46 THE GENUS PHOEADENDBON 



Phoradendron Galeottii n. sp. 



Not forked, the rather short and slender branches without cataphyls, 

 dioecious?. Internodes rather short (2-3x15-50 mm.), at first much com- 

 pressed, resinous-dotted, evanescently stellate-tomentose like the foliage. 

 Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, mostly obtuse, .5-1x2-5 cm., gradually nar- 

 rowed for about 5 mm. at base. Spikes mostly solitary, short (scarcely 

 15 mm. in fruit), short-tomentose, with about 3 subglobose joints some 

 12- to 18-flowered when pistillate : peduncle scarcely 2 mm. long : scales 

 finely tomentose. Fruit in congested whorls, round-ovoid, about 4 mm. 

 long, retrorsely yellow-hispid : sepals finely tomentose, closely inflexed. 

 Plate 46. 



Eastern Sierra Madre region ( 1 exclusively) on Quercus. The type 

 from eastern Mexico. 



Specimens examined: MEXICO. Mirador, V. C. (Galeotti, 2694, 

 1840, the type; Linden, 541; Ross, 723). Zacuapam (Pur pus, 6401). 



PHORADENDRON PALMERI Greenman. 

 Phoradendron Palmeri Greenman, Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. 40. p. 28. 1904. 



Not forked, the rather short branches without cataphyls, dioecious?. 

 Internodes rather short (2-5x20-30 mm.), somewhat tomentose and rather 

 persistently short-villous like the foliage. Leaves oblanceolate to ellip- 

 tical-oblong, obtuse, .5-.8x2-3.5 cm., cuneate for about 2 mm. but scarcely 

 petioled. Spikes slender, solitary, short (5 mm., lengthening to 10-20 

 mm. in fruit), loosely villous, with about 3 subglobose joints about 8-flow- 

 ered when pistillate: peduncle 1-5 or 6 mm. long: scales villous. Fruit 

 ovoid, 4 mm. long, sparsely villous: sepals glabrescent, more or less 

 parted. Plate 47. 



Mexican table land. The type from eastern Mexico. 



Specimens examined: MEXICO. Alvarez, S.L.P. (Palmer, 119, 1902, 

 the type). 



Phoradendron Eduardi n. sp. 



Not forked, the rather short stout branches without cataphyls, dioe- 

 cious?. Internodes rather short (3-4x20-30 mm.), like the foliage loosely 

 villous or glabrate but not tomentose. Leaves elliptical-obovate or ob- 

 lanceolate, very obtuse, .5-1x1.5-2 cm., cuneately sessile. Spikes stout, 

 moderate (25-35 or 40 mm. in fruit), loosely villous, with 2 or 3-6 elon- 

 gated clavate joints some 8-flowered when pistillate: peduncle 2-3 mm. 

 long: scales somewhat velvety or villous. Fruit creamy white, subglo- 

 bose, 4 mm. in diameter, villous: sepals glabrescent, erect, not meeting 

 around the thick stigma. Plate 47. 



Sonoran region of Mexico. The type from Carmen Island. 



