132 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
Seareely forked, the rather long branches with basal eataphyls only, 
androgynous?. Internodes moderate (2-3x20-60 mm.), nearly smooth, 
aneipitally compressed, somewhat dilated upwards. Cataphyls a single 
pair towards the base, somewhat spreading, white-margined. Leaves 
broadly lanceolate, sometimes faleate, acute to obtuse, 3-4 or 5x6-12 em., 
rather abruptly petioled for 5-7 mm. Spikes solitary, moderate (becom- 
ing 40-50 mm.), with 3 or 4 stout oblong joints nearly, 50-flowered in 6 or 
6+2 series: peduncle stout, 3-5 mm. long. Fruit red, subglobose, smooth, 
4 mm. in diameter: sepals closely inflexed.—Plate 193. 
Andean region.—The type from Peru. 
Specimens examined :—Peru. Without locality (Ruiz,—the type). 
> Phoradendron Balansae n. sp. 
Somewhat pseudodichotomous, the rather long branches with basal 
eataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes rather long (2-4x40-100 mm.), 
granular, strongly ancipital but little dilated. Cataphyls a single pair 
somewhat above the base, openly tubular, white-margined. Leaves ellip- 
tical to oblanceolate-oblong, sometimes oblique, very obtuse, 2.5-3.5x 
5.5-7.5 em., euneately wing-petioled for about 10 mm. Spikes mostly sol- 
itary, moderate (20, becoming 30 mm.), with about 3 moderately stout 
elongated joints rather turbinately some 18- to 26-flowered іп 4--2 series: 
peduncle nearly suppressed, usually followed by an elongated nearly or 
quite sterile joint. Fruit subglobose, smooth, 3 mm, in diameter: sepals 
closely inflexed.— Plate 194. 
Bolivian region, on Punica ete.— The type from Paraguay. 
Specimens examined :—PARAGUAY. Asuncion (Balansa, 2497, Мау 
1874,—the type). Resistencia, Chareo (Stuckert, 13363, 18606). ARGEN- 
TINA. Tucuman (Stuckert, 20256). Sierra de Guasapampa, Cordoba 
(Kurtz, 6784). Rio La Plata (Palmer, 1853-4). Concepcion (Hassler, 
7436,—1. Hassleri (Pl. 195), with cylindrical spike-joints). Pilcomayo 
River (Morong, 954, —t. Morongi, with 2 pairs of cataphyls). 
PHORADENDRON Махрохп Eichler. 
Phoradendron Mandonii Eichler in v. Marti : 5 ut. ® 
p. 124. 1868. v. Martius, Fl. Brasil, vol. 5. p 
Seareely forked, the long branches with basal cataphyls only, andro- 
gynous ?. Internodes moderate (2-3x40-60 mm.), smooth, ancipital. Cata- 
phyls a basal pair, sometimes closely followed by a second, tubular-bifid. 
: Leaves more or less obliquely lanceolate, subacute, 2-3x8-10 em., cuneately 
wing-petioled for about 10 mm. Spikes mostly solitary, moderate (30 
mm.), with about 3 stout joints some 10 to 18-flowered in 4-+2 series: 
