98 FLOKA OF .TA^rAICA Plioradendron 



but not dilated near the apex ; scale-sheaths solitary, white ; 

 leaves ovate-elliptical to oblong-lanceolate ; spikes (female only 

 seen) about 2 cm. L, 3-4-jointed ; flowers in 4 rows in the 

 joints (with 2 odd ones added), in each joint 6-13, fewer in the 

 highest and lowest. 



Near Ewarton, Harris ; Fl. Jam. 6703. 



Plant about 2J ft. high, yellowish-green when alive. Branches 

 yellowish-olive when dry, internodes 3 '5-5 5 cm. 1. Leaves 5-3*5 cm. 1., 

 2 -5-1 "5 cm. br., apex obtuse or rounded, below narrowed; 3-nerved at 

 base, but the lateral soon disappearing. Beiries (immature) globose, 

 golden-yellow, crowned by the closed corolla. 



5. P. erenulatum Ui-h. Symh. Ant. v. 332 (1907) ; monoecious, 

 branches terete, becoming sometimes 2-angled above ; scale- 

 sheaths solitary (rarely 2) at the base, or even 4 mm. above the 

 base of branches ; leaves obliquely obovate-elliptical or oblic^uely 

 elliptical or elliptical-oblong; spikes 1 5-2 * 5 cm. 1., 5-(4 6-) 

 jointed ; flowers in 4 rows (with 2 odd at top of each internode), 

 10-14 in each joint, fewer in the highest. 



Near Halberstadt, 2900 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6659. Growing on Cordia 

 gerascanthoides. 



Plant 4 ft. high, much branched. Branches glabrous, internodes 2-5 

 cm. 1. Leaves 5-7 cm. 1., 1-5-2 -5 cm. br., apex rounded, somewhat 

 abruptly attenuated into a short petiole-like base, margin more or less 

 crenulate, 3-5-nerved. Spikes androgynous. Flowers of each joint, the 

 upper few or several female, the lower several or few male. 



6. P. Wattii Kr. & Urh. in Engl Bot. Jahrh. xxiv. 43 (1897) ; 

 dioecious ; branches elongate, terete, younger more or less com- 

 pressed, and towards the nodes more or less dilated ; leaves 

 narrowly oblong-elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, slightly oblique ; 

 spikes 1-2 cm. 1., 3-4- (rarely 5-) jointed ; flowers in the male 

 joints in 4 rows (with 2 odd at top of internode), in each joint 

 10-14, in the female joints in 2 rows, in each joint 2 ; berries 

 smooth. Viscum flavens Macf. Jam. ii. 195 (1850) (non Swartz). 

 (Fig. 29.) 



Shakspear ! Macfadyen ! Watt ! Wareka Koad ; Palisadoes ; Campbell ! 

 Silver Hill, 3500 ft. ; Petersfield, 2500 ft. ; sea-coast, Ferry Pen ; Old 

 England, 3500 ft. ; near Wareka, 400 ft. ; Charlemont, near Ewarton, 

 1000 ft. ; coast between Portland Point and Rocky Point ; Harris ! Salt 

 Island, Harris & Britton ! Fl. Jam. 6221, 6385, 6386, 6395, 6401, 6402, 

 6538, 6599, 6680, 6711, 10,188, 10,519. Growing on Coccoloba diversifolia, 

 Hypelate trifoliata, Piscidia Erythrina, Colubrina, Phmadendron baccatum 

 and Laguncidaria. 



Plant pendulous, sometimes as long as 2-5 m. ; internodes 1 5-5 

 cm. 1. Leaves 4-7-5 cm. 1., 1-2-5 cm. br., apex obtuse, narrowed some- 

 what abruptly into a petiole-like base, 3-5-nerved. Berries ovoid, 5-7 

 mm. 1. 



7. P. Campbellii Kr. & Urh. in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. xxiv. 44 

 (1897); older branches terete, more or less evidently 4-lined, 



