Taxillus chinensis (DC.) Danser

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UlSS. Xoranthus eatlpitatua Stapf* Epiphytic shrub
upon the lower limbs ef araall trees standing alone in meadows
at ISO feet; a tern terete, lea« than l/t lack thiofc* creeping
along ita heat* branohedj wood, white, tough# odorless and
tasteless; bark dark brown, lent ice lied; fcraaokea fraely
Rebranched* and forming dense masses; leaves eetfiaceous#
lining, usually folded and recurred; flower» to a, axillary,
ascending ©r erect; corolla 1 Inch long, sligW^y «wred*
sfcllewi»h below the middle, greenish brown tow»*4 apex* 4~
lobed, the tube apllt down along the lower sida; adnata
fitgjfteats deep red; anthers yellowish brown on the inner side,
purple cn the bakk; stigma and ityle similar i* oolor o*®eP*
the green basal portion; orary green# rugose; inferior; _
fruits shft^t ellipsoid, strongly murose (almost as a"mulberry*)
laaa tJflteal/2 inch long, 1-seeded,	|®3®WO®B8*
Magallanes, March, 1910«
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