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^ Phoradendron falcatum n. comb. 
Viscum falcatum Chamisso & Schlechtendal, Linnaea. vol. 5. p. 172. 1830. 
V. Schiedeanum de Candolle, Prodomus. vol. 4. p. 671. 1830. 
Not forked, the moderately long and stout branches with basal cata- 
phyls only, dioecious?. Internodes rather short (2-4x20-50 mm.), smooth, 
ancipitally flattened becoming terete. Cataphyls a single pair, nearly 
basal, rather blunt and white margined. Leaves lanceolate, obtuse, at 
length 1.5x8-15 em., rather distinctly but finely nerved, cuneately atten- 
uate for about 10 mm. Spikes mostly solitary, rather short (15-25 mm.), 
slender, smooth, with about 4 joints some 6-flowered in 4--2 series when 
pistillate: peduncle 1-3 mm. long, sometimes with more than one joint: 
scales ciliolate. Fruit (immature) ovoid, 2x3 mm., smooth: sepals in- 
flexed.—Plate 78. 
Eastern Sierra Madre region (? exclusively) on Quercus.—The type 
from Jalapa. 
Specimens examined:—Mexico. Jalapa (Schiede, 403,—the type of 
V. falcatum). San Luis Potosi (Parry & Palmer, 799). 
13. ANGUSTIFOLIAE. 
Leaves narrow or short, rather thin, fine-nerved from the base. Shoots 
nearly terete. Cataphyls a single pair, on the basal joint only. Flow- 
ers in 44-2 series. Andes. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, long: sepals inflexed. P. angustifolium. 
Leaves broadly lanceolate, short: sepals erect. P. parietarioides. 
PHORADENDRON ANGUSTIFOLIUM Eichler. 
Phoradendron angustifolium Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. vol. 5. pt. 
2. p. 115. 1868. 
Loranthus angustifolius Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 
vol. 3. p. 442. 1818. 
Viscum angustifolium de Candolle, Prodromus. vol. 4. p. 281. 1830. 
V. stenophyllum Sprengel, Systema. vol. 1. p. 487. 1825. 
Not forked, the moderate rather slender branches with basal cataphyls 
only, dioecious?. Internodes rather short (2-8x25-50 mm.), smooth, 
nearly terete or evanescently 2-edged. Cataphyls a single pair, 5-10 mm. 
above the base, spreading. Leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 1x12-13 em., 
finely nerved, euneately petioled for about 10 mm. Spikes more or less 
clustered, rather short (20 mm.), slender, smooth, with 3-6 oblong joints 
some 14- to 30-flowered in 4--2 series when pistillate: peduncle 4-6 mm. 
long: seales narrowly white margined. Fruit globose, 4 mm. in diameter, 
smooth : sepals inflexed.— Plate 79. 
