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448; Nash & Taylor, 1322). Santo Domineo (Bertero; Ehrenberg; 
Wright, Parry & Brummel, 467; Eggers, 1651, 1983; Fuertes, 383, 827; 
v. Tuerckheim, 2616; Taylor, 223, 338, 481, 497; Emanuel, 1). JAMAICA 
(Hitchcock, 1890; Hansen, 1310; Britton, 2840, 3668; Shafer, 159, 296, 
363, 563, 815, 1109, 1622; Harris, 6577, 6584, 6927—bearing Cuscuta; 
Brown, 394; Maxon, 1675). Puerto Rico (Bertero, 8, 1234—the type 
collection of Viscum angustifolium Bertero; Eggers, 965; Cowell, 753; 
Stahl, 45, 1043; Heller, 205, 6186; Sintenis, 885, 887b, 3035, 3292b, 3912, 
5562, 6624, 7601; Garber, 24; Krug, 538; Schwancke; Kuntze, 495; Un- 
derwood & Griggs, 211; Britton & Marble, 2245—with yellow fruit; Brit- 
ton & Shafer, 1644; Stevens, 5212, 5825b, 5826-9, 5907, 5908, 5935; Stev- 
ens & Hess, 4563, 4988; Hess, 5402; Brother Hioram, 1912). CARIBBEES. 
ANTIGUA (Nicholson, 16). GUADELOUPE (Sprengel). Dominica (Eggers, 
93). 
With stouter (2-4x30-60 mm.), smooth, acutely quadrangular, but lit- 
tle dilated internodes, and larger elliptical-lanceolate leaves 1-2x5-9 em., 
mostly 5-nerved and somewhat veiny, and spike-joints about 18-flowered, 
it is var. orientalis (Pl. 161). Eastern Cuba (Britton, 1985, 2119—the 
type; Britton, Cowell & Shafer, 12919, and, in an equally long- but 
rather narrower-leaved form, f. longa, Pl. 161, Britton, 2415). Puerto 
Rico (Underwood & Griggs, 383). 
2 Phoradendron Townsendi п. sp. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the moderate branches with basal 
eataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes rather short (2-3x15-35 mm.), 
eellular-papillate, somewhat rhombically quadrangular. Cataphyls a sin- 
gle nearly basal pair, annular-bifid, white-margined. Leaves oblance- 
olate-oblong or subspatulate, mucronate but very obtuse, 1-2x4-6 em., 
euneately narrowed rather than petioled. Spikes more or less clustered, 
short (10 mm.), with about 3 short joints scarcely 6-flowered in 2, 4 or 
4+2 series: peduncle scarcely 1 mm. long. Fruit?.— Plate 162. 
Western insular region of Mexico.— The type from Socorro. 
Specimens ехатіпей:--МЕхісо. Socorro, Revillagigedo Islands (An- 
thony, 1897 ; Townsend, Mar. 1899; Barkelew, 177, 1903,—the type). 
Phoradendron gracile n. comb. 
Phoradendrum quadrangulare gracile Krug & Urban, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 24. 
p. 37. 1897. 
Seareely forked, the moderate branches with basal eataphyls only, 
androgynous. Internodes rather short (1-2x25-30 mm.), smooth, acutely 
quadrangular. Cataphyls a single pair, nearly basal, annular-bifid, white- 
