150 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 
tubular or almost annular. Leaves elliptical, obtuse, .6-1x2-3 em., rather 
abruptly sessile. Spikes solitary, short (scarcely 15 mm.), with 2 or 3 
plump joints verticillately 4-flowered: peduncle almost suppressed. Fruit 
ellipsoid, smooth, 4x5 mm. : sepals erect, parted.— Plate 225. 
Venezuelan region.—The type from Venezuela. 
Specimens examined:—VENEZUELA. Cocke Island (Johnston, 10, 
Aug. 5, 1903,—the type). 
PHORADENDRON SURINAMENSE Pulle. 
Phoradendron surinamense Pulle, Enum. Vase. Pl. . . . Surinam. p. 155. 
pl. 1906. 
More or less pseudodichotomous or divaricately cruciform, the mod- 
erate branches with eataphyls on all joints, androgynous. Internodes 
moderate (2x40-60 mm.), quickly terete. Cataphyls a single nearly basal 
pair, short-tubular. Leaves somewhat faleately oblong or lanceolate, ob- : 
tuse, .5x2.5-4.5 em., sessile. Spikes mostly solitary, short (10 mm.), with 
some З clavately thickened joints about 6-flowered in 44-2 series: pedun- 
ele 2-3 mm. long, often with a basal pair of scales. Fruit?.— Plate 226. 
Cayenne region.— The type from Surinam. 
Specimens examined :—Surinam (Versteeg, 239, 1903, —the type). 
PHORADENDRON CAESALPINIAE Ule. 
Phoradendron Caesalpiniae Ule, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 42. p. 200. 1908. 
More or less pseudodichotomous or fascicled. The rather long 
branches with eataphyls on all joints, androgynous. Internodes rather 
long (2x50-100 mm.), varnished, terete. Cataphyls a single basal pair, 
annular. Leaves narrowly elliptieal-oblong, obtuse, .5x3 cm., sessile. 
Spikes more or less clustered, short (15-20 mm.), with about 3 tumid 
joints about 6-flowered in 4+2 series: peduncle about 3 mm. long, with 
a basal pair of scales. Fruit (immature) ovoid, smooth, 3x4 mm.: sepals 
erect, parted.— Plate 295. 
Brazilian region on Caesalpinia ete.— The type from Bahia. 
Specimens examined :— Bnazir. Calderäo, Bahia (Ule, 7243, Oct. 
1906, the type). 
„A PHORADENDRON PLATYCAULON Eichler. 
Phoradendron platycaulon Eichler, in v. Martius, Fl. Brazil. vol. 5. pt. 2. 
p. 108. pl. 33. 1868. 
More or less pseudodichotomous, the rather long branches with cata- 
phyls on all joints, androgynous. Internodes moderate (2x40-60 mm.), 
flattened or dilated to a width of 5-8 mm. and striate. Leaves oblong 
