50 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
brous like the foliage. Leaves oblong-spatulate, obtuse, .5x3 em., euneately 
attenuate for about 5 mm. Spikes solitary, short (15 mm.), very spar- 
ingly short-tomentose, with about 3 subelavate-oblong joints some 24- 
flowered when staminate: peduncle 3 mm. long. Fruit?.— Plate 54. 
Sonoran region of Mexieo.— The type from Lower California. 
Specimens examined:—Mexico. LOWER CALIFORNIA. Without fur- 
ther indication (Diguet, Dee. 15, 1894, on Quercus, in the herbarium of 
the Museum at Paris,—taken as the type). Magdalena Bay (Brandegee, 
1889, on Veatchia). 
Phoradendron peninsulare n. sp. 
Not forked, the moderate branches without cataphyls, dioecious?. In- 
ternodes moderate (2x25-40 mm.), from gray-hispid becoming nearly 
glabrous like the foliage. Leaves spatulate, mostly very obtuse, .5-1x1.5-3 
em., cuneately attenuate for 5-10 mm. Spikes solitary, rather short (10-15 
or 20 mm.), somewhat short-tomentose, with about 3 short clavate joints 
about 6-flowered above when pistillate: peduncle 2-3 mm. long. Fruit 
subglobose, sparingly white-villous, 3-4 mm. in diameter: sepals meet- 
ing.—Plate 55. 
Sonoran region of Mexico. Perhaps the pistillate form of the preced- 
ing.—The type from Lower California. 
Specimens examined :—Merxico. LOWER CALIFORNIA. Cape San Lu- 
cas (Rose, 16354, May 23, 1911, —the type). Carmen Island (Rose, 16617, 
Apr. 2, 1911). San Gregorio ( Brandegee, 1889—from which the fruit 
is here described). 
Phoradendron saccatum n. sp. 
Not forked, the moderate branches without eataphyls, dioecious. In- 
ternodes rather short (2-4x20-35 mm.), like the foliage somewhat sparsely 
and transiently short-villous. Leaves narrowly spatulate, obtuse, about 
.9x1.5-2 em., eontraeted into a slender spreading or reeurved petiole for 
10 mm. Spikes often clustered, golden, rather short (15-20 or 25 mm.), 
glabrate and glossy, with 3 or 4 oblong joints eovered by 24-36 flowers 
when staminate: peduncle 3 mm. long: scales forming a truneated sac. 
Fruit ?.—Plate 55. 
Sonoran region of Mexico (? exclusively) on Jatropha.—The type 
from Lower California. 
Specimens examined:—Mrxico. LOWER CALIFORNIA. San Josef 
(tose, 16562, Mar. 21, 1911,—the type). Sta. Margarita Island (Bran. 
degee, 1889). - 
