Phoradendron LORANTHACEi*; 97 



shows to be a monstrous form of Cissus sicyoides. V. parasiticum, 

 ramulis &c. Br. Hist. Jam. 356. V. caule verticillato Plum. PI. 

 Amer. (Burm.) t. 258, /. 2 & le. ined. «, 310. V. trinervium 

 Lam. Encyc. Hi 57 (1789) ; DC. Prodr. iv. 280. V. tetragonum 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 282 (1830). V. oblongifolium DC. Prodr. iv. 283. 

 V. jamaicense Mac/. Jam. ii. 195 (1850). 



St. Andrew, McNabl Oersted. — Porto Rico, Antigua, Guadeloupe, 

 Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbados, Trinidad, Costa 

 Bica. 



Leaves 2-G cm. 1., 1-3-5 cm. br., apex rounded or emarginate, sessile 

 but attenuated into d petiole-like base, 3-5-nerved from the base. Spikes 

 generally 3-, more rarely 4-jointed. Berries transparent orange-yellow, 

 3*5-6 mm. 1., crowned with the, corolla, which is almost always open. 



Var. domingense covib. nov. ; br3,iiches not so distinctly 

 4-angled, here and there 2 -angled, generally terete below ; spikes 

 always unisejcual, each joint of the female bearing generally two 

 flowers, rarely 3—4, the male (very rarely observed) having up to 6 

 in each joint; berries (rather young) narrowly oval. — P, trinervium 

 Griseh. var. domingense Kr. & Urb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrh. xxiv. 38 

 (1897). Loranthus domingensis Desv. in Ham. Prodr. 33 (1825) ; 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 293. Phthirusa domingensis Eichl. in Fl. Bras. 

 V. j)t. 2, 134' (1868). Dendropemon domingensis v. Tiegh. in Bull, 

 Soc. Bot. France, xtii. 170 (1895). 



Shakspear I in woods everywhere, Broughton ! Wareka Boad, Campbell I 

 Mona woodland, 800 ft. ; near Wareka, 400 ft. ; Hope ; near Letitz, 500 ft. ; 

 Wareka Road, 200 ft. ; sea-coast* near Bull Bay ; Great Goat Island ; 

 Harris ! near Angel's Pen,- Harris d Britton ! Fl. Jam. 6383, 6399, 6552, 

 6604 (in part), 6605, 6676, 6781, 7264, 8138, 9668, 10,175, 10,529. Growing 

 on Croton linearis, Bandia aculeata, Annona sqtiamosa, Eryihroxylum 

 areolatum, Casearia and Bauhinia divaricata. 



4. P. Fiei Urb. Symb. Ant. v. 333 (1907) ; dioecious (female 

 only seen), branches terete, becoming subquadrangular above ; 

 scale-sheaths 1 or 2, rarely 3, sometimes as much as 5 )nm. above 

 base ; leaves on the same branch very variable, oval-elliptical, 

 narrowly obovate, oblong-ianceolate or lanceolate ; spikes (female 

 only seen) 1 • 2-2 • 5 cm. 1., increasing to 4 or 5 cm. in the fruit, 3- or 

 4-jointed (rarely 2-) ; flowers in 4 rows in the joints (with 2 odd 

 in the joint next the lowest), making 6 or 8 flowers, generally 

 fewer in the lowest and highest, more often 2 ; berries smooth. 



Great Goat Island, 50 ft., Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 9220. Growing on Ficus. 



Branches to 30 cm. 1., glabrous; internodes 1*5-3 cm. 1. Leaves 9-5 

 cm. 1., 3*5-l"3 cm. br., narrowed above, obtuse, below narrowed into a 

 petiole-like base, 3- nerved. Berries shortly ovoid, 3*5-4 mm. 1., greenish- 

 yellow, with corolla open. 



4a. p. albovaginatum Urb. Symb. Ant. vii. 504 (1913)*; 

 dioecious (?) ; branches terete, the uppermost internodes 2-angled 



* The description of this species was published after the previous sheet 

 was sent to press, and therefore too late for inclusion in the Key. 



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