AEQUATORIALES—TUNAEFORMES 141 
PHORADENDRON FRAGILE (Urban). 
Phoradendrum fragile Urban, Bot. Jahrb. v. 23. Beibl. 57. p. 13. 1897. 
Scarcely forked, the rather short sometimes red branches with basal 
eataphyls only, dioecious?. Internodes short (2-3x10-25 mm.), terete, 
fleshy, more or less papillate. Cataphyls a single pair toward the base, 
or two such pairs, blunt and widely spreading. Leaves minute, scale- 
like. Spikes more or less clustered, moderate (20, becoming 30 mm. long), 
with about 4 subglobose joints from very few-flowered to as much as 50- 
flowered in 44-2 series: peduncle nearly suppressed: scales ciliate. Fruit 
ellipsoidal, 4x5 mm., somewhat wrinkled but not verrucose: sepals in- 
flexed but scarcely meeting.—Plate 210. 
Brazilian region (? exclusively) on Miconia and Melastomaceae.— 
The type from Rio de Janeiro. 
Specimens examined :—BrazıL.. Rio de Janeiro, (Glaziou, 10898,— 
the type). Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro (?Rose de Russell, 20369). S. 
Paulo (Glaziou, 11608). Goyaz (Glaziou, 22023). 
48. TUNAEFORMES. 
Leaves reduced to small scales. Shoots very thin and flat. Cataphyls 
a single pair, on the basal joint only. Flowers in 4+2 series. Fruit 
ovoid, granular, with parted sepals. Brazil. 
Internodes elliptical-oblong. P. tunaeforme. 
PHORADENDRON TUNAEFORME Eichler. 
Phoradendron tunaeforme Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brazil. vol. 5. pt. 2. 
p. 108. pl. 32. 1868. 
Viscum tunaeforme de Candolle, Prodromus. vol. 4. p. 284. 1830. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the elongated branches with basal 
cataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes short (1-5x20-30 mm.), greatly 
flattened, slightly papillate, striately ribbed. Cataphyls a single nearly 
basal pair, tubular-bifid. Leaves minute, scale-like. ‚Spikes more or less 
elustered, very short (5 mm.), usually of a single joint about 6-flowered 
in 442 series: peduncle nearly suppressed : scales scarcely ciliate. Fruit 
ovoid, 3x4 mm., granular: sepals parted.—Plate 210. 
Brazilian region The type from Musquitos. | : 
Specimens examined :—BrazıL. Serra de 8. Feliz, Musquitos (Pohl, 
1928, 1839,—the type of V. tunaeforme, and of V. articulatum Pohl in 
herb.). Piauhy (Gardner, 1958). Lagoa Santa (Warming, 17, 384). 
Goyaz (Glaziou, 22024). Pernambuco (Schenck, 4238). Maracas, Bahia 
(Ule, 6948). Bahia (v. Martius). Araraquara, S. Paulo (Löfgren, 1074). 
Without locality (Vauthier). 
