AEQUATORIALES—ARGENTINAE 121 
PHORADENDRON ARGENTINUM (Urban). 
E argentinum Urban, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 23. Beibl. 57. p. 14. 
Seareely forked, the moderate branches with basal eataphyls only, 
androgynous, Internodes rather short (2-5x10-40 mm.), smooth, the up- 
per rhombieally quadrangular. Cataphyls a nearly basal pair, occasion- 
ally followed by a second, spreading. Leaves elliptical or oblanceolate- 
obovate, sometimes rather quadrate, obtuse, 1-2x2.5-5 em., finely about 
3-nerved and veiny, euneately subsessile. Spikes mostly solitary, short 
(15 mm.), with about 4 rounded joints some 6-flowered in 44-2 series: 
peduncle nearly suppressed: scales eiliolate. Fruit round-ovoid, 4 mm. 
in diameter, cellular-papillate or tubereulate: sepals erect, parted.— 
Plate 177. 
Bolivian region, on Ruprechtia ete.—The type from Argentina. 
Specimens examined :—ARGENTINA. Chacarita de los Padres, Cata- 
marca (Hieronymus, 419, Nov. 1812, —the type). San Lorenzo, Jujui 
(Hieronymus & Lorentz, 237). Sierra de Cordoba ( Stuckert, 20252). 
Phoradendron Meliae n. sp. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the moderate branches with basal 
eataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes short (2-4x10-20 mm.), papil- 
late, the upper rhombieally aneipital or squarish. Cataphyls a nearly 
basal pair, sometimes followed by a second some 5 mm. higher. Leaves 
lanceolate to obovate-oblanceolate, rather mueronately acute, .5-1x2-3.5 
em., usually 3-nerved, cuneately subsessile. Spikes mostly solitary, short 
(seareely 10 mm.), with 2 or 3 very short joints some 4- to 6-flowered 
in 4 or 4+2 series: peduncle nearly suppressed : scales subeiliate. Fruit 
(immature) red, round-ovoid, verrucose, 2-3 mm. in diameter: sepals 
suberect and parted.—Plate 178. 
Bolivian region, on Melia, Larrea ete.—The type from Paraguay. 
Specimens examined :—PARAGUAY. Asuncion (Balansa, 2495, May 
1874, оп Melia,—the type). BoLivia. Velasco (Kuntze, 6). ARGENTINA. 
Estaneia San Teodoro, Cordoba (Stuckert, ? 11778, 13337, 20248). Cruz 
del Eje, Cordoba (Stuckert, 14526). 
PHORADENDRON ERNSTIANUM Patsehovsky. 
Phoradendron Ernstianum Patschovsky, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 45. p. 439. 1911. 
Somewhat pseudodichotomous, the moderate branches with basal eata- 
phyls only, androgynous. Internodes rather short (1-2x15-30 mm.) , min- 
utely papillate, the upper rhombieally 4-angled. Cataphyls a single pair, 
nearly basal. Leaves lanceolate, acute, seareely .5x3 em., 3-nerved, cune- 
