AEQUATORIALES—NERVOSAE 63 
petioled for 10-15 mm. Spikes mostly clustered, rather long (at length 
40 or 50 mm.), with about half a dozen moderate joints some 16- to 24- 
flowered in 4, 44-2 or 6 series: peduncle 2 mm. long: scales evanescently 
somewhat ciliate. Fruit subglobose, smooth, 4 mm. in diameter: sepals 
closely inflexed.—Plate 73. 
Eastern Sierra Madre region (? exclusively) оп Quercus.—The type 
from eastern Mexico. 
Specimens examined:—Mrxico. Zacuapam, V. С. (Purpus, Feb. 
1912,—the type). Mirador (Liebmann, 4, 3097, 1842,—P. Reichenbach- 
ianum Oliver). Without locality (? Hals: 1865-6). 
PHORADENDRON NERVOSUM Oliver. 
Phoradendron nervosum Oliver, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. 
Kjöbenhavn. 1864. p. 175. 
Seareely forked, the rather long slender branches with basal cataphyls 
only, dioecious. Internodes moderate (2-3x50-70 or even 150 mm.), an- 
eipital becoming terete. Cataphyls a single pair, basal, scarcely tubular, 
white-margined. Leaves obliquely lanceolate, attenuately rather obtuse, 
1.5 or 2 to 4 or 5x9-12 or even 17 em., varying into orbicular and 7x8 em., 
5- or 7-nerved and хеіпу, cuneately petioled for 10 mm. Spikes mostly 
clustered, rather long (20-30 becoming 40-60 mm.), smooth, with mostly 
4 or 6 joints turbinately 12- to 30-flowered in 4 or 4+2 series: peduncle 
3-5 mm. long: scales and receptacular cups evanescently short-eiliate. 
Fruit subglobose, reddish, 3 mm. in diameter, at length finely granular: 
sepals inflexed.—Plates 8, 74. 
Eastern Sierra Madre region, on Anona, Liquidambar, Pyrus, Quer- 
cus, ete.—The type from eastern Mexico. 
Specimens examined:—Mexico. VERA Cruz. Papantla (Liebmann, 
5, 3089). Colipa (Liebmann, 5, 3090,—the type). Cordoba (Bourgeau, 
1473, 1482, 1483; Kerber, 34). Orizaba (Botteri, 873; Mueller, 1219; 
Bourgeau, 2546). Paso Macho (Wawra, 865). Fortin (Kerber, 351). 
El Mirador (Endlich, 1138; Ross, 718). Sta. Ana (Bourgeau, 3034). 
Zacuapam (Purpus, 2877, 1912). Jalapa (Pringle, 8191). Without 10- 
eality (Herb. Grisebach.). ‘‘Mexico und Umgebung" (Wawra, 420). 
Phoradendron Conzattii п. sp. 
Not forked, the long stout branches with basal cataphyls only, dioe- 
cious. Internodes moderate (3-6x25-60 mm.) rough-papillate, ancipital 
and somewhat dilated becoming terete. Cataphyls a single pair, above 
the base, acute, spreading. Leaves falcately lanceolate, submueronately 
obtuse to very long-attenuate, 3-4x15-30 em., 5- to 7-nerved and somewhat 
