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Broughton ! SJmkspear ! Masson I St. Elizabeth, McNab 1 Bertero ; 

 Wullschlaegel ; Moneague, Priori J.P. 1165, Morris \ Cinchona, Watt\ 

 Fawcett ! Tweedside, Mt. Moses ; Strawberry Hill; Troy, 1600 ft. ; Harris ! 

 PI. Jam. 6217, 6338, 6355, 6477, 9436; Cinchona, G. Nichols \ between 

 Moneague and Mt. Diabolo, Britton, 2714 ! Growing on Rhytidophyllum 

 tomentosum, Oreopanax capitatum and Byrsonima. — Hispaniola. 



The typical forms of this and the next species are quite distinct, but 

 narrow-jointed forma of D. monstrosa nearly approach the broader-jointed 

 forms of D. opuntioides, which might perhaps be regarded merely as a 

 variety of the former. Linnaeus based his Viscum opuntioides on a 

 reference to Sloahe (Hist. ii. 93, t. 201, f. 1), which is undoubtedly 

 Grisebach's Arceuthobium qracile, and not the broader-jointed form 

 generally known as D. op^mtioides. 



2. D. opuntioides noh. (non Eichl.); dia^cious; the internodes 

 more or less flattened or the inferior terete, 3-1 cm. 1, to 3 or 4 

 mm. br. ; male 'flowers forming a single or double row on each 

 edge of the spike, 8-20 in each joint j female flowers in 2 rows, 

 2 or 4 in each joint ; when two, inserted under apex . of joint. — 

 D. gracilis Eichl. torn. c/<. 103 (1868); Urh. torn. cit. b^ ; York' 

 loc. eit. D. Danceri Kr. d Urb. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. xiv. 

 284 (1896). Viscum opuntioides rauiulis compressis Sloane Cat. 

 US, Hist. i}. 93, t. 201, /. 1. Viscum opuntioides L. S}). PI. 

 1023 (1753) ; Wright Mem. 303 ; Macf. Jam. ii. 196. V. gracile 

 DC. torn. cit. 285 (18;50). Razoumofskya jamaicensis Hoffm. 

 Hort. Mosq. (1808). Arceuthobium gracile Griseh. loc. cit. (1860). 

 (PL 4.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Banks of Hope River, Sloane Herb. vi. 109! Dancer; Bertero; Mac- 

 Jadyen\ Port Royal Mts., Purdiel Catherine Peak, 5000 ft., Eggersl 

 Morse's Gap, 5000 ft., Plaxtonl Blue Mt. Ridge, FawcetV. Cinchona; 

 Portland Gap, 5400 ft. ; Greenwich woodland ; Barris t PI. Jam. 6202, 

 6206, 6215, 6316, 10,139; below Blue Mt. Peak, 6000 ft., G. Nicholsl 

 Cinchona, Shrcve ! Growing on Cyrilla antillana, Baccharis scoparia and 

 Heterotrichum patens. Urban distinguishes D. Danceri by its having the 

 female flowers in the middle of the joint instead of near the apex. We 

 have not seen Dancer's specimen, but we are unable to distinguish from 

 D. gracilis the male spe<ymens (PI. Jam. 6200, 0343), assigned 'to D. 

 Danceri by Urban. 



3. D. euppessoides Eichl. in Fl. Bras. v. lA. 2, 103 (1868) (in 

 part) ; all the internodes terete, scales decussate. — Olin. in Hook. 

 Ic. PI. xxiii. t. 2221 ; Urb. torn. cit. 59. Viscum cupressoides 

 Macf. Jam. ii. 197 (1850). Arceuthobium cupressoides Griseb. 

 Fl. Br. W. Incl. 315.(1860). 



Macfadyenl Cinchona, 5000 ft., il/oms ! Fawcett \ Harris \ G. Nichols \ 

 Fl, Jam. 6204, 6205, 6214, 6388. Growing on Miconia qnadrangularis. — 

 Cuba, Hispaniola. 



Monoecious, l-5-2(-3) dm. 1, Internodes •5-1 cm, 1. Spikes^ '6-1-5 

 cm. 1., 3-5-jx)inted, often proliferous ; joints 2-3 mm. 1. Flowers, in each 

 joint 2, generally decussating with the pair at the next joint, most female, 

 a few male here and there on a joint. 



