NEW PHILIPPINE PLANTS. 
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LOR AN TH ACE aE. 
LORANTHUS Linn. 
Loranthus ovatifolius Merrill sp. nov. § Dendropthoe. 
Glaber; foliis ovatis, acuminatis, subeoriaceis, nitidis, basi late cor- 
datis ; racemis axillaribus, solitariis, eonfertis ; floribus tenuibus, ca. 2 cm 
longis, 5-meris. 
Glabrous throughout, branches terete, slender, pale-grayish-brown, 
lentieellate. Leaves opposite, ovate to broadly ovate, subcoriaceous, 
shining on both surfaces, 6 to 8 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, apex acuminate, 
rarely subacute, base broad, rather strongly cordate; nerves 5 or 6 on 
each side of the midrib, indistinct, irregular, the reticulations obscure; 
petioles 2 to 3 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, congested, 
about 3 cm long, the flowers 3-1 on 2-3 mm long lateral branches which 
are racemosely disposed, the rachis 1 to 1.5 cm long. Flowers scarlet, 
slender, about 2 cm long, one sessile, the others on each branchlet short- 
pedicellate, each subtended by a broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, concave 
bracteole about 2 m m long. Corolla cylindrical, about 1.5 mm in diam- 
eter, not swollen, 5-lobed, lobes extending nearly to the base, less than 
1 m m wide; filaments 1.5 mm long; anthers equaling the filaments. 
Calyx oblong, 2 mm long, 1 mm thick, somewhat sulcate and angular, 
the limb short, 5-toothed; style about 2 cm long. 
Mindanao, without locality, on the seacoast, Mrs. Clemens 1195, October, 1907. 
A species well characterized by its ovate glabrous shining broadly cordate 
leaves, congested inflorescence and 5-merous slender flowers. 
MAGNOLIACEyE. 
TALAUMA Juss. 
Talauma pubescens Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor ea. 15 m alta; ramis ramulis stipulis petiolis foliis subtus brac- 
teisque plus minus dense pubescentibus ; foliis elliptico-ovatis vel oblongo- 
ovatis, acuminatis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, 15 ad 30 cm longis, nervis 
utrinque ca. 20; floribus albis ca. 4 cm longis; petalis 9, glabris, anguste 
oblongo-obovatis vel subspatulatis, interioribus minoribus. 
A tree about 15 m high, the branches terete, rather stout, dark-colored, 
pubescent, in age glabrous, the branchlets densely fulvous-pubescent. 
Leaves elliptical-ovate to oblong-ovate, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 15 
to 30 cm long, 8 to 14 cm wide, base rounded, apex rather short-acuminate, 
above shining and glabrous, beneath more or less pubescent with scattered 
hairs, in age subglabrous; nerves prominent, about 20 on each side of the 
midrib, anastomosing near the margin of the, leaf : petioles densely pubes- 
cent, 2 to 3.5 cm long; stipules deciduous, linear-lanceolate, 8 or 9»cm 
long, densely fulvous-hirsute outside. Flowers white, fragrant, the buds 
inclosed in a deciduous, broadly ovate, acuminate, densely pubescent bract 
