70 THE GENUS PHOEADENDBON 



Phoradendron granaticolum n. sp. 



Not forked, the rather long branches with basal cataphyls only, dioe- 

 cious?. Internodes rather long (2-6x25-100 mm.), smooth, elliptically 

 ancipital. Cataphyls a single pair, basal, tubular, scarious-margined. 

 Leaves elliptical-lanceolate to somewhat rhombically ovate, very obtuse, 

 2.5-4.5x6-8 cm., finely 5- to 7-nerved, cuneately petioled for about 10 mm. 

 Spikes (very young) short (15 mm.), with about 4 oblong joints some 

 20-flowered in about 6 series : peduncle 2 mm. long : scales scarcely ciliate, 

 somewhat brown-margined. Fruit?. Plate 87. 



Venezuelan region (? exclusively on Punica). The type from Ven- 

 ezuela. 



Specimens examined: VENEZUELA. Caracas (Gollmer, Apr. 28, 1854, 

 the type). 



16. AMPLECTENTES. 



Leaves mostly of medium size, drying rather thin and distinctly fine- 

 nerved from the base, usually clasping with recurved but quickly up- 

 curving bases. Shoots 2- or 4-winged. Cataphyls 1 or rarely 2 pairs, on 

 the basal joint only. Flowers mostly in 6 series. Fruit round, nearly 

 smooth, usually with closed sepals. South America; one species in the 

 West Indies. 



Upper internodes ancipital or 2-winged. 



Leaves not clasping, relatively large (7-10 cm.). P. Casimiranum. 

 Leaves clasping, usually under 7 cm. long. 



Internodes winged. P. dipterum. 



Internodes merely 2-edged. 



Leaves narrow (1-1.5 cm.), rather long. 



P. multifoveolatum. 

 Leaves broader (1.5 cm.), rather short. 



P. hypericifolium. 

 Upper internodes acutely 4-angled or 4-winged. 



Leaves elliptical-lanceolate. P. tetrapterum. 



Leaves lanceolate, rather long. 

 Petiolately contracted. 



Relatively broad (1 :4) . 



Fertile joints turbinate. P. demerarae. 



Fertile joints clavate. P. tovarense. 



Relatively elongated (1 :5). P. Crulsii. 



Sessile and broadly clasping. P. amplexicaule. 



Leaves obovate-oblanceolate. P. Glaziovii. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, large. P. amplectens. 



Leaves ovate, sessile. P, turbinispicum. 



