70 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
Phoradendron granaticolum n. sp. 
Not forked, the rather long branches with basal eataphyls only, dioe- 
eious?. Internodes rather long (2-6x25-100 mm.), smooth, elliptieally 
ancipital. Cataphyls a single pair, basal, tubular, scarious-margined. 
Leaves elliptical-lanceolate to somewhat rhombically ovate, very obtuse, 
2.5-4.5x6-8 em., finely 5- to 7-nerved, euneately petioled for about 10 mm. 
Spikes (very young) short (15 mm.), with about 4 oblong joints some 
20-flowered in about 6 series: peduncle 2 mm. long: scales scarcely ciliate, 
somewhat brown-margined. Fruit?.— Plate 87. 
Venezuelan region (? exclusively on Punica).—The type from Ven- 
ezuela. 
Specimens examined :—VENEZUELA. Caracas (Gollmer, Apr. 28, 1854, 
—the type). 
16. AMPLECTENTES. 
Leaves mostly of medium size, drying rather thin and distinetly fine- 
nerved from the base, usually clasping with recurved but quickly up- 
eurving bases. Shoots 2- or 4-winged. Cataphyls 1 or rarely 2 pairs, on 
the basal joint only. Flowers mostly in 6 series. Fruit round, nearly | 
smooth, usually with elosed sepals. South America ; one species in the 
West Indies. 
Upper internodes ancipital or 2-winged. 
Leaves not clasping, relatively large (7-10 em.). Р. Casimiranum. 
Leaves clasping, usually under 7 em. long. 
Internodes winged. P. dipterum. 
Internodes merely 2-edged. 
Leaves narrow (1-1.5 em.), rather long. : 
Р. multifoveolatum. 
Leaves broader (1.5 em.), rather short. 
P. hypericifolium. 
Upper internodes acutely 4-angled or 4-winged. 
Leaves elliptical-lanceolate. P. tetrapterum. 
Leaves lanceolate, rather long. 
Petiolately contracted. - 
Relatively broad (1:4). 
Fertile joints turbinate. P. demerarae. 
Fertile joints clavate. P. tovarense. 
Relatively elongated (1:5). P. Стиви. 
Sessile and broadly clasping. P. amplexicaule. 
Leaves obovate-oblanceolate. P. Glaziovü. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, large. P. amplectens. 
Leaves ovate, sessile. P. turbinispicum. 
