AEQUATORIALES—POLYGYNAE 85 
very obscurely subpinnately nerved. Spikes solitary, short (20 mm.), 
with 2 or 3 somewhat fusiform joints some 10-flowered when pistillate as 
the upper are, and twice as numerous when staminate, as are the lower, 
in 4+-2 or 6 series: peduncle scarcely 2 mm. long. Fruit (immature) 
subglobose, nearly smooth, 3 mm. in diameter: sepals closely inflexed.— 
Plate 113. 
Venezuelan region.—The type from Venezuela. 
Specimens examined:—VENEZUELA. Tovar (Fendler, 1105,—the 
type). : 
Phoradendron Jenmani n. sp. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the rather long branches with cata- 
phyls on all joints, androgynous?. Internodes moderate (2-3x30-80 mm.), 
smooth, nearly terete. Cataphyls a more or less closely basal pair fol- 
lowed at 10-20 mm. by another, a third pair sometimes intervening, tubu- 
lar-bifid. Leaves elliptieal-obovate, very obtuse, 3-4x4-7 em., euneately 
subpetioled for about 10 mm. Spikes more or less clustered, moderate 
(20-30 mm.), with about 3 short slender joints about 4-flowered in 2 ser- 
ies: peduncle 3 mm. long, usually with a basal pair of scales. Fruit 
ovoid, nearly smooth, 4x6 mm. : sepals somewhat parted.—Plate 114. 
Cayenne region.—The type from Demerara. 
Specimens examined:—BritisH GUIANA. Bartica (Jenman, 2541, 
4678—the type). 
21. POLYGYNAE. 
Leaves moderately large and broad, thick, basinerved. Shoots an- 
cipital or 4-sided but not winged. Cataphyls a single pair, on the basal 
joint only. Spikes long, with large scale-cups. Flowers in 44-2 or 6 
series. Fruit round, smooth, with closed sepals. Andes. 
Leaves dull, without evident nerves. P. polygynum. 
Leaves somewhat glossy, distinctly 3-nerved. P. Briquetianum. 
 PHORADENDRON POLYGYNUM Eichler. 
Phoradendron polygynum Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. vol. 5. pt. 2. 
p. 124. 1868. 
S piciviscum polygynum Karsten, Fl. Columb. vol. 1. fase. 2. p. 73. pl. 36. 
1859.—Sehnitzlein, Iconographie. pl. 108. 
Searcely forked, the long branches with basal cataphyls only, andro- 
gynous. Internodes rather long (2-5x30-100 mm.), smooth, the upper 
rhombically ancipital or 4-sided, somewhat dilated below the nodes. Cata- 
phyls a single pair, somewhat above the base, tubular. Leaves elliptical- 
obovate to lanceolate, very obtuse, 3-5x6-12 em., cuneately subsessile, dull 
and very obseurely subpinnately nerved. Spikes more or less clustered, 
