42 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
Phoradendron villosum rotundifolium n. var. 
Differs from the type in its small orbieular-obovate leaves, 1-1.2x1.5-2 
em.—Plate 41. ! 
Southern range of the type, chiefly on Platanus and Quercus. 
Specimens examined :—UNITED STATES. CALIFORNIA. Sta. Barbara 
(Elmer, 3794 in part,—the type). Jolon, Monterey Co. (Eastwood, 1894). 
Cajon Pass (Bigelow, 7; Cooper, June 8, 1861; Trelease, 1892). 
> Phoradendron tomentosum Oliver 
Phoradendron tomentosum Oliver, Vidensk. | Meddel.  Naturahist. 
Foren. Kjóbenhavn. 1864. p. 176. 
Viscum tomentosum de Candolle, Prodromus. vol. 4. p. 670. 1830. 
Not forked, the rather short stout branches without cataphyls, dioe- 
eious. Internodes rather short (2-3x10-35 mm.), densely velvety-tomen- 
tose like the foliage, with at first yellow hairs. Leaves obovate-oblan- 
ceolate, very obtuse, 1-2x2-3.5 em., involutely contracted rather than 
petioled for about 3 mm. Spikes somewhat clustered, moderate (10 or 
15 to 20-35 mm.), velvety-tomentose, with about 3 swollen joints some 
8-flowered when pistillate and 12- to 30-flowered when staminate: pedun- 
cle 2-3 mm. long: seales tomentose. Fruit white, subglobose, nearly gla- 
brous, scarcely 4 mm. in diameter: sepals short-villous at base, more or 
less meeting.— Plate 42. 
Mexican tableland, on Celtis, Prosopis, Quercus, ete.— The type from 
eentral Mexieo. 2 
Specimens examined :—Mexico. ‘‘ Real de Catone”” ( Berlander, 1364, 
.1889,—the type of V. tomentosum as also of V. mimosearum Moricand in 
herb.). Baños del Grande near Real del Monte (Ehrenberg). Cedros 
(Lloyd, 147 ; Kirkwood, 147; Lloyd & Kirkwood, 15). Durango (2 Pal- 
mer, 7277,—a very yellow-tomentose specimen with some leaves subacute. 
.^ Phoradendron puberulum n. sp. 
Not forked, the rather long and slender branches without eataphyls, 
dioeeious. Internodes long (2-3x30-60 mm.), minutely rusty-pubescent 
like the foliage. Leaves oblanceolate, very obtuse, 1.5-2x4-7 em.), eune- 
ately rather slender-petioled for 5-10 mm. Spikes usually solitary, mod- 
erate (30 mm.), pubescent, with about 4 ellipsoidal joints covered by 
some 12 flowers when pistillate: peduncle 2-3 mm. long: seales and recep- 
tacular cups rusty-ciliate. Fruit?: sepals pubescent.—Plate 43. 
Western Sierra Madre region of Mexico (? exclusively) on Legumin- 
osae.—The type from western Mexico. 
