84 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
„> PHORADENDRON LONGIPETIOLATUM (Urban). 
Phoradendrum longipetiolatum Urban, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 23. Beibl. 57. p. 
6. 1897. 
Searcely forked, the elongated branches with basal cataphyls only, 
androgynous. Internodes rather long (2-5x50-70 mm.), smooth, the up- 
per compressed rather than ancipital. Cataphyls usually a nearly basal 
pair followed by a second some 5 mm. higher, tubular-bifid, white-mar- 
gined, exceptionally floriferous like the spike-seales. Leaves faleately 
narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, somewhat mucronately very obtuse, 
1.5-8х5-10 em., euneately attenuate at base for 10-20 mm. Spikes often 
clustered, short (15-20 mm.), with about З short joints some 20-flowered 
in 6 series: peduncle 3 mm. long: scales evanescently ciliate. Fruit (im- 
mature) subglobose, smooth.—Plate 111. 
Venezuelan region.—The type from Venezuela. 
Specimens examined:—VENEZUELA. Tovar (Fendler, 1762,—the 
type). EU 
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PHORADENDRON BILINEATUM (Urban). 
Phoradendrum bilineatum Urban, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 23. Beibl. 57. p. 9. 
1897. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the elongated branches with basal 
eataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes rather long (2-4x50-60 mm.), 
smooth, the upper somewhat ancipital, with 2 rather persistent keels. 
Cataphyls a single nearly basal pair, scarcely tubular, sometimes sub- 
tending spikes. Leaves faleately lanceolate, subacute and often mucro- 
nate, 2-3.5x9-11 em., euneately petioled for 10-15 mm. Spikes mostly sol- 
itary, moderate (30 mm.), with about 3 joints some 20-flowered in 4+2 
series: peduncle З mm. long: scales scarcely ciliate. Fruit subglobose, З 
mm. in diameter, nearly smooth: sepals suberect.—Plate 112. 
Venezuelan region.—The type from Venezuela. 
Specimens examined:—VENEZUELA. Tovar (Fendler, 1811,—the 
type). m У 
> PHORADENDRON RIGIDUM (Urban). 
Phoradendrum rigidum Urban, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 23. Beibl. 57. p. 7. 1897. 
Seareely forked, the elongated branches with basal eataphyls only, 
androgynous, Internodes rather long (3-5x40-70 mm.), smooth, the up- 
per ancipital and dilated below the nodes. Cataphyls usually 2, or some- 
times 3 or 4 pairs, the lowermost shortly above the base, the others at 
inereasing intervals of 10-30 mm., tubular-bifid, white-margined, some- 
times fertile. Leaves elliptieal-obovate, submueronately very obtuse. 
3x6-8 em., euneately contracted for about 5 mm. rather than petioled, 
