92 FLOKA OF JAMAICA Phthirusa 



2 (Dendropemon) Flowers not in threes. Bract with the 

 sterile bracteoles connate under each Hower into a cup- 

 shaped, somewhat entire cupule, produced anteriorly. 



3. P. parvifolia E'u-ld. in Ft. Bras. v.pt. 2, 55 (1868) ; leaves 

 small, elliptical, obtuse, sometimes mucronate, 1-2 cm. 1., 

 5-1*3 cm. br. ; petiole 1-4 mm. 1. Loranthus parvifolius Sw. 

 Prodr. 58 (1788) & FL lad, Occ 628; Macf. Jam. U. 199. 

 Dendropemon parvifolius Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, /. 491 (1841) ; 

 Urh. in Engl. Bot. Jalirh. xxiv. 21. 



Blue Mts., Sivartz\ Cinchona, 5000 ft., Fawcett\ C. NichoUsl New- 

 haven Gap, 5600 ft., Han-is [ Fl. Jam. 6212, 9198; Newhaven Gap, 

 G. Nicliolsl Growing on Podocarims Vrbanii, Baccliaris scoparia, 

 Dodomva viscosa, Vaccinium nicridionalc, Clethra tinifolia and Ilex montana 

 var. occidentalis. Hispaniola. 



Stem very much branched, branches terete, more or less compressed 

 when young, brown-scaly; internodes '5-2 cm. 1. Inflorescence scaly, 

 subumbellate on short axillary peduncles, 1-6-flowered, generally less than 

 1cm. 1.; flowers subsessile. Bud cylindrical-oblong slightly constricted 

 about the middle, 2-2-5 mm. 1. Stamens of two forms, the alternate 

 longer, without pollen, bearing a thin membranous triangular connective, 

 the shorter bearing roundish apiculate anthers. Berries oblong, 5 mm. 1., 

 about 2-5 mm. br. 



4. P. paueiflora Field. loc. cit. ; leaves shortly obovate to 

 elliptical, apex rounded or obtuse, rarely emarginate, base 

 narrowed into the petiole, 2 -5-4 "5 cm. 1., 1-2 cm. br. ; petiole 

 3-6 mm. 1. Loranthus pauciflorus Sio. Prodr. 58 (1788) &, Fl. 

 Ind. Occ. 627; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 312 (in part); Urh. torn. 

 cit. 71. L. montanus Macf. Jam. ii. 198 (1850). L. parvifolius 

 Griseh. loc. cit. (in part). Dendropemon pauciHorus v. Tiegh. in 

 Bidl. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 170 (1895). D. montanus Kr. & Vrh. 

 in Engl. Bot. Jalirh. xxiv. 23 (1897). 



Siuartz \ Macfadyenl near Bath; Manchester; Purdiel Widlscldaegel ; 

 March ; Blue Mts. ; Moneague ; Prior ! Stony Hill, J.P. 682, Morris ! near 

 Cinchona, 5000 ft., Faiucettl Whitfield Hall Works; Mavis Bank; Mt. 

 Moses ; Petersfield, 2500 ft. ; Yallahs Valley, 1700 ft. ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 

 6041, 6213, 6218, 6391, 6403, 6811. Blue Mt. Peak, G. Nichols ! Growing 

 on Duranta Phimieri, Ocotea leucoxylum, Bucida capitata, Acacia villosa 

 and Faramea odoratissima. 



Stem with branches terete, the younger twigs sometimes compressed 

 and with the inflorescence brown-scaly. Inflorescences l'5-3 cm. 1., laxly 

 6-10-flowered ; peduncles terete or subcompressed, slender ; pedicels 

 3-5 mm 1. ; bracts and bracteoles connate into a cupule with the apices 

 free, shortly triangular. Calyx hidden by the cupule. Bud oblong- 

 elliptical, 3 mm. 1. Stamens of two forms, the alternate longer without 

 pollen and with a triangular acuminate connective ; the shorter having 

 roundish shortly apiculate anthers. Berries oblong, 7 mm. 1., 2*5 mm. br., 

 dark green with yellow apex. 



5. P. Harrisii comh. nov. ; leaves broadly ovate to roundish- 

 elliptical, base rounded or subtruncate more or less produced 

 into the petiole, apex very obtuse or rounded, 5-3*5 cm. 1., 



