72 THE GENUS PHORADENDKON 



ancipitally flattened. Cataphyls a single pair, basal. Leaves oblance- 

 olate-oblong, mucronately subacute, .5-1 or 1.5x5-6 or rarely 10 cm., some- 

 what 3-, 5- or 7-nerved, gradually revolutely narrowed to the somewhat 

 clasping base. Spikes solitary, long (40-80 mm.), with half a dozen slen- 

 der oblong or somewhat fusiform joints 30- to 60-flowered when pistillate 

 and 60- or 80-nowered in 6 series when staminate : peduncle 5 mm. long, 

 sometimes with a very short basal joint: scales deeply parted, scarcely 

 ciliate. Fruit reddish white, globose, smooth, about 3 mm. in diameter : 

 sepals somewhat parted. Plate 90. 



Brazilian region. The type from Bahia. 



Specimens examined: BRAZIL. Desert regions of Bahia (v. Mar- 

 tins, the type). 



Phoradendron hypericifolium n. sp. 



Scarcely forked, the moderate branches with basal cataphyls only, 

 dioecious! Internodes moderate (2x40-60 mm.), the upper rhombically 

 ancipital. Cataphyls a single pair, basal, tubular-bifid. Leaves ellip- 

 tieal-obovate, obtuse, 1.5x4 cm., rather evidently 5-nerved, somewhat 

 revolutely narrowed to the sessile clasping base. Spikes solitary, long 

 (50-60 mm. in fruit), with about 4 fusiform or turbinate joints some 40- 

 flowered in 6 series when pistillate: peduncle 4 mm. long: scales some- 

 what notched, scarious-margined, scarcely ciliate. Fruit (immature) 

 red, globose, cellular-papillate, about 3 mm. in diameter: sepals closely 

 inflexed. Plate 91. 



Brazilian region. The type from Paraguay. 



Specimens examined. PARAGUAY. Southern Paraguay (Kuntze, 9, 

 Sept. 1892, the type). 



PHORADENDRON TETRAPTERUM (Krug & Urban). 



Phoradendrum tetrapterum Krug & Urban, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 24. p. 35. 

 1897. 



More or less pseudodichotomous, the rather long and spreading 

 branches with basal cataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes rather 

 short (2-4x30-60 mm.), the upper acutely and rather undulately 4- 

 winged. Cataphyls a single pair, nearly basal, somewhat tubular or an- 

 nular-bifid. Leaves more or less falcately elliptical-oblanceolate or ob- 

 ovate, rather obtuse, 1.5-3.5x6-10 cm., rather evidently about 5-nerved, 

 cuneatcly narrowed for 5-10 mm. rather than petioled. Spikes mostly 

 clustered, long (40-90 mm.), with about 5 joints turbinately some 18- to 

 26-flowered in 4+2 series: peduncle 2 mm. long: scales rather acutely 

 spreading, scarcely ciliate. Fruit white, subellipsoid, cellular-papillate, 

 2x3 mm. : sepals not meeting. Plate 92. 



Antillean and Caribbean regions ( ? exclusively) on other mistletoes. 

 The type from Jamaica. 



