140 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
(over 50 mm.), with about half a dozen ellipsoid joints some 14-flowered 
in 4+2 series: sepals deep red, widely spreading at anthesis: peduncle 
nearly 10 mm. long, sheathed by about 4 pairs of overlapping scales. 
Fruit ?.—Plate 208. 
Bolivian region.—The type from Bolivia. 
Specimens examined:—Bouivia. Yungas (Bang, 632, 1890,—the 
type). Apolo, at 4800 ft. (Williams, 178). 
PHORADENDRON PTERONEURON Eichler. 
Phoradendron pteroneuron Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brazil. vol. 5. pt. 2. 
p. 127. 1868. 
Searcely forked, the rather long branches with basal eataphyls only, 
androgynous. Internodes moderate (2-5x30-100 mm.), nearly smooth, 
from somewhat rhombie becoming 2-keeled and terete, more or less swol- 
len at the nodes. Cataphyls a nearly basal pair, followed by 2-4 other 
pairs at intervals inereasing to 20 mm., subannular-bifid. Leaves round- 
elliptieal, 5-7x8 em., or elliptieal-obovate and scarcely 2.5x5 em., very 
obtuse, euneately or abruptly petioled for some 10 mm. Spikes more or 
less elustered, rather long (40-50 mm.), with about half a dozen ellip- 
soidal Joints some 14-flowered in 44-2 series: peduncle 5 mm. long, some- 
times with several pairs of sheathing scales. Fruit (immature, said to 
be whitish) subglobose, fleshy-wrinkled, 3 mm. in diameter: sepals dull 
red, elosely inflexed.—Plate 209. 
Brazilian region.— The type from Rio de Janeiro. 
Specimens examined :—Braztu. Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou, 1462, 1887, 
—taken as type). Ilheos (Riedel, 1829). Mattogrosso (Robert, 439). 
Ceara (Gardner, 1677). Pernambuco (Schenck, 4282). 
П. Squamosar. 
өтт to scales which do not disarticulate. Glabrous through- 
Stem terete, fleshy and wrinkled. ILES. 
Stem very flat, striate. P архин 
47. FRAGILES. 
Leaves reduced to small scales. Shoots terete. C 
Ч 2 . Cataphyls one or two 
pairs, on the basal joint only. Flowers in 4+2 series. Fruit wrinkled, 
with somewhat parted sepals. Brazil. 
Internodes subeylindrical, very short. P. fragile. 
