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petiolcd, somewhat clasping, finely about 5-nerved. Spikes mostly clus- 

 tered, long (40, becoming 75 mm.), with half a dozen rather slender ob- 

 long joints some 20- to 40-flowered in 6 series: peduncle 2 mm. long: 

 scales rather truncate, evanescently ciliolate. Fruit?. Plate 96. 



Brazilian region. The type from Rio de Janeiro. 



Specimens examined : BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro ( Glaziou, 4004, the 

 type). 



Phorandendron amplectens n. sp. 



More or less pseudodichotomous, the long branches with basal cata- 

 phyls only, dioecious?. Internodes long (4-7x60-75 mm. or more, the 

 upper acutely and often undulately 4-winged. Cataphyls a single pair, 

 basal, tubular. Leaves more or less falcately broadly lanceolate or ob- 

 lanceolate, very obtuse, 2.5-5x7-10 or 15 cm., somewhat evidently 5- or 

 7-nervod, cuneately contracted for 15 or 20 mm. into a subpetiolar base 

 4-5 mm. wide, which is abruptly dilated and clasping. Spikes mostly 

 clustered, rather long (30, lengthening to 50 mm.), with about 5 rather 

 slender joints turbinately 30- to 50-flowered in 6 series : peduncle 3 mm. 

 long: scales subtruncate, scarcely ciliate. Fruit (immature) subglobose, 

 smooth, 3 mm. in diameter : sepals closely inflexed. Plate 95. 



Andean region ( ? exclusively) on other mistletoes. The type from 

 Ecuador. 



Specimens examined: ECUADOR. Without locality (Sodiro, 148/21, 

 1882, the type). Quisaya (Sodiro, 1874). 



Phoradendron turbinispicum n. sp. 



Scarcely forked, the elongated branches with basal cataphyls only, 

 dioecious?. Internodes rather long (3-5x30-100 mm.), rather transiently 

 4-angled. Cataphyls mostly a nearly basal pair and a second some 20 

 mm. higher, tubular, white-margined. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtusely 

 somewhat acuminate, 2.5-4x7-10 cm., scarcely nerved, cuneately sessile. 

 Spikes solitary, long?, with evidently several rather stout joints turbi- 

 nately some 40- to 60-flowered in 4-f 2 series : peduncle about 5 mm. long : 

 scales scarcely ciliate. Fruit (immature) subglobose: sepals inflexed. 

 Plate 96. 



Andean region. The type from Colombia. 



Specimens examined : COLOMBIA, Quindiu, Mariquita ( Triana, 2777, 

 1851-7, the type). 



17. BREVIFOLJAE. 



Leaves small, thick, dull, scarcely veined, basinerved. Shoots, if at 

 first somewhat compressed, quickly terete. Cataphyls a single nearly 



