Additamenta ad cognitionem florae Indiae occidentalis. IV. 29 
Prag.; St. Vincent in mont. St. Andrews m. Dec. flor.: Eggers n. 6747 
(Phoradendrum flavens). — Var. B. in Guadeloupe m. Apr. fl. et fr.; 
Duss n. 2419 (transiens ad typum in arboribus diversis, praesertim Bixa 
orellana); St. Vincent: Smith n. 1626 (transiens ad typum); Barbados 
e. gr. in Forster's Hall Wood m. Jan. fl.: Eggers n. 7414 (Sapium), Waby 
n. 104. 
Obs. I. Specimina Sintenis n. 5670 a caeteris Portoricensibus paullo recedunt 
ramis juvenilibus, pedunculis et pedicellis dense furfuraceis, inflorescentiis usque 
22-floris, floribus subsessilibus, linea commissurali bractearum non conspicua, cupula 
bractearum et prophyllorum perbrevi. Sterilis, an hybrida? 
Obs. II. Flores rhacheos torsione saepius pseudo- distichi, ut jam cl. EGGERS 
adnotavit. 
V. Oryctanthus Eichl. 
23. 0. occidentalis Eichl. ramis teretibus, junioribus cum peduneulis 
pallide ferrugineo-furfuraceis, demum subglabrescentibus, foliis 4—4 mm 
longe petiolatis, forma variabilibus, rotundatis, late usque anguste ovatis v. 
ovalibus, apice obtusis v. rotundatis, basi latissima subtruncatis v. angusta 
obtusis et paullo in petiolum productis, 3—8 cm longis, 2,5—5,5 cm latis, 
in ramulis interdum usque ad 2,5 cm longit. et 1,5 em lat. decrescentibus, 
nervis lateralibus e medio ad basin versus prodeuntibus; spicis axillaribus 
solitariis, raro ternis, rhachide laevi, pedunculo 0,5—1,2 cm longo, bracteis 
vix semilunaribus, margine liberis, basin cavitatis vestientibus, prophyllis 
bene evolutis, anguste ovalibus apice obtusis v. rotundatis; alabastris 
patentibus; baccis nigris (ex Harris) ovatis, 4—5 mm longis, margine 
calyeodii supra apicem truncatum non producto. 
Oryctanthus occidentalis Eichl.! in Mart. Fl. Bras. V 2 (1868) p. 89; 
van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. bot. France XLII p. 170. 
Loranthus occidentalis Linn. Syst. X ed. (1759) p. 988 (excl. syn. Loefl.); 
Elmgr. in Linn. Amoen. V p. 396; Sw.! Obs. p. 155; Lun. Jam. 1 p. 509; 
DC. Prodr. IV p. 287; Macf. Jam. II p. 198; Grisb.! Flor. p. 915 (excl. 
syn. Benth.); Hemsl. Biol. III p. 82. 
Dendropemon occidentale Steud. Nomencl. 1I ed. I (1841) p. 491. 
Loranthus spicatus hb. Banks ex Grisb., — non Jacq. 
Viscum latior. et subrot. foliis, flore purp. Sloane Cat. (1696) p. 168 et 
Jam. II p. 92 t. 200 f. 2! 
Scurrula paras. foliis major. subrotundis P. Br. Jam. (1756 ) p. 197. 
God-bush Nigr. in Jam. ex Macf. 
Habitat in Jamaica: Bertero, ex P. Browne (Punica), Gosse n. 81 
(hb. Boiss.-Barb.), ex Macfadyen (praesertim Persea gratissima), March, 
Oersted (hb. Haun.), Wullschligel n. 859, supra Whitfield Hall Works 
1250 m alt., in via ad Brandon Hill, Spanish Town Road 50 m alt., Wareka 
Road, Mavis Bank 800 m alt., Chester Vale 1000 m alt., Mona Woodland 
330 m alt.: Bot. Dep. Herb. (C. Campbell, W. Harris) n. 6042 (Phoebe 
montana), 6342 et 6354 (Theobroma Cacao), 6382 (Serjania), 6394 (Persea 
