80 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 



Phoradendron congestum n. nom. 



Plioradendron rubrum var. longifolia Eichler in v. Martins, Fl. Brasil. 

 vol. 5. pt. 2. p. 121. 1868. 



Not forked, the moderate rather slender branches with basal cataphyls 

 only, dioecious?. Internodes rather short (2x25-40 mm.), smooth, rhom- 

 bically compressed and rather persistently 2-edged. Cataphyls a single 

 pair, nearly basal, scarcely tubular. Leaves falcately lanceolate, very 

 obtuse, ]. 5-2x7-10 cm., rather evidently about 5-nerved, cuneately sub- 

 petioled for about 5 mm. Spikes mostly clustered, typically short (10-15, 

 but becoming 30 or 40 mm. in some cases), with about 3 slender joints 

 8- to 30-flowered in 4 series : peduncle 5 mm. long : scales nearly truncate, 

 little ciliate. Fruit subglobose, scarcely 3 mm. in diameter, smooth : sepals 

 inflexed but scarcely meeting. Plates 103, 104. 



Brazilian region. The type from Goyaz. 



Specimens examined : BRAZIL. Goyaz (Gardner, 3764, 1837-1841, 

 the type of P. rubrum longifolium. A specimen of the same collection in 

 the Berlin herbarium bears, evidently by error, the number 3765). 



PHORADENDRON CARIPENSE Eichler. 



Phoradendron caripense Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. vol. 5. pt. 2. 

 p. 111. 1868. 



More or less pseudodichotomous, the moderate branches with basal 

 cataphyls only, dioecious?. Internodes moderate (2-3x40-50 mm.), 

 smooth, for a time 2-edged. Cataphyls 1 or rarely 2 pairs, toward the 

 base, scarcely tubular or scarious. Leaves obliquely oblanceolate, very 

 obtuse, 2x3.5-6 cm., cuneately subpetioled for about 5 mm. Spikes little 

 clustered, short (scarcely 20 mm.), with about 3 slender joints about 30- 

 flowered in 6 series: peduncle short: scales scarcely scarious or ciliate. 

 Fruit?. Plate 104. 



Brazilian region. The type from Para. 



Specimens examined: BRAZIL. Caripi, near Para (Spruce, 140, Aug. 

 ] 849, the type). 



Phoradendron Herbert-Smith!! n. sp. 



Pseudodichotomous or verticillate, the long branches with basal cata- 

 phyls only, androgynous?. Internodes moderate (2-3x40-70 mm.), 

 smooth, somewhat compressed but soon terete. Cataphyls 1 or rarely 2 

 nearly basal pairs, bluntly spreading, white-margined. Leaves elliptical- 

 lanceolate, very obtuse to subemarginate, 2-2.5x3-6 or even 4x9 cm., cu- 

 neately narrowed for about 5 mm. rather than petioled. Spikes almost 

 solitary, rather long (20, becoming 40-60 mm.), with half a dozen rather 



