120 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
Pseudodichotomous, the slender branches with basal eataphyls only, 
androgynous. Internodes moderate (1-3x30-40 mm.), somewhat papil- 
lately roughened, acutely 4-angled, the upper rhombic. Cataphyls à sin- 
gle pair, nearly basal, bifid. Leaves elliptical-obovate, more or less mu- 
eronately obtuse or emarginate, 2-3x5-7 em., cuneately subpetioled for 
scarcely 5 mm. Spikes often clustered, very short (5-10 mm.), with about 
2 joints 4- to 6-flowered: peduncle 1-2 mm. long: scales ciliate. Fruit 
ovoid, 3 mm. long, somewhat verrucose: sepals scarcely meeting.—Plate 
176. 
Brazilian region.—The type from Ceara. 
Specimens examined :—BRAzIL, Ceara (Gardner, 1675,—the type). 
With shorter internodes (10-20 mm. long), and rather thick more 
often obovate and emarginate leaves, it is var. minor Eichler, 1. с., from 
the same region (Gardner, 1669).—Plate 175. 
PHORADENDRON CARACASANUM (Urban). 
en caracasanum Urban, Bot. Jahrb. v. 23. Beibl. 57. p. 4. 
Divaricately branched and pseudodichotomous, the rather stout 
branches with basal cataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes rather 
short (2-3x15-40 mm.), very minutely papillate, rhombically ancipital or 
acutely 4-angled or 4-winged. Cataphyls a single pair, nearly basal, 
bifid. Leaves obovate, very obtuse, 1.5-2.5x3-3.5 em., euneately subpetioled 
for about 5 mm., fleshy for the group and scarcely veined. Spikes sol- 
itary, very short (5 mm.), with a single 4- or 6-flowered joint: peduncle 
nearly suppressed. Fruit globose, 5 mm. in diameter, verrucose: sepals 
inflexed.—Plate 176. 
Venezuelan region.—The type from Venezuela. 
Specimens examined :—VENEZUELA. Between Maequeria and Caraeas 
(Gollmer, Feb. 2, 1855, —the type). | 
33. ARGENTINAE. 
Leaves broad for the group (1-2 em.). P. argentinum. 
Leaves narrow (under 1 em.). 
Rather oblanceolate: spikes very short. P. Мейае. 
Lanceolate: spikes long for the group. P. Ernstianum. 
