88 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 



PHORADENDRON PERROTTETII Eichler. 



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



p. 112. 1868. 

 Viscum Perrottetii de Candolle, Prodromus. vol. 4. p. 280. 1830. 



Not forked, the rather long branches with basal cataphyls only, andro- 

 gynous?. Internodes moderate (2-3x30-90 mm.), nearly smooth, little 

 compressed and soon terete. Cataphyls a single pair some 5 mm. above 

 the base or occasionally 2 or 3 pairs at short intervals, blunt and spread- 

 ing. Leaves falcately or dimidiately elliptical or lance-elliptical, very 

 obtuse, 3-4x9-12 cm., cuneately subpetioled for 5-10 mm. Spikes more or 

 less clustered, long (30-50, becoming 100-130 mm.), with about 5 moder- 

 ately thickened oblong joints some 18- to 30- or 40-flowered in 4+2 or 6 

 series: peduncle scarcely 5 mm. long, usually followed by a nearly or 

 quite sterile joint. Fruit said to be whitish, subglobose, minutely cellu- 

 lar-papillate, 3-4 mm. in diameter: sepals closely inflexed. Plate 119. 



Cayenne region. The type from Cayenne. 



Specimens examined: FRENCH GUIANA (Perrottet, 228, 1820, the 

 type of V. Perrottetii; Sagot, 1291; Gabriel, 1802; Martin; Leprieur, 97, 

 194, 195, 1835, 1839). BRITISH GUIANA (Jenman, 2247, ?2542, 3795, 

 4821}. 



Though the binomial of this species under Phoradendron must be as- 

 cribed to Eiehler, the Brazilian material referred here by him is rather 

 of P. bathyoryctum, neither species appearing to cross the Amazon valley. 



PHORADENDRON BATHYORYCTUM Eichler. 



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

 2. p. 123. pi. 43. 1868. 



More or less pseudodichotomous, the rather long branches with basal 

 cataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes rather long (2-5x60-100 mm.), 

 cellular-papillate, the upper more or less rhombically ancipital and en- 

 larged at the nodes. Cataphyls a single nearly basal pair, spreading. 

 Leaves more or 1 less obliquely elliptical to oblong, very obtuse, 2x6 to 

 mostly 4-7x10-15 cm., cuneately subpetioled for 5-10 mm. Spikes more 

 or less clustered, long (becoming 80-90 mm.), with about 4 thick oblong 

 joints turbinately some 30-flowered in 4 or 4-J-2 or exceptionally 6 series : 

 peduncle 5 mm. long, sometimes with a pair of basal scales. Fruit sub- 

 globose, minutely cellular-papillate, 3-4 mm. in diameter: sepals closely 

 inflexed. Plate 120. 



Brazilian region, on Ficus, Odena, etc. The type from Piauhy. 



Specimens examined: BRAZIL. Piauhy (Gardner, 2626, taken as 

 type, 2618, 2621 ; 3763 the type of P. Perrottetii var. parvifolia Eichler, 

 i. c. p. 113, 1868). Ceara (Gardner, 1680). [Goyaz?] (Gardner, 3762, 



