72 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
ancipitally flattened. Cataphyls a single pair, basal. Leaves oblance- 
olate-oblong, mucronately subacute, .5-1 or 1.5x5-6 or rarely. 10 cm., some- 
what 3-, 5- or 7-nerved, gradually revolutely narrowed to the somewhat 
clasping base. Spikes solitary, long (40-80 mm.), with half a dozen slen- 
der oblong or somewhat fusiform joints 30- to 60-flowered when pistillate 
and 60- or 80-flowered in 6 series when staminate: peduncle 5 mm. long, 
sometimes with a very short basal joint: scales deeply parted, scarcely 
ciliate. Fruit reddish white, globose, smooth, about 3 mm. in diameter: 
sepals somewhat parted.—Plate 90. 
Brazilian region.—The type from Bahia. 
Specimens examined :—BraziL. Desert regions of: Bahia (v. Mar- 
tius,—the type). 
Phoradendron hypericifolium n. sp. 
Seareely forked, the moderate branches with basal eataphyls only, 
dioecious?. Internodes moderate (2x40-60 mm.), the upper rhombically 
ancipital. Cataphyls a single pair, basal, tubular-bifid. Leaves ellip- 
tieal-obovate, obtuse, 1.5x4 em., rather evidently 5-nerved, somewhat 
revolutely narrowed to the sessile clasping base. Spikes solitary, long 
(50-60 mm. in fruit), with about 4 fusiform or turbinate joints some 40- 
flowered in 6 series when pistillate: peduncle 4 mm. long: scales some- 
what notched, scarious-margined, scarcely ciliate. Fruit (immature) 
red, globose, cellular-papillate, about 3 mm. in diameter: sepals closely 
inflexed.—Plate 91. 
Brazilian region.—The type from Paraguay. 
Specimens examined.—PARAGUAY. Southern Paraguay (Kuntze, 9, 
Sept. 1892,—the type). 
PHORADENDRON TETRAPTERUM (Krug € Urban). 
ede tetrapterum Krug & Urban, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 24. p. 35. 
1897. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the rather long and spreading 
. branches with basal eataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes rather 
short (2-4x30-60 mm.), the upper aeutely and rather undulately 4- 
winged. Cataphyls a single pair, nearly basal, somewhat tubular or an- 
nular-bifid. Leaves more or less faleately elliptical-oblanceolate or ob- 
ovate, rather obtuse, 1.5-3.5x6-10 em., rather evidently about 5-nerved, 
euneately narrowed for 5-10 mm. rather than petioled. Spikes mostly 
clustered, long (40-90 mm.), with about 5 joints turbinately some 18- to 
26-flowered in 4+2 series: peduncle 2 mm. long: seales rather acutely . 
spreading, seareely ciliate. Fruit white, subellipsoid, cellular-papillate, 
2x3 mm.: sepals not meeting.—Plate 92. 
Antillean and Caribbean regions (? exelusively) on other mistletoes. 
—The type from Jamaica. 
