80 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
Phoradendron congestum n. nom. 
Phoradendron rubrum var. longifolia Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. 
vol. 5. pt. 2. p. 121. 1868. 
Not forked, the moderate rather slender branches with basal eataphyls 
only, dioecious?. Internodes rather short (2x25-40 mm.), smooth, rhom- 
bically compressed and rather persistently 2-edged. Cataphyls a single 
pair, nearly basal, scarcely tubular. Leaves faleately lanceolate, very 
obtuse, 1.5-2x7-10 em., rather evidently about 5-nerved, euneately sub- 
petioled for about 5mm. Spikes mostly clustered, typically short (10-15, 
but becoming 30 or 40 mm. in some cases), with about 3 slender joints 
8- to 30-flowered in 4 series: peduncle 5 mm. long: scales nearly truncate, 
little ciliate. Fruit subglobose, scarcely 3 mm. in diameter, smooth: sepals 
inflexed but scarcely meeting.—Plates 103, 104. 
Brazilian region.—The type from Goyaz. 
Specimens examined :—BraziL. Goyaz (Gardner, 3764, 1837-1841,— 
the type of P. rubrum longifolium. A specimen of the same collection in 
the Berlin herbarium bears, evidently by error, the number 3765). 
PHORADENDRON CARIPENSE Eichler. 
Phoradendron caripense Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. vol. 5. pt. 2. 
p. 111. 1868. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the moderate branches with basal 
cataphyls only, dioeeious?.  Internodes moderate (2-3x40-50 mm.), 
smooth, for a time 2-edged. Cataphyls 1 or rarely 2 pairs, toward the 
base, scarcely tubular or searious. Leaves obliquely oblanceolate, very 
obtuse, 2x3.5-6 em., euneately subpetioled for about 5 mm. Spikes little 
clustered, short (scarcely 20 mm.), with about З slender joints about 30- 
flowered in 6 series: peduncle short: scales scarcely scarious or ciliate. 
Fruit ?.—Plate 104. 
Brazilian region.—The type from Para. 
Specimens examined :—Braziu. Caripi, near Para (Spruce, 140, Aug. 
1849,—the type). 
н и Herbert-Smithii n. sp. 
Pseudodichotomous or verticillate, the long branches with basal cata- 
phyls only, androgynous?. Internodes moderate (2-3x40-70 mm.), 
smooth, somewhat compressed but soon terete. Cataphyls 1 or rarely 2 
nearly basal pairs, bluntly spreading, white-margined. Leaves elliptical- 
lanceolate, very obtuse to subemarginate, 2-2.5x3-6 or even 4х9 em., eu- 
neately narrowed for about 5 mm. rather than petioled. Spikes almost 
solitary, rather long (20, becoming 40-60 mm.), with half a dozen rather 
