314 LORANTHACRS. 



V. dichotomum, Spreng. {exclus. syn.). V. flavens, Macf. partim {non Sw.). — Branches 

 brownish; leaves 4"-3" long, 1 8 '"-8"' broad ; berry " pale-yellow." — Hab. Jamaica!, Al., 

 31' Nab, Pd., Macf., common ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Haiti, Venezuela !]. 



14. Ph. martinicense, Gr. Brancblets subcompressed, at length cylindrical ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, tapering at the base : primary veins 2-4, united near or at the 

 base of the midrib ; spikes 3-1 in the axils, 2-3 times exceeded by the leaf: joints 5-4: 

 furroios tetrastichous ; berry globose. — Viscum, DC. V. anceps, Spreng. — Branches yel- 

 lowish-brown ; leaves 3" long, 12"'-10"' broad. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba !, Marti- 

 nique]. 



15. Ph. latifolium, Gr. Branchlets cylindrical; leaves elliptical or elliptical-lanceo- 

 late, subacute at both ends, veinless, or with distant, obsolete veins along the midrib ; spikes 

 3-1 in the axils, 2-4 times exceeded by the leaf: joints 5-6 : farrows tetrastichous ; berry 

 ovoid-globose. — Viscum, Stv. V. tereticaule, DC. V. flavens, Macf. partim. — Branches 

 yellowish-brown, exactly cylindrical from the beginning ; leaves 3"-5" long, l"-2" (-8'") 

 broad, thicker and their veins much less distinct than in Ph. Berterianum, usually quite in- 

 conspicuous. 



a. Leaves veinless. 



/3. saururoides, DC. Leaf-veins 1-3-jugal, thickish, visible beneath. — V. latifolium, Lam. 

 sec. DC. 



Hab. Jamaica !, March (a), Macf. (a), Wullschl. (£) ; [Cuba !, Panama !]. 



** Leaves narrow, 1"— 2^" long. 



16. Ph. rubram, Gr. Branches and branchlets tetragonal; leaves lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, bluntish : veins 2-4, inserted at or near the base of the midrib, delicate ; 

 spikes 1-2 in the axils, as long as or half as long as the leaves : joints 4-5, distant : fur- 

 rows tetrastichous ; berry ovoid-globose. — Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 81. — Viscum, L. V. tetra- 

 gonum, Pcepp.! Cub. {non DC). V. Kunthianum, DC. Loranthus viscifoiius, Kth. — 

 Leaves l"-2£" long, 3"'-8'" broad ; berry "red." — Hab. Bahamas {Catesb.) ; Jamaica!, 

 March ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Cuba ! ; Panama ! to Venezuela ! ; equat. 

 Brazil !]. 



*** Leaves obovate, small, 6"'-2" long. 



17. Ph. trinervium, Gr. Branchlets tetragonal : branches at length subcylindrical ; 

 leaves obovate or spathulate, blunt, Z-v-plinerved : veins delicate ; spikes glomerate, single, 

 usually half as long as the leaves: joints 2-3, distant: furrows tetrastichous; berry ovoid- 

 globose. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 258. f. 2. — Viscum, Lam. V. verticillatum, L. Sp. ed. ii. 

 ex Hb. Bis. {exclus. syn. SI.). V. jamaicense, Macf. — Branches brown ; leaves variable in 

 size, 10"'-12'" (-2") long, 4"'-8'" (-14'") broad; berry " yellow."— Hab. Jamaica!, all 

 coll., common ; Antigua!, If r ullschl„ Domiuica !, Imr. ; [Venezuela!]. 



18. Ph. macrostachyum, Gr. Branches and branchlets subcylindrical; leases 

 spathulate, or obovate-roundish, blunt, veinless, or obscurely 3-5-nerved ; spikes slender, 

 longer than the leaves, superior trichotomous-paniculate : joints 4-5, distant : furrows 

 tetrastichous; berry ovoid.— Jacq. Coll. 2. t. 5. f. 3. — Viscum, Jacq. V. leptostachyum, 

 DC. ?— Branchlets yellowish-brown; leaves variable, 12"'-6 W long, 6"'-3'" broad ; spikes 

 10"'-20" ; long.— Hab. Trinidad {Sieb. T>: 357) ; [Cuba !]. 



'',19. Ph. myrtilloides, Gr. Branchlets tetragonal : branches at length striate-cylin- 

 drical; leaves obovate or spathulate, bluut, veinless, or obscurely 3(-5)-nerved; spikes 

 single in the axils, minute, much exceeded by the leaves : joints 1-2 : furrows tetrastichous ; 

 berry subglobose. — Viscum, W. V. mucronatum, DC. V. tetragonum, DC. — Branches yel- 

 lowish ; leaves 6"'-12'" long, 3"'-6'" broad ; spikes l"'-4'" long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr.; 

 [Cuba ! to Venezuela !]. 



3. ARCEUTHOBIUM, M. B. 



Flowers dioecious, apetalous : $ with a rudimentary pistil, exserted from the disc. Ca- 

 lyx-limb 3-2 (rarely 4)-lobed or partite. Anthers sessile on the middle of the calyx-divi- 

 sions, unilocular, transversely dehiscent. Stigina sessile, blunt. — Stem dichotomous, aphyl- 

 lous ; leaves transformed into scales or points ; spikes of Phoradendron. 



