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Fig. 27.— Phthirma Harrisii 

 comb. nov. 



A, Portion of shoot with inflor- 



escence. 



B, Apex of inflorescence ; b, bracts. 



C, Slower-bud. 



D, Open flower. 



§ 1, Flowers in groups of three, vdth bract and bracteoles 

 more or less connate under the group. 



1. P. lepidobotrys Eichl. in Fl Bras. v. pt. 2, 134^ & 333 

 (1868) ; bi'anches 4-angled or compressed-4-angled above, smooth, 

 marked at the angles which are rather acute with an elevated 

 corky line ; leaves ovate or broadly ovate, cuspidate, sometimes 

 acuminate ; inflorescence of 3-flowered clusters in a raceme, with 

 brown scurfy scales ; flowers hermaphrodite ; bud ellipsoid ; 

 anthers of two forms, those of the longer filaments triangular, 

 without pollen, those of the shorter larger, shortly ovate, with 

 the thick connective produced ; berries spreading, oval. — Urh. in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxiv. 15 (1897). Loranthus lepidobotrys 

 Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 311 (1860) ; Eichl. torn. cit. 62. (Fig. 26.) 



Moneague ; near Browns Town, Prior ! near Cinchona, 5000 ft., 

 Fawcett ! Old England, 3000 ft. ; Cinchona ; Harris ! Lyndhurst, near 

 Greenvale, Harris & Brittonl PI. Jam. 6201, 6211, 6311, 6390, 10,624; 

 Cinchona, G. Nichols I Growing on Baccharis scoparia, Psychotria undata, 

 Eupatorium triste and Citrus. 



Leaves 5-10 cm. 1., 3 "5=7 '5 cm. br, ; petioles -5-1 cm. 1. Inflorescence 

 5-11 cm. 1.; pedicels of the clusters 2-5 mm. 1. Corolla 2*5-3 mm. 1., 

 yellow. Berries 6-7 mm. 1., green tipped with rose. 



2. P. jamaieensis Kr. & Urh. in Engl. Bot. Jahb. xxiv. 15 

 (1897) ; branches terete, the younger 4-angled at the apex ; 

 leaves ovate or oval, somewhat acute ; inflorescence, 3-flowered 

 clusters in a compound raceme, not scurfy; male flowers only 

 seen; buds ovate-oblong; anthers somewhat unequal but all 

 bearing pollen. — P. Theobromae Eichl. in Fl. Bras. v. pt. 2, 56 

 (1868) (so far as regards the Jamaican plant). Loranthus 

 avicularius Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 312 (1860) (non Mart.). 



Purdie ! 



Leaves 4-7 cm. 1. ; petioles about 1 cm, 1. Bracts ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, l'5-2 mm. 1.; pedicels of clusters none or lowest 2 mm. 1. 

 Flowers greenish-white ; perianth 3 mm. 1, 



