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pines, frequently planted in other parts of tropical Asia. Not 
before recorded from China proper, although known from 
Hainan. 
LORANTHACEAE 
LORANTHUS Linnaeus 
LORANTHUS PENTANDRUS Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 63; Blume FI. Jav. 
Loranth. (1828) 33, t. 10; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 216. 
Kwangtung Province, Sai Sha, Sz Ooi, Groff 2403, April 24, 
1918. 
This species has not previously been reported from China ; the 
specimens agree closely with the descriptions and with our 
rather full series of Malayan specimens. 
LORANTHUS PARASITICUS (Linn.) comb. nov. 
Scurrula 'parasitica Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 110, excl. syn. Camell et 
Petiver. 
Loranthns scurrula Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 472, non auct. plur. 
Loranthus estijntatus Stapf. (p. p.) in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4 (1894) 
221; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1844) 405; 
Dunn & Tutcher FI. Xiongk. Kwangtung (1912) 229 (as to the 
Chinese plant). 
Kwangtung Province, vicinity of Canton, Merrill 9987, Levine 
1277, 1866, 1948, Groff 2314. Hongkong, Hongkong Herbarium 
1232. 
The history of this species is as follows : The original binomial, 
Scurrula parasitica Linn., was manifestly based on a specimen, 
indicated by Linnaeus as originating in China, and in all prob- 
ability collected by Osbeck near Canton ; to the species Linnaeus 
erroneously referred “Viscum vitici innascens Camell. luz. 3 n. 
36. Pet. gaz. t. 23, f. 8.” CamelFs description was based on 
specimens from Naic, Cavite Province, Luzon, and is manifestly 
Loranthus philippensis Cham. & Schleeht., an endemic Philip- 
pine species. Petiver’s figure was in all probability based on 
Camell’s drawing or on specimens from him, and a copy of the 
figure kindly supplied by Mr. Oakes Ames shows that it also 
represents Loranthus philippensis Cham, & Schleeht. The Lin- 
nean description does not apply to Loranthus philippensis Cham. 
& Schleeht., but does apply word for word to the Chinese 
form currently referred to Loranthus estipitatus Stapf, which 
is the commonest species of Loranthus found in the vicinity of 
Canton, the region in which Osbeck botanized. It does not apply 
to Loranthus scurrula of modern authors. In the second edition 
of the Species Plantarum Linnaeus made Scurrula parasitica the 
