AEQUATORIALES—RUBRAE 103 
Mexican and Central American. 
Leaves subsessile. 
Northern: cataphyls rather large. P. Guazumae. 
Southern : eataphyls small. P. Rensoni. 
Leaves slenderly subpetioled. P. commutatum. 
South American. 
Leaves obovate: fruit subglobose. P. sanctae-martae. 
Leaves often oblanceolate: fruit ellipsoid. P. Zuloagae. 
Leaves elliptical- ог oblong-lanceolate, 
Sepals widely spreading. South American. P. apertum. 
Sepals moderately parted. 
Mexiean and Central American. P. commutatum. 
South Ameriean (fruit white?). P. Appuni. 
PHORADENDRON TRINERVIUM Grisebach. 
Phoradendron trinervium Grisebach, Fl. Br. W. I. p. 314. 1860. 
Viscum trinervium Lamarck, Enel. vol. 3. p. 57. 1789.—de Candolle, 
Prodromus. vol. 4. p. 280. 1830. 
V. myrtilloides Willdenow, Sp. Pl. vol. 4. pt. 2. p. 739. 1806. 
V. tetragonum de Candolle, Prodromus. vol. 4. p. 282. 1830. 
V. oblongifolium de Candolle, 7. c. p. 283. 1830. 
V. trigonum Dietrich, Syn. vol. 1. p. 546. 1839,—in part. 
V. jamaicense Macfadyen, Jam. vol. 2. p. 195. 1850. 
Phoradendron rubrum var. brevispica Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. 
vol. 5. pt. 2. p. 121. 1868. 
P. rubrum var. latifolia Eichler, 1. c. p. 121. 1868. 
P. oblongifolium Eichler, L. c. p. 134 m. 1868. 
Phoradendrum trinervium Urban, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 24. p. 37. 1897. 
Somewhat pseudodichotomous, the moderate branches with basal eata- 
phyls only, androgynous. Internodes rather short (2-3x30-50 mm.), 
somewhat rhombieally quadrangular. Cataphyls a nearly basal pair, 
frequently followed at a short distance by a second pair, short and rather 
spreading. Leaves elliptieal-obovate, very obtuse, 1 or 1.5-2.5x3-5 em., 
euneately subpetioled for about 3 mm. Spikes more or less clustered, 
rather short (some 20 mm.), with about 3 slender joints usually some 6- 
or 8-flowered. in 4 or 44-2 series: peduncle 1-3 or 4 mm. long. Fruit 
red-orange, oblong beeoming subglobose, smooth, 3-4 mm. in diameter: 
sepals егесі, parted.— Plates 144, 145, 146. 
Through the West Indies.— The type from Martinique. 
Specimens examined :—Banamas. ACKLIN Isr. (Brace, 4461). Great | 
Rassen Ist. (Wilson, 7814, 7851). WATLING Ist. (Wilson, 7250, 7254, 
7315). ANTILLES. Jamaica (McNab, 68, 1846; Harvey, 1829;March, 
1316; Harris € Britton, 10529). Puerto Rico (Bertero; Heller, 6161; 
Britton & Cowell, 1293; Britton & Shafer, 1844; Britton & Marble, 2218; _ 
