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Fig. 27. Phthiriisa Ilarrisii 

 comb. uov. 



A, Portion of shoot with iufloi- 



escence. 



B, Apex of inflorescence ; h, bracts. 



C, Flower-bud. 



D, Open flower. 



1. Flowers in groups of three, with bract and bracteoles 

 more or less connate under the group. 



1. P. lepidobotrys Eiclil in Fl Bras. v. pt. 2, 134' 6z 333 

 (1868) ; branches l-angled or compressed-4-angled above, smooth, 

 marked at the ancjles which are rather acute with an elevated 

 corky line ; leaves ovate or broadly ovate, cuspidate, sometimes 

 acuminate ; inflorescence of 3-flowered clusters in a raceme, with 

 brown scurfy scales ; flowers hermaphrodite ; bud ellipsoid ; 

 anthers of two forms, those of the longer filaments triangular, 

 without pollen, those of the shorter larger, shortly ovate, with 

 the thick connective produced ; berries spreading, oval. JJrh. in 

 Engl. Bof. Jalirh. xxiv. 15 (1897). Loranthus lepidobotrvs 

 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 311 (1860) ; EIcIlL torn. cit. 62. (Fig. 26.) 



Moneague ; near Browns Town, Prior ! near Cinchona, 5000 ft., 

 Fawcett ! Old England, 3000 ft. ; Cinchona ; Harris ! Lyndhurst, near 

 Greenvale, Harris d- Britton ! Fl. Jam. 6201, 6211, 0311, 6390, 10,624 ; 

 Cinchona, G. NicJiols ! Growing on Baccliaris sco2)aria, PsycJiotria undata, 

 Eupatorium triste and Citrns. 



Leaves 5-10 cm. 1., 3-5-7*5 cm. br. ; petioles "5-1 cm. 1, Inflorescence 

 5-11 cm. 1.; pedicels of the clusters 2-5 mm. 1. Corolla 2*5-3 mm. 1., 

 yellow. Berries 6-7 mm. 1., green tipped with rose. 



2. P. jamaieensis Kr. & Urh. in En</L Bot. Jahrh. xxiv. 15 

 (1897) ; branches terete, the younger 4-angled at the apex ; 

 leaves ovate or oval, somewhat acute ; inflorescence, 3-flowered 

 clusters in a compound raceme, not scurfy ; male flowers only 

 seen ; buds ovate-oblong ; anthers somewhat unequal but all 

 bearing pollen. P. Theobroma? EicJtl. in Fl. Bras. v. pt. 2, b(d 

 (1868) (so far as regards the Jamaican plant). Loranthus 

 avicularius Griseh. Fl. Br. ]V. Ind. 312 (1860) (non Blart.). 



Purdie ! 



Leaves 4-7 cm. 1. ; petioles about 1 cm. 1. Bracts ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, 1-5-2 mm. 1. ; pedicels of clusters none or lowest 2 mm. 1. 

 Flowers greenish-white ; perianth 3 mm. 1. 



