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Cataphyls a single pair, basal, tubular-bifid. Leaves round-obovate, mu- 
eronately obtuse to subacute, 1-1.5x1.5-2 em., euneately subpetioled for 
1-2 mm. Spikes solitary, short (10-15 mm.), with about 3 short 4-flow- 
ered joints: peduncle 1-2 mm. long: scales scarcely ciliate. Fruit (im- 
mature) subglobose, 2 mm. in diameter, verrucose: sepals nearly or quite 
meeting.—Plate 173. 
Venezuelan region.—The type from Venezuela. 
Specimens examined :—VENEZUELA. Orituco (Otto, 565, Feb. 22, 1840, 
—the type). Cumana (Funcko, 295; Herb. Le Jolis., 1870). Locality? 
(Eggers, 13335). 
^ Phoradendron Degenianum n. sp. 
More or less pseudodichotomous or verticillate, the moderate branches 
with basal eataphyls only, androgynous’. Internodes rather short (2x 
20-40 mm.), papillately roughened, acutely quadrangular, somewhat com- 
pressed upwards. Cataphyls a single pair, nearly basal, deeply notched. 
Leaves oblanceolate-obovate, mucronately subacute to very obtuse or 
emarginate, 1.5-2x3-4.5 em., cuneately slender-petioled for 5-10 mm. 
Spikes solitary, short (10, lengthening to 15 or 20 mm.), with 3-5 rather . 
slender joints clavately some 4-flowered about the middle: peduncle 1-2 
mm. long: seales eiliolate. Fruit subglobose, 3 mm. in diameter, verru- 
сове: sepals ascending, scarcely meeting.—Plate 174. 
Venezuelan-Isthmian region.—The type from Colombia. 
Specimens examined :—CoLomBIa. Sta. Marta (H „В. Smith, 1282, 
1285—the type). 
5 PHORADENDRON CUNEIFOLIUM (Urban). 
Phoradendrum cuneifolium Urban, Bot. Jahrb. v. 23. Beibl. 57. p. 5. 1897. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the slender branches with basal eata- 
phyls only, androgynous. Internodes short (1-2x10-20 mm.), papillateiy 
roughened, rhombically quadrangular. Cataphyls a single pair, nearly 
basal, bifid. Leaves inversely triangular, more or less mucronately very 
obtuse to truncate or emarginate, 1-1.5x2-4 em., gradually cuneate to the 
slender base rather than petioled. Spikes mostly solitary, very short 
(searcely 5 mm.), with a single fertile 6-flowered joint: peduncle almost 
suppressed. Fruit subglobose, 3-4 mm. in diameter, sparingly low-verru- 
cose: sepals ereet.— Plate 174. 
Venezuelan region.— The type from Venezuela. 
Speeimens examined :— VENEZUELA. Tovar (Fendler, 1115,—the 
type). 
PHORADENDRON CEARENSE Eichler. 
Phoradendron cearense Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. v. 5. pt. 2. p. 
118. 1868. 
