278 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
LORANTHUS FRAGILIS sp. nov. § Dendropthoe. 
Frutex parasiticus, glaber, ramis ramulisque crassis, teretibus, 
fragilis; foliis late ovatis, crasse coriaceis, nitidis, usque ad 15 
cm longis, ovatis, sessilibus vel subsessilibus, obtusis, basi late 
rotundatis vel leviter cordatis; inflorescentiis in axillis superio- 
ribus, floribus omnibus sessilibus, 6-meris, pallide flavidis, circiter 
2.4 cm longis, in triadibus brevissime pedunculatis racemose 
dispositis. 
A species in the alliance with Loranthus secundiflorus Merr., 
and L. mindanaensis Merr., distinguished at once by its sessile 
or subsessile, broadly rounded or subcordate leaves. Branches 
up to 1 m in length, stout, terete, smooth and shining when dry, 
grayish-brown, very brittle when fresh, branches 1 cm in diam- 
eter breaking very readily. Leaves ovate, subopposite, thickly 
coriaceous, pale greenish-olivaceous when dry, shining, 9 to 15 
cm long, 5.5 to 9 cm wide, apex rounded or obtuse, base broadly 
rounded or somewhat cordate, sessile or subsessile, the lateral 
nerves not prominent, 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib. Inflores- 
cence in the upper axils, usually fascicled, about 4 cm long, the 
flowers 6-merous, all sessile in triads on very short peduncles 
which are racemosely disposed. Flowers pale-yellow, their sub- 
tending bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, 1 mm long, the peduncles 
bearing the triads of flowers very stout, about 2 mm long. Calyx 
oblong-ovoid, truncate, 3.5 to 4 mm long. Corolla about 2 cm 
long, the petals 6, united for the lower 2 to 3 mm, the reflexed 
parts of the petals above the insertion of the anthers 5 mm long. 
Filaments 1.5 long; anthers continuous, linear, 2.5 mm long. 
Palawan, Taytay, on Vernonia in forests at sea level, May 31, 1913, 
Merrill 9248. 
A species well characterized by its brittle stems, its thickly coriaceous 
leaves, which are almost fleshy and very brittle when fresh, and which 
are sessile or subsessile, broadly rounded or somewhat cordate at the base. 
Its inflorescence is of the type found in Loranthus secundiflorus Merr., and 
L. mindanaensis Merr., that is, the flowers sessile in triads, the triads 
shortly peduncled and racemosely disposed. 
LORANTHUS LEYTENSIS sp. nov. § Dendrophthoe. 
Frutex parasiticus, inflorescentiis puberulis exceptis glaber; 
foliis oppositis, alternis, vel subverticillatis, petiolatis, crassissime 
coriaceis, oblongis, usque ad 6 cm longis, acutis, nervis lateralibus 
obsoletis. Inflorescentiis axillaribus, pedunculatis, floribus 5- 
meris, circiter 3.3 cm longis, in triadibus umbellatim dispositis. 
A stiff, parasitic shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence, the 
branches stout, reddish-brown or grayish, terete, the ultimate 
branchlets about 3 mm in diameter, the nodes often thickened, 
