Additamenta ad cognitionem florae Indiae occidentalis. IV. 39 
Obs. Varietas valde accedit ad Ph. acinacifolium Mart. Brasiliense et in statu fruc- 
tifero etiam habitum Dendrophthorae buxifoliae Eichl. prae se ferens, sed antheris certe 
bilocularibus. 
31. P. ehrysocarpum Kr. et Urb. (n. sp.) ramis internodio infimo sub- 
terete excepto plus minus compressis (raro junioribus tantum) v. ancipiti- 
bus; vaginis cataphyllaribus basi v. supra basin ramorum tantum obviis 
solitariis, ad internodia caetera nullis; foliis ovatis v. ovato-oblongis v. 
elliptieo-oblongis, raro obovatis, apice rotundatis v. obtusis, rarissime 
acutis, basi plus minus abrupte in petiolum 5—10 mm longum protractis, 
5—13 em longis, 2—8 cm latis, dimidio usque 3-plo longioribus quam 
latioribus, supremis interdum oblongo-lanceolatis basi megis sensim in 
petiolum angustatis et latit. usque 1 em deerescentibus, illis e basi 5- v. 
sub- 7-nervibus, chartaceo-coriaceis v. coriaceis; spicis postremo 1,5—3 cm 
longis, 2—4-, plerumque 3-artieulatis monoecis unisexualibus, plerisque 
femineis v. inordinate androgynis; floribus in seriebus 4 dispositis, im- 
paribus 2 adjectis plerumque 44 v. 18, nunc 10 v. 6, raro 22; baccis 
flavidis (ex Sint.) ovatis 5—6 mm longis laevibus subaureo-tinctis, in sicco 
non collabentibus. 
Viscum flavens Spreng.! Syst. 1 (1825) p. 488 (p. p.); DC.! Prodr. 
IV p. 282 (p. p.); — non Sw. 
Viscum anceps DC. Prodr. IV (1850) p. 282 (p. p.), — non Spreng. 
Phoradendron Martinicense Grisb.! Flor. (1860) p. 514 (p. p., nempe 
quoad specim. Domin.). 
? Phoradendron flavens Egg.! St. Croix (1876) p. 125 et St. Croix and 
Virg. Isl. p. 59, — non Grisb. 
Phoradendron Berterianum Bello! Ap. I (1881) p. 278; Krug lc. 
t. 257! , — non Grisb. nec Eichl. 
Yerba capitana Port. ex Krug, Pata de gallina Port. ex Egg.; 
Teigne des arbres v. grand teigne Guad. ex Duss; Haut bois Mart. 
ex Duss. 
Rami elongati simplices v. lateraliter ramosi, rarissime casu dichotomi, 2—6 mm 
lati glaberrimi, in sicco brunnei v. brunneo-nigrescentes, internodiis 3—8 cm longis. 
Folia in sicco flavo-brunnea v. olivacea v. brunneo-nigrescentia, nervis nunc manifestis 
hunc obsoletis, raro 4 v. 2 superne e medio prodeuntibus. Spicae in axillis euphyllo- 
rum solitariae v. ternae v. plures v. ad basin ramulorum (nunc abortivorum) ex axillis 
squamarum prodeuntes 4 v. plures, 2—4 mm longe pedunculatae, articulis intermediis 
postremo 6—12 mm longis. 
Habitat in Puerto-Rico, praesertim in sylvis litoralibus, prope 
Yabucoa in Monte Piedra blanca, Mameyes, Ponce, Peñuelas, Yauco, Salinas 
de Caborojo, Mayagüez, Quebradillas, Camuy: Bertero n. 439 et s. n., 
Eggers hb. pr. n. 1147 et ed. Toepff. n. 880, ?Garber n. 44, Gundlach in 
Herb. Krug n. 1472, Krug n. 537, Sintenis n. 339^, 887, 4894, 5297, 6060, 
Stahl n. 1043*; ?St. Croix rara: Eggers (Pisonia subcordata, hb. Haun.); 
Guadeloupe in regione inferiore et media usque 500 m alt.: Duss n. 2966; 
