 5035 Curran, August, 
1906, parasitic on Podocarpus at an altitude of about 2,250 m, (type) ; Mount 
Pulog, For. Bur. 1811/3 Curran, Merritt, & Zschoklce. 
A species manifestly allied to the preceding, but distinguished by its constantly 
4-merous flowers. 
37. Loranthus viridis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 189. 
Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1953. Luzon, Province of Bataan, For. 
Bur. 816, 1811/, 2938 Borden, For. Bur. 6318 Curran. 
Endemic. 
38. Loranthus banahaensis Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 288. 
Gllaber; foliis oppositis vel suboppositis, petiolatis, crasse coriaceis, 
obovatis vel subellipticis, circiter 10 cm longis, 5 cm latis, apice obtusis 
vel rotundatis, basi acutis vel subcuneatis, in sicco supra olivaceis, nitidis, 
subtus brunneis, nervis utrinque 5 ad 7, obscuris, anastomosantibus ; 
petiolo crasso, 1 ad 2 cm longo; floribus 6-meris, sessilibus, fasciculatis, 
axillaribus; circiter 1.7 cm longis; antheris sessilibus, basifixis. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Mount Banajao, altitude 750 m, Elmer 9115, 
May, 1907, type number. 
There is considerable doubt as to its alliances, due to discrepancies between the 
original description and the material distributed under the type number. The 
specimen before me has 6-merous flowers, and sessile, basifixed, not versatile 
anthers, but in other respects agrees closely with Mr. Elmer’s description, and it 
seems to be quite evident that he was in error in ascribing 4-merous flowers and 
versatile anthers to Loranthus banahaensis, unless the species was based on a 
mixture, which my specimen does not show, and accordingly I have emended the 
diagnosis above. It is barely possible that Loranthus banahaensis should be 
referred to the section Lepiostegeres, as the fascicles of flowers are described as 
being surrounded by involucral bracts, although no measurements are given, and the 
buds are said to be covered with a calyptrate hood which soon falls off. The 
specimen before me shows only a single inflorescence, with opened flowers, and the 
“involucral bracts” are represented only by the small bracteoles subtending the 
flowers. It is entirely different from the only other Philippine species of the 
section Lepiostegeres known to me. 
Endemic. 
§ Macrosolen. 
39. Loranthus ampullaceus Boxb. FI. Ind. 2 (1820) 189; DC. Prodr. 4 
(1830) 296; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 220; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1894) 405; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 184; Vidal Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885) 141. 
Billia longiflora Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 235; ed. 2 (1845) 165; ed. 3, 1: 297. 
Loranthus tomentosus Naves in Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 3, pi. 1/1/1/, non Blanco. 
