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MERRILL. 
Elmer 5554 : Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 11051 Zschokke: Province of Pan- 
gasinan, For. Bur. 8341 Curran & Merritt : Province of Rizal, Loher 44S2: Province 
of Bataan, For. Bur. 7 230 bis Curran. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Mrs. Clemens 50 4 . 
India to Formosa, tlie Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
4. Viscum opuntia Thunb. FI. Jap. (1784) 04. 
Viscum japonicum Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 3 (1794) 329; Hook. f. FI. Brit, 
Ind. 5 (1886) 228. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 16074 Curran, Merritt 
& Zschokke: Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 8080 Curran & 
Merritt. 
India to Japan, south to Mauritius, Malaya, and Australia; not previously 
reported from the Philippines. 
5. NOTOTH1XOS Oliver. 
1. Inflorescence of simple spikes. 
2. Leaves 2 cm long or less I. N.curranii 
2. Leaves 4 to 5 cm long 2. N. sulphureus 
1. Inflorescence cyrnose 3. N. philippinensis 
1. Notothixos curranii sp. nov. 
Bamulis foliis junioribus inflorescentiisque densissime pallide griseo- 
puberulis; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, ovato-lanceolatis vel elliptico-lanceo- 
latis, 1.5 ad 2 cm longis, trinerviis, apice obtusis vel leviter obtuse 
acuminatis, basi acuminatis, supra glabris, nitidis, subtus dense pallide 
puberulis; floribus 4-meris, oppositis, in spicis simplicibus terminalibus 
axillaribusque solitariis dispositis. 
Branches terete, dark-brown or nearly black, glabrous, the youngest 
branchlets, inflorescences and young leaves densely pale-grayish-puber- 
ulent. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 1.5 to 2 
cm long, 8 to 10 mm wide, subcoriaceous, the apex obtuse or obscurely and 
broadly acuminate, base acuminate, margins entire, the upper surface 
glabrous, brown and shining when dry, the lower surface densely pale- 
grayish-puberulent ; nerves 3, slender, extending from the base nearly to 
the apex, rather distinct on the upper surface, nearly obsolete beneath; 
petioles 3 to 4 mm long, puberulent. Spikes terminal and axillary, 
solitary, about 1 cm long. Flowers 4-merous, sessile, opposite, each sub- 
tended by a small, broadly ovate, obtuse bract less than 1 mm long. 
Perianth-lobes 4, ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Limay, For. Bur. 12402 Merritt d Curran, August, 
1908. 
Distinguished among t’he Philippine species by its small leaves and pale, 
scarcely yellow, and not glandular puberulence. 
2. Notothixos sulphureus sp. nov. 
Bamulis foliis junioribus inflorescentiisque densissime sulphureo- 
glanduloso-puberulis ; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, late ovatis, vel late ellip- 
ticis, usque ad 5 cm longis, subcoriaceis, basi apiceque late rotundatis, 
supra glabris, subtus pallide glanduloso-puberulis nitidisque, trinerviis ; 
