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Leaves opposite, very obtuse and very thick and rigid in texture, 

 opaque, brown when dried, 1-1^ in. long, f-1 in. broad, nar- 

 rowed very gradually at the base. Flowers in axillary umbels on 

 very short peduncles; bracts coriaceous, connate into a small 

 oblong cupule with a minutely ciliated margin. Sepals 1, minute, 

 oblong, connivent. Mature ovary black, ^ in. in diam., crowned 

 with a very short style and capitate stigma. — Baron 2807 ! 



Viscum (§Plojonuxia) Eadula, n. sp. 



Foliosum, glabrum, ramulis apice acute tetragonis, foliis subsessilibus 

 oblongis parvis obtusis vel subacutis rigide coriaceis rugosis venis iminersis 

 occultis, floribus l-3nis in umbellas axillares brevissime pedunculatas dis- 

 positis, bracteis in cupulam connatis ovario globoso scabro haud papilloso, 

 stylo brevissimo cylindrico, stigmate capitato. 



A much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with very 

 slender terete acutely-angled branchlets, with internodes \-\ in. 

 long. Leaves \— \ in. long, |-g in. broad, thick and coriaceous in 

 texture, acute or subobtuse, much narrowed at the base, opaque 

 and nearly black when dried, very rough on both surfaces. 

 -Flowers 1-3 on a very short peduncle; bracts spreading, ovate, 

 obtuse, minutely ciliated. Mature ovary black, yV in. in diam. ; 

 sepals lanceolate, very minute ,• style very short ; stigma capitate. 

 —Baron 3072 ! Allied to V. triflorum, DC. 



Viscum (§Ploionuxia) apodum, n. sp. 



Foliosum, glabrum, ramulis teretibus, foliis oblougis acutis subsessilibus 

 basi attenuatis rigide coriaceis obscure trinervatis, floribus axillaribus soli- 

 tariis bracteis minutis ovatis, ovario globoso densissime papilloso-muricato, 

 stylo conico brevissimo, stigmate capitato. 



A much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 

 subterete branchlets, with internodes f-l£ in. long. Leaves 

 opposite, thick and rigid in texture, brownish and scabrous on 

 both surfaces when dried, 2-3 in. long, f-1 in. broad at the 

 middle, acuminate at both ends, the veins very obscure. Female 

 flowers solitary and sessile in the axils of the leaves all down the 

 branches ; bracts minute, ovate, ciliated. Mature ovary globose, 

 i in. in diam., brown, densely coated with hard prominent papillae ; 

 style very short.— Baron 3012 ! Allied to V. tuberculatum, A. 

 Rich., and V. multicostatum, Baker. 



YlSCFM (§AsPIDUXIA) TBACIIYCAItPUM, II. sp. 

 Aphyllum, ramulis teretibus glabris ad nodos articulatis, floribus l-3nis 

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