92 FLORA OF JAMAICA Phthirusa 



§ 2 (Dendropemon) Flowers not in threes. Bract with the 

 sterile bracteoles connate under each flower into a cup- 

 shaped, somewhat entire cupule, produced anteriorly. 



3. P. parvifolia Eichl in Fl. Bras. v.pt. 2, 55 (1868) ; leaves 

 small, elliptical, obtuse, sometimes mucronate, 1-2 cm. 1., 

 • 5-1 • 3 cm. br. ; petiole 1-4 mm. 1. — Loranthus parvifolius Sw. 

 Prodr. 58 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 628 ; Macf. Jam. ii. 199. 

 Dendropemon parvifolius Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, i. 491 (1841) ; 

 Urh. in Engl, Bot. Jahrh. xxiv. 21. 



Blue Mts., Swartz 1 Cinchona, 5000 ft., Fawcett I C. Nicholls I New- 

 haven Gap, 5600 ft., Harris \ Fl. Jam. 6212, 9198; Newhaven Gap, 

 O. Nichols 1 Growing on Podocarpus Urba^iii, Bacclmris scopariay 

 Dodonxa viscosa, Vaccitiium meridionale, Clethra tinifolia and Ilex montana 

 var. occidcntalis. — Hispaniola. 



Stem very much branched, branches terete, more or less compressed 

 when young, brown-scaly; internodes '5-2 cm. 1. Inflorescence scaly, 

 subumbellate on short axillary peduncles, 1-6-fiowered, generally less than 

 1cm. 1.; flowers subsessile. Bud cylindrical-oblong slightly constricted 

 about the middle, 2-2 '5 mm. 1. Stamens of two forms, the alternate 

 longer, without pollen, bearing a thin membranous triangular connective, 

 the shorter bearing roundish apiculate anthers. Berries oblong, 5 mm. 1., 

 about 2*5 mm. br. 



4. P. pauciflora Eichl. loc. cit. ; leaves shortly obovate to 

 elliptical, apex rounded or obtuse, rarely emarginate, base 

 narrowed into the petiole, 2 '5-4 -5 cm. 1., 1-2 cm. br. ; petiole 

 3-6 mm. 1. — Loranthus pauciflorus Sw. Prodr. 58 (1788) & Fl. 

 Ind. Occ. 627; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 312 (in part); Urh. torn. 

 cit. 71. L. montanus Macf. Jam. ii. 198 (1850). L. parvifolius 

 Griseb. loc. cit. (in part). Dendroj)emon pauciflorus v. Tiegh. in 

 Bull. Sac. Bot. France, xlii. 170 (1895). D. montanus Kr. & Vrb. 

 in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. xxiv. 23 (1897). 



Sxoartz ! Macfadijen 1 near Bath ; Manchester ; Purdie 1 Wullschlaegel ; 

 March ; Blue Mts. ; Moneague ; Prior 1 Stony Hill, J.P. 682, Morris 1 near 

 Cinchona, 5000 ft., Fawcett 1 Whitfield Hall Works ; Mavis Bank ; Mt. 

 Moses ; Petersfield, 2500 ft. ; Yallahs Valley, 1700 ft. ; Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 

 6041, 6218, 6218, 6891, 6403, 6811. Blue Mt. Peak, G. Nichols \ Growing 

 on Duranta Plumieri, Ocotea leucoxylum, Bucida capitata, Acacia villosa 

 and Faramea odoratissiTtta. 



Stem with branches terete, the younger twigs sometimes compressed 

 and with the inflorescence brown-scaly. Inflorescences l"5-3 cm. 1., laxly 

 6-10-flowered ; peduncles terete or subcompressed, slender; pedicels 

 3-5 mm 1. ; bracts and bracteoles connate into a cupule with the apices 

 free, shortly triangular. Calyx hidden by the cupule. Bud oblong- 

 elliptical, 3 mm. 1. Stamens of two forms, the alternate longer without 

 pollen and with a triangular acuminate connective; the shorter having 

 roundish shortly apiculate anthers. Berries oblong, 7 mm. 1., 2-5 mm. br., 

 dark green with yellow apex. 



5. P. Harrisii comh. nov. ; leaves broadly ovate to roundish- 

 elliptical, base rounded or subtruncate more or less produced 

 into the petiole, apex very obtuse or rounded, 5-3 '5 cm. 1., 



