Phoradendron LOKANTHACE.^^ 97 



shows to be a monstrous form of Cissus skyoides. V. parasiticum, 

 ramulis &c. Br. Hist. Jam. 356. V. caule verticillato Plum. PL 

 Amer. (Burm.) t. 258, /. 2 & 7c. ined. v. 310. V. trinervium 

 Lam. Encije. iii. 57 (1789) ; DC. Prodr. iv. 280. V. tetragonum 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 282 (1830). V. obl..ngifolium DC. Prodr. iv. 283. 

 V. jamaicense Mac/. Jam. ii. 195 (1850). 



St. Andrew, McNnb ! Oersted. Porto Rico, Antigua, Guadeloupe, 

 Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbados, Trinidad, Costa 

 Rica. 



Leaves 2-6 cm. 1., 1-3*5 cm. br., apex rounded or emarginate, sessile 

 but attenuated into a petiole-like base, 3-5-nerved from tbe base. Spikes 

 generally 3-, more rarely 4-jointed. Berries transparent orange-yellow, 

 3*5-6 mm. 1., crowned with the corolla, which is almost always open. 



Var. doming'ense comh. nov. ; branches not so distinctly 



4-angled, here and there 2-angled, generally terete below ; spikes 



always unisexual, each joint of the female bearing generally two 



flow^ers, rarely 34, the male (very rarely observed) having up to 6 



in each joint; berries (rather young) narrowly oval. P. trinervium 



Griseh. var. domingense Kr. & Urb. in Engl. Dot. Jahrh. xxiv. 38 



(1897). Loranthus domingensis Desv. in Ham. Prodr. 33 (1825) ; 



DC. Prodr. iv. 293. Phthirusa domingensis EicJil. in Fl. Bras. 



V. pt. 2, 134*^ (1868). Dendropemon domingensis v. Tiegh. in Bull. 



Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 170 (1895). 



ShaJcspear ! in woods eyerywhere, BrougJitoii ! Wareka Road, Campbell ! 

 Mona woodland, fcOO ft. ; near Wareka, 400 ft. ; Hope ; near Letitz, 500 ft. ; 

 Wareka Road, 200 ft. ; sea-coast near Bull Bay ; Great Goat Island ; 

 Harris ! near Angel's Pen, Harris & Brittcm ! Fl. Jam. 6383, 6399, 6552, 

 6604 (in part), 6605, 6676, 6781, 7264, 8138, 9568, 10,175, 10,529. Growing 

 on Crotcni linearis, Bandia aculeata, Annona squamosa, Eryihroxylum 

 areolatum, Casearia and Bauhinia divaricata. 



4. P. Fiei Urh. Symb. Ant. v. 333 (1907) ; ditecious (female 

 only seen), branches terete, becoming subquadrangular above ; 

 scale-sheaths 1 or 2, rarely 3, sometimes as much as 5 mm. above 

 base ; leaves on the same branch very variable, oval-elliptical, 

 narrowly obovate, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate ; spikes (female 

 only seen) 1 2-2 * 5 cm. 1., increasing to 4 or 5 cm. in the fruit, 3- or 

 4-jointed (rarely 2-) ; flowers in 4 rows in the joints (with 2 odd 

 in the joint next the lowest), making 6 or 8 flowers, generally 

 fewer in the lowest and highest, more often 2 ; berries smooth. 



Great Goat Island, 50 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9220. Growing on Ficus. 



Brandies to 30 cm. 1., glabrous; internodes 1*5-3 cm. 1. Leaves 9-5 

 cm. 1., 3 "5-1 '3 cm. br., narrowed above, obtuse, below narrowed into a 

 petiole-like base, 3- nerved. Berries shortly ovoid, 3-5-4 mm. 1., greenish- 

 yellow, with corolla open. 



4a. p. albovaginatum Urb. Symb. Ant. vii. 504 (1913)*; 

 dia^cious (?) ; branches terete, the uppermost internodes 2-angled 



* The description of this species was published after the previous sheet 

 was sent to press, and therefore too late for inclusion in the Key. 



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