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elongated slender joints some 10-flowered when pistillate or with thrico 

 this number of flowers in 4-(-2 series when staminate : peduncle scarcely 

 2 mm. long: scales and receptacular cups somewhat ciliate. Fruit ovoid, 

 nearly smooth, 3x4 mm. : sepals ascending, slightly parted. Plate 105. 



Venezuelan-Isthmian region. The type from Colombia. 



Specimens examined : COLOMBIA. Sta. Marta, near Bonda, almost at 

 sea-level (Herbert H. Smith, 1283, the type). 



Phoradendron exiguum n. sp. 



More or less pseudodichotomous or verticillate, the rather long 

 branches with basal cataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes moderate 

 (2-3x20-40 mm.), smooth, soon terete. Cataphyls a single nearly basal 

 pair, tubular-bifid, somewhat white-margined. Leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, very obtuse, .5-1x4-6 cm., cuneately subpctioled for scarcely 3 

 mm. Spikes mostly solitary, rather long (20-40 mm.), with 3 or 4 very 

 slender joints scarcely 14-flowered in 4-J-2 series: peduncle 2-3 mm. long, 

 sometimes with an additional pair of scales. Fruit (immature) ellip- 

 soidal, somewhat wrinkled, 2x3 mm. : sepals somewhat parted. Plate 

 106. 



Venezuelan-Isthmian region. The type from Colombia. 



Specimens examined: COLOMBIA. Sta. Marta, near Bonda (Smith, 

 1281 the type). 



Phoradendron stenophyllum n. sp. 



Somewhat pseudodichotomous, the moderate slender branches with 

 basal cataphyls only, dioecious?. Internodes moderate (2-3x15-60 mm.), 

 nearly or quite smooth, from very slightly compressed quickly terete. 

 ( 1 ataphyls a basal pair often followed at 5 or 10 mm. by a second pair, 

 spreading, white-margined. Leaves narrowly oblong or linear, often fal- 

 cate or somewhat recurved, acute or mucronate, .3-.4x3-5 cm., sessile. 

 Spikes more or less clustered, moderate (becoming 35-40 mm.), with 

 about 4 rather slenderly fusiform joints some 10-flowered in 4+2 series 

 when pistillate: peduncle 3-12 mm. long, sometimes with a nearly basal 

 pair of scales: scales scarcely scarious or ciliate. Fruit (immature) sub- 

 globose, 3 mm. in diameter, smooth : sepals meeting. Plate 106. 



Brazilian region. The type from Bahia. 



Specimens examined: BRAZIL. Machado Portello, Bahia (Rose & 

 Russell, 19908, June 1915, the type). 



PHORADENDRON CORIACEUM von Martius. 



Phoradendron coriaceum von Martius, Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. 

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



