Dendrophtliora LORANTHACE/E 101 



Broiightonl Shakspearl Masson\ St. Elizabeth, McNab\ Bertero ; 

 WullscJilaegel ; Moneague, Priori J. P. 1165, Morris I Cinchona, Watt [ 

 Fawcett ! Tweedside, Mt. ]\roses ; Strawberry Hill ; Trov, 1600 ft. ; Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 6217, 6338, 6355, 6477, 9436; Cinchona, G~. Nichols \ between 

 Moneague and Mt. Diabolo, Britton, 2714 ! Growing on Rhytidophyllum 

 tomcntosmn, Orcopanax capitatiim and Byrsonima. Hispaniola. 



The typical forms of this and the next species are quite distinct, hut 

 narrow-jointed forms of D. monstrosa nearly approach the broader-jointed 

 forms of D. opuntioidcs, which might perhaps be regarded merely as a 

 variety of the former. Linnaeus based his Viscimi opuntioides on a 

 reference to Sloane (Hist. ii. 93, t. 201, f. 1), which is undoubtedly 

 Grisebach's Arceuthobium gracilc, and not the broader-jointed form 

 generally know^n as D. opuntioides. 



-. D. opuntioides nob. (non Eiclil.) ; dioecious; the internodes 

 more or less flattened or the inferior terete, 3-1 cm. 1. to 3 or 4 

 mm. br. ; male flowers forming a single or double I'ow on each 

 edge of the spike, 8-20 in each joint ; female flow^ers in 2 rows, 

 2 or 4 in each joint ; when two, inserted under apex of joint. 

 D. gracilis Eicld. torn. cit. 103 (1868) : Urh. torn. cit. 56; York 

 loc. cit. D. Danceri Kr. d' Urh. in Ber. Dentsch. Bot. Ges. xiu. 

 284 (1896). Viscum opuntioides ramulis compressis Shane Cat. 

 168, Hi.st. ;;. 93, t. 201, /. 1. Viscum opuntioides L. Sp. PI. 

 1023 (1753) ; Wright Mem. 303 ; Mac/. Jam. ii. 196. Y. gracile 

 DC. torn. cit. 285 (18;50). Razoumofskya jamaicensis Hoffm. 

 Hart. Mosq. (1808). Arceuthobium gracile 6^ n\se6. /oc. cit. (1860). 

 (PI. 4.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Banks of Hope River, Sloane Herb. vi. 109! Dancer; Bertero; Mac- 

 fadyenl Port Royal Mts., Pnrdiel Catherine Peak, 5000 ft., Eggersl 

 'iMorse's Gap, 5000 ft., Plaxtonl Blue Mt. Ridge, Fawcett I Cinchona; 

 Portland Gap, 5400 ft. ; Greenwich woodland ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6202, 

 6206, 6215, 6216, 10,139; below Blue Mt. Peak, 6000 ft., G. NicJiolsl 

 Cinchona, Shrcvel Growing on Cyrilla antillana, BaccJiaris scoparia and 

 Heterotriclnim patens. Urban distinguishes D. Danceri by its having the 

 female flowers in the middle of the joint instead of near the apex. We 

 have not seen Dancer's specimen, but we are unable to distinguish from 

 D. gracilis the male specimens (Fl. Jam. 6200, 6343), assigned to I). 

 Danceri by Urban. 



3. D. eupressoides Eichl in Fl. Bras. v. pf. 2, 103 (1868) (in 

 part) ; all the internodes terete, scales decussate. Oliv. in Hook. 

 Ic. PL xxiii. t. 2221 ; Urh. torn. cit. 59. Viscum eupressoides 

 Mncf. Jain. ii. 197 (1850). Arceuthobium eupressoides Griseh. 

 Fl. Br. W. Lul. 315 (1860). 



Macfadycnl Cinchona, 5000 ft., J/or;-is ! Fawcett \ Harris \ G. NicJiolsl 

 Fl. Jam. 6204, 6205, 6214, 6388. Growing on Miconia qnadrangularis. 

 Cuba, Hispaniola. 



Monoecious, l-5-2(-3) dm. 1. Internodes "5-1 cm. 1. Sjnkes -6-1 '5 

 cm. 1., 3-5-jointed, often proliferous ; joints 2-3 mm. 1. Flowers, in each 

 joint 2, generally decussating with the pair at the next joint, most female, 

 a few male here and there on a joint. 



