HO LORANTHACEAE. 



1. Phoradendron rubrum (L.) Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 314. 1860. 



Viscum rubrum L. Sp. PI. 1023. 1753. 



Phoradendron spathuli folium Krug & Urban, Bot. Jahrb. 24: 41. 1897. 



Branches slender, 5 dm. long or less, pseudodichotomous, bearing 2-4 

 blunt eataphyls near the base, the internodes short, 4-angled, upwardly some- 

 what enlarged. Leaves oblanceolate to oblong-spatulate, 2-7 cm. long, obtuse 

 at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, scarcely petioled; spikes usually 

 several together, 2 cm. long or less, 2-3-jointed, the joints about 12-flowered; 

 berry subglobose, about 4 mm. in diameter, smooth, red or sometimes yellow. 



On trees, especially mahogany, Abaco, New Providence, Cat Island, Long Island, 

 Fortune Island, Acklin's Island, Crooked Island, Mariguana, Inagua : Cuba. Cates- 

 by, 2 : pi. 81. Recorded as Phoradendron tctrastichum Griseb. by Hitchcock. Nar- 



EOW-LEAVED MISTLETOE. 



2. Phoradendron trinervium (Lam.) Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 314. 1860. 



Viscum trinervium Lam. Encyc. 3: 57. 1789. 



Branches slender, 3-5 cm. long, pseudodichotomous, bearing 1 or 2 pairs 

 of eataphyls near the base, the internodes 3-5 cm. long, 4-angled. Leaves 

 obovate or elliptic-obovate, 2-5 cm. long, rounded at the apex, narrowed or sub- 

 cuneate at the base, scarcely petioled ; spikes usually clustered, 1-2 cm. long, 

 2-3-jointed, the joints usually 6-flowered or 8-flowered; berry oblong when 

 young, subglobose, smooth, orange and 3-4 mm. in diameter when mature. 



On various trees, Watling's Island, Great Ragged Island, Acklin's Island : - 

 Porto Rico and St. Thomas to Trinidad ; Jamaica. Closely related to the preceding 

 species. Angled Mistletoe. 



3. Phoradendron racemosum (Aubl.) Krug & Urban, Bot. Jahrb. 24: 46. 



1897. 



Viscum racemosum Aubl. PI. Guian. 2: 895. 1775. 



Branches elongated, rather stout, 3-6 dm. long, most of the joints bearing 

 1-3 pairs of eataphyls, the internodes terete or nearly so, somewhat enlarged 

 above, 7-15 cm. long. Leaves various, lanceolate or elliptic or orbicular, 5-16 

 cm. long, pinnately veined, rounded or obtuse at the apex, abruptly narrowed 

 into winged petioles 1-2 cm. long ; spikes often clustered, 3-7 cm. long, 3-5- 

 jointed, the long joints several-many -flowered ; berry ellipsoid, white, about 

 4 mm. long. 



On Ocotea, Andros at Deep Creek : Cuba ; Hispaniola : Porto Rico : northern 

 South America. Erroneously called Snakeroot. Broad-leaved Mistletoe. Big 

 Man. 



4. Phoradendron Northropiae Urban; Northrop, Mem. Torr. Club 12: 



33 



pi. 4. 1902. 



Dichotomously or trichotomously branched, 2-4 dm. long, the snbterete 

 branches glabrous, 3-5 mm. thick, usually with eataphyls in all joints, the inter- 

 nodes 4-10 cm. long. Leaves obovate, thick, 3-7 em. long, 2.5-4 cm. wide, 

 rounded, subtruneate or emarginate at the apex, narrowed at the base, very 

 indistincty few -veined, the petioles 3-7 mm. long; spikes several or numerous 

 at the nodes, 2.5 cm. long or less, short-peduncled, 4-6-jointed; joints 8-18- 

 flowered, subfusiform, rather thick; berry subglobose, red. 



On Mimnsops, Andros, at Conch Sound and Lisbon Creek : Endemic. Mhs. 

 Xoethrop's Mistletoe. 



