66 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 



Andean region. The type from Peru. 



Specimens examined: PERU. Olleras to Mt. Aipate (Bonpland, 3508, 

 the type of L. angustifolius) . Without locality ( ? Pavon, with ciliate 

 scales and pistillate spikes 30 mm. long about 12-flowered at the ends of 

 the joints). BOLIVIA. Without locality (Cuming, 1 84). 



Phoradendron parietarioides n. sp. 



Not forked, the moderate slender branches with basal cataphyls only, 

 androgynous. Internodes short (2-3x20-30 mm.), smooth, slightly com- 

 pressed toward the nodes becoming terete. Cataphyls a single pair, above 

 the base, acute, spreading. Leaves lanceolate, acute, 1.5-2.5x6-8 cm., thin, 

 finely 5-nerved and veiny, cuneately subpetioled for about 5 mm. Spikes 

 clustered, short (15 mm.), slender, smooth, with some 3 filiform joints 

 scarcely 10-flowered in 4+2 series : peduncle 2-3 mm. long. Fruit ellip- 

 soidal, 3x4 mm., nearly smooth : sepals suberect, not meeting. Plate 80. 



Andean region. The type from Ecuador. 



Specimens examined: ECUADOR. Without locality (Sodiro, 148/20, 

 the type, 148/25; Jameson, in Herb. Hooker.). Cumbaya (Sodiro, c, 

 1871) . Quisaya (Sodiro, i, 1874) . 



14. CORYNARTHRAE. 



Leaves elongated or narrow, rather thin, fine-nerved from the base. 

 Shoots mostly 2-edged. Cataphyls 1 or less commonly 2 pairs, on the 

 basal joint only. Flowers in 4 or 4+2 series. Fruit roundish, smooth or 

 wrinkled. Central America. 

 Leaves narrow, not very sharply nerved. 



Fruiting spike-joints clavate. P. corynarthron. 



Fruiting spike-joints turbinate. P. Tonduzii. 



Leaves relatively broad (2 cm.) sharply nerved. P. Cooperi. 



PHORADENDRON CORYNARTHRON EicTiler. 



Phoradendron corynarthron Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. vol. 15. pt. 

 2. p. 115. 1868. 



Scarcely forked, the moderately long rather slender branches with 

 basal cataphyls only, dioecious?. Internodes rather short (1-2x30-50 

 mm. ) , scarcely 2-edged. Cataphyls usually 2 pairs, one nearly basal and 

 the other some 15 mm. above it, scarcely tubular. Leaves narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, mucronately subacute, 1-1.5x4-6 cm., more or less evidently about 

 3-nerved, cuneately subpetioled for scarcely 10 mm. Spikes mostly sol- 

 itary, moderate (becoming 30-40 mm.), slender, smooth, with about 4 

 joints clavately some 6- to 12-flowered in 4 or 4+2 series : peduncle 5 mm. 



