76 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 



basal pair, on the basal joint only. Flowers in 4 or 4+2 series. South- 

 ern Mexico and Central America. 



Leaves very small (3x10 mm.). P. brevifolium. 

 Leaves moderate (fully 10x30 mm.). 

 Cataphyls basal. 



Leaves rather small (20x40 mm.). P. Rondeletiae. 



Leaves rather large (30x50 mm.) . P. vulcanicum. 



Cataphyls above the base : leaves crisped. P. crispum. 



PHORADENDRON BREVIFOLIUM Oliver. 



Phoradendron brevifolium Oliver, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. 

 Kjbbenhavn. 1864. p. 176. 



Somewhat pseudodichotomous, at first varnished, the rather long 

 branches with basal cataphyls only, dioecious?. Intemodes rather long 

 (2-3x50-70 mm.) , transiently somewhat squarish. Cataphyls a single pair, 

 about 5 mm. above the base, tubular-bifid, somewhat scarious-margined.. 

 Leaves narrowly elliptical or oblong, very obtuse, small (.3x1-1.2 cm.), 

 sessile. Spikes often clustered, rather long (becoming 40 or 50 mm. in 

 fruit), with about 4 moderate joints clavately 8- to 18-flowered about the 

 middle in 4+2 series : peduncle scarcely 3 mm. long : scales evanescently 

 searious-fimbriate. Fruit (immature) rather oblong, smooth, scarcely 3 

 mm. long: sepals closely inflexd. Plate 97. 



Cordilleran region of Mexico. The type from Tehuacan. 



Specimens examined: MEXICO. Tehuacan, Puebla (Liebmann, 16, 

 3084, 1841, the type ; Rose, Painter & Rose, 9965} . Teotitlan, Oax. (Con- 

 zatti,2124). 



Phoradendron Rondeletiae n. sp. 



Somewhat pseudodichotomous, the rather short branches with basal 

 cataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes short (2-4x10-30 mm.), 

 smooth, for a time rather ancipitally flattened, somewhat dilated below 

 the nodes. Cataphyls a single pair, less than 5 mm. above the base, an- 

 nular. Leaves elliptical-obovate, 1-2x3-4 cm., cuneately petioled for about 

 5 mm. Spikes solitary, short (10-15 mm.), with 2 or 3 short joints some 

 4- to 10-fLowered in 4 or 4+2 series : peduncle nearly suppressed. Fruit 

 globose, smooth, 4 mm. in diameter: sepals erect, spreading. Plate 98. 



Guatemalan region ( ? exclusively) on Rondeletia. The type from 

 Coban. 



Specimens examined: GUATEMALA. Coban, Alta Verapaz (v. Tuerck- 

 heim, ii, 2045, Dec. 1907, the type). Samac (v. Tuercklieim, 435). 



