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MERRILL. 
For. Bur. 14183 Merritt ; Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 18045, 18084 Curran, Merritt, 
c£ Zschokke ; Mount Ugo, Bur. Sci. 5780 Ramos; without locality, Loher 4459. 
Mindoro, Mount Halcon, For. Bur. 4434 Merritt. Mindanao, Mount Malindang, 
For. Bur. 47 69 M earns c6 Hutchinson. 
43. Loranthus williamsii sp. nov. 
Glaber; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 
obtusis, basi acutis, usque acl 7 cm longis, nervis lateralibus tenuibus, 
obscuris, utrinque 5 vel 6; capitulis axillaribus, solitariis, 4-floris, in 
alabastro globosis, bracteis circiter 6 arete imbricatis involucratis, in- 
terioribus circiter 1.4 cm longis, exterioribus minoribus, deciduis; flori- 
bus sessilibus, 5- vel 6-meris, 3 cm longis. 
Glabrous throughout. Branches terete, grayish-brown, rather densely 
lenticellate. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, dull-green when dry, not or but 
slightly shining, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, the apex obtuse, base acute, 
5 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide; nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the 
midrib, very slender, obscure ; petioles about 3 mm long. Heads axillary, 
when young globose, solitary, sessile, surrounded by about 6 strongly im- 
bricated, brown, shining, coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, rounded 
deciduous bracts, the inner ones about 1.4 cm long, the outer gradually 
smaller, the outermost ones about 8 mm long. Flowers 5- and 6-merous, 
four in each head, sessile, the peduncle very stout, about 2 mm long, 3 mm 
in diameter, marked by the bract-scars. Calyx 2.5 mm long, about 3 mm 
in diameter, the limb produced, truncate. Corolla 27 mm long, the tube 
3 to 4 mm in length, the lobes 5 or 6, 2 mm wide below, narrowed some- 
what above, the reflexed portion above the insertion of the stamens 8 to 
9 mm long. Anther sessile, linear, 7 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Williams 973, September 21,' 1904. Cum- 
ing 1974 is probably referable here but my specimen is too fragmentary for certain 
identification. 
A species well characterized by its 4-flowered, sessile, axillary, solitary heads, 
the flowers sessile, 5- and 6-merous. 
DOUBTFUL AND EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
Loranthus blancoanus F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 355. 
Brabejum ? caliculatum Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 39; ed. 3, 1: 72. 
F.-Villar’s species was based on Blanco’s Brabejum ? caliculatum, but if the 
latter’s description is correct in all particulars, the species can not be referred 
to the Loranthaceae. 1 have therefore excluded it, although I have not been 
able to make out the identity of Brabejum. ? caliculatum, or to which family it 
really belongs. 
Loranthus heteranthus Wall.; Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. 81, f. A. 
Undoubtedly an erroneous identification, as the species has not been found 
in the Philippines; I can not determine to which species Vidal’s figure really 
belongs. 
Dendropiithoe incarnata Blume; Vid. Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 40 
(= Loranthus incarnatus Jack). 
