76 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
basal pair, on the basal joint only. Flowers in 4 or 4+2 series. South- 
ern Mexico and Central America. 
Leaves very small (3x10 mm.). P. brevifolium. 
Leaves moderate (fully 10x30 mm.). 
Cataphyls basal. 
Leaves rather small (20x40 mm.). P. Rondeletiae. 
Leaves rather large (30x50 mm.). P. vulcanicum. 
Cataphyls above the base: leaves erisped. P. crispum. 
PHORADENDRON BREVIFOLIUM Oliver. 
Phoradendron brevifolium Oliver, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. 
Kjóbenhavn. 1864. p. 176. 
Somewhat pseudodichotomous, at first varnished, the rather long 
branches with basal eataphyls only, dioecious?. Internodes rather long 
(2-3x50-70 mm.), transiently somewhat squarish. Cataphyls a single pair, 
about 5 mm. above the base, tubular-bifid, somewhat scarious-margined. 
Leaves narrowly elliptieal or oblong, very obtuse. small (.3x1-1.2 em.), 
sessile. Spikes often clustered, rather long (becoming 40 or 50 mm. in 
fruit), with about 4 moderate joints elavately 8- to 18-flowered about the 
middle in 4-9 series: peduncle scarcely 3 mm. long: scales evanescently 
searious-fimbriate. Fruit (immature) rather oblong, smooth, searcely 3 
mm. long: sepals closely inflexd.—Plate 97. 
Cordilleran region of Mexico.—The type from Tehuacan. 
Specimens examined:—Mexico. Tehuacan, Puebla (Liebmann, 16, 
3084, 1841,—the type; Rose, Painter & Rose, 9965). Teotitlan, Oax. (Con- 
zatti, 2124). e жа: 
: J. Phoradendron Rondeletiae n. sp. 
Somewhat pseudodichotomous, the rather short branches with basal 
eataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes short (2-4x10-30 mm.).. 
smooth, for a time rather ancipitally flattened, somewhat dilated below 
the nodes. Cataphyls a single pair, less than 5 mm. above the base, an- 
nular. Leaves elliptieal-obovate, 1-2x3-4 em., euneately petioled for about 
5mm. Spikes solitary, short (10-15 mm.), with 2 or 3 short joints some 
4- to 10-flowered іп 4 or 4-+2 series: peduncle nearly suppressed. Fruit 
giobose, smooth, 4 mm. in diameter: sepals erect, spreading.—Plate 98. 
Guatemalan region (? exclusively) on Rondeletia.—The type from 
Coban. 
Specimens examined :—GuaTEMALA. Coban, Alta Verapaz (v. Tuerck- 
heim, ii, 2045, Dee. 1907, —the type). Samac (v. Tuerckheim, 435). 
