AEQUATORIALES—CORIACEAE 81 
elongated slender joints some 10-flowered when pistillate or with thrice 
this number of flowers in 44-2 series when staminate: peduncle scarcely 
2 mm. long: scales and receptacular cups somewhat ciliate. Fruit ovoid, 
nearly smooth, 3x4 mm. : sepals ascending, slightly parted.—Plate 105. 
Venezuelan-Isthmian region.— The type from Colombia. 
Specimens examined :--Согомва. Sta. Marta, near Bonda, almost at 
sea-level (Herbert H. Smith, 1283,—the type). 
22 Phoradendron exiguum п. sp. 
More or less pseudodichotomous or verticillate, the rather long 
branches with basal eataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes moderate 
(2-3x20-40 mm.), smooth, soon terete. Cataphyls a single nearly basal 
pair, tubular-bifid, somewhat white-margined. Leaves oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, very obtuse, .5-1х4-6 cm., euneately subpetioled for scarcely 3 
min. Spikes mostly solitary, rather long (20-40 mm.), with 3 or 4 very 
slender joints scarcely 14-flowered in 44-2 series: peduncle 2-3 mm. long, 
sometimes with an additional pair of scales. Fruit (immature) ellip- 
soidal, somewhat wrinkled, 2x3 mm.: sepals somewhat parted.—Plate 
106. 
 Venezuelan-Isthmian region.—The type from Colombia. 
. Specimens examined :—CoLOMBIA. Sta. Marta, near Bonda (Smith, 
1281,—the type). 
Phoradendron stenophyllum n. sp. 
Somewhat pseudodichotomous, the moderate slender branches with 
basal eataphyls only, dioecious?. Internodes moderate (2-3x15-60 mm.), 
nearly or quite smooth, from very slightly compressed quickly terete. 
Cataphyls a basal pair often followed at 5 or 10 mm. by a second pair, 
spreading, white-margined. Leaves narrowly oblong or linear, often fal- 
eate or somewhat recurved, acute or mucronate, .3-.4x3-5 em., sessile. 
Spikes more or less clustered, moderate (becoming 35-40 mm.), with 
about 4 rather slenderly fusiform joints some 10-flowered in 4+2 series 
when pistillate: peduncle 3-12 mm. long, sometimes with a nearly basal 
pair of scales: scales scarcely scarious or ciliate. Fruit (immature) sub- 
globose, 3 mm. in diameter, smooth: sepals meeting.—Plate 106. 
Brazilian region.—The type from Bahia. 
Specimens examined :—Brazı.. Machado Portello, Bahia (Rose & 
Russell, 19908, June 1915,—the type). : 
PHORADENDRON CORIACEUM von Martius. 
Рори coriaceum von Martius,—Eiehler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. 
vol. 5. pt. 2. p. 121. 1868. 
