100 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
yellow, ellipsoidal, 3x5 mm., somewhat wrinkled in drying: sepals trun- 
eately inflexed.—Plates 137, 138. 
Antillean region, on Coccoloba, Colubrina, Hypelate, Laguncularia, 
Piscidia, etc.—The type from Jamaica. 
Specimens examined :—ANTILLES. JAMAICA (Hitchcock, Dec. 14, 1890, 
—to be taken as type; Watt, 6221; Campbell, 6385, 6386, 6401; Harris, | 
6395, 6402, 6599, 6680, 6711, 9696; Harris & Britton, 10519; Britton, 
355; Marble, 231). | 
A staminate speeimen (Harris, 10188) with the spikes some 40 mm. 
long, with joints as much as 10 mm. long and 26-flowered, growing on 
other mistletoes, may be differentiated as var. producta.—Plate 138. 
„> Phoradendron Helleri n. sp. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the rather long branches with basal 
cataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes rather short (2-3x20-50 mm.), 
eellular-papillate or smooth, the upper compressed. Cataphyls a single 
pair, nearly basal, slightly tubular, white-margined. Leaves subelliptical. 
very obtuse, 1.5-2x3-5 em., euneately petioled for 5-10 mm. Spikes more 
or less elustered, rather short (15-25 mm.), with about 3 slender joints 
some 10- to 18-flowered in 4--2 series: peduncle 2-4 mm. long, sometimes 
with 1 or 2 lower pairs of white-margined scales. Fruit drying rusty 
red, ovoid, 4 mm. in diameter, somewhat cellular-papillate, when young 
golden-glistening like other young parts, as is general in the group: 
sepals nearly or quite elosed.— Plate 139. 
Antillean region.— The type from Puerto Rico. 
Specimens examined:—ANTILLES. Puerto Rico. East of Ponce 
(Heller, 6188, Dec. 3, 1902,—the type). Colonia 8. Miguel ( ? Britton 4 
Shafer, 1640). Yauco (Stevens, 5825c). 
A Santo Domingan plant (Fuertes, 1531b) with the stem and foliage 
drying red, otherwise intermediate between this and the following spe 
cies but with red fruit, may be known as var. sanguinea.—Plate 140. 
Phoradendron Dussii n. comb. 
Phoradendrum chrysocarpum Dussii Urban, Symbolae Antillanae. vol. 9: 
p. 333. 1907. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the moderate branches with basal 
eataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes rather short (2-3x20-40 mm.); 
smooth, the upper ancipitally compressed. Cataphyls a nearly basal pair, 
usually followed by a second 3-8 mm. higher, tubular-bifid, white-mar- 
gined. Leaves elliptical tending towards oblanceolate or obovate, very 
obtuse, sometimes mucronulate, 1-2 or 2.5x2-4 em., euneately subpetioled 
for some 3 mm. Spikes more or less clustered, short (15, lengthening t0 
