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LGRANTHACEAE 
LORANTHtS Linnaeus 
LORANTHUS LUCIDUS sp. nov. § Dendrophthoe. 
Frutex parasiticus, subscandens, glaber, ramis ramulisque te- 
retibus; foliis oppositis vel suboppositis, usque ad 12 cm longis, 
breviter petiolatis, oblongo-ovatis ad lanceolatis, utrinque valde 
nitidis, longe acute acuminatis, basi late rotundatis cordatisque 
rariter subobtusis; inflorescentiis terminalibus et in axillis supe- 
rioribus, 5 ad 10 cm longis, floribus 6-meris, circiter 1.6 cm longis, 
in triadibus dispositis, lateralibus pedicellatis, intermedio sessile, 
triadibus racemose dispositis. 
A parasitic shrub, apparently somewhat scandent along its 
host, glabrous, the branches stout, terete, gray, slightly lenti- 
cellate, the younger ones somewhat reddish-brown, smooth. 
Leaves opposite or subopposite, coriaceous, oblong-ovate to lan- 
ceolate, normally 8 to 12 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, broadly 
rounded and prominently cordate at the base, exceptionally lan- 
ceolate, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, and subobtuse at the base, prominently 
shining on both surfaces, gradually narrowed upward to the 
long and sharply acuminate apex; lateral nerves 6 to 8 on each 
side of the midrib, slender, indistinct; petioles 3 to 7 mm long. 
Inflorescence terminal and in the uppermost axils, 5 to 10 cm 
long, the axis and lateral branches gray, obscurely furfuraceous, 
composed of racemosely disposed triads. Lateral branches of 
the panicles (peduncles of the triads), spreading, 1 cm long or 
less, each bearing a central sessile fertile flower, and two lateral 
flowers, each flower subtended by a broadly ovate, acute or acu- 
minate bracteole as long as the calyx, the pedicels of the lateral 
flowers 4 to 5 mm long. Flowers 6-merous. Calyx subcylindric, 
3 mm long, truncate, the rim not produced, very minutely and 
obscurely 6-denticulate. Corolla about 1.3 cm long, the basal 
part somewhat inflated, about 3 mm in diameter, the lobes united 
for the lower 2 mm, narrow, very slender upward, the reflexed 
part above the insertion of the stamen spatulate, 5 mm long. 
Filament very slender, 3 mm long; anther narrowly oblong, 
continuous, 2 mm long. Fruit very soft and fleshy, ovoid, about 
8 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio (Dahican River), Bur. Sci. 
16647 Ramos, September 16, 1912, parasitic on Worcesterantlius, in forests. 
A species in the same group with Loranthus ahernianus, L. acuminatis- 
simus, L. saccatus, and L. ovatifolius, differing from the first three in its 
very much smaller flowers, and other characters, and from the latter in its 
very different vegetative and floral characters. 
