AEQUATORIALES LONGIBACCAE 91 



erate (1-2x20-50 mm.), cellular-papillate, the upper ancipital for a time. 

 Cataphyls a single basal pair or 2 or 3 pairs at intervals of 5-10 mm., 

 scarcely tubular. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, obtuse, scarcely 1x7 cm., 

 narrowly revolute, gradually narrowed to the base. Spikes sometimes 

 truly terminal, mostly solitary, moderate (15, lengthening to 20 or 30 

 mm.), with 3 or 4 slender joints about 6-flowered in 4-f-2 series: peduncle 

 scarcely 3 mm. long, sometimes with a second sterile joint: scales very 

 obtuse. Fruit 3 mm. in diameter, cellular-papillate: sepals closely in- 

 flexed. Plate 123. 



Brazilian region. The type from S. Paulo. 



Specimens examined : BRAZIL. [S.Paulo] (Sello, 122, the type). 



PHORADENDRON CRASPEDOPHYLLUM Eichler. 



Phoradendron craspedophyllum Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. vol. 5. 

 pt. 2. p. 124. pi. 37. 1868. 



Somewhat pseudodichotomous and fasciculate, the moderate branches 

 with basal cataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes rather short (2-3x 

 20-40 mm. ) , cellular-papillate, the upper somewhat ancipital. Cataphyls 

 a single nearly basal sterile pair, and another pair, fertile as in P. crassi- 

 folium etc., about the middle of the joint, scarcely tubular. Leaves ellip- 

 tical to ovate or broadly lanceolate, mucronate, acute to obtuse, 2.5-3x 

 4.5-6 cm., narrowly revolute, rather abruptly contracted for 5 mm. at 

 base. Spikes often clustered, rather short (10-15 mm.), with about 5 

 slender joints some 6-flowered in 4-|-2 series : peduncle 1 mm. long : scales 

 pointed, somewhat eiliate. Fruit globose, 3 mm. in diameter, smooth : 

 sepals closely inflexed. Plate 124. 



Brazilian region. The type from S. Paulo. 



Specimens examined : BRAZIL. S. Paulo (Sello, 155, 1836, the type ; 

 Burchell, 4559). 



25. LONGIBACCAE. 



Leaves moderate, broad or short, basinerved. Shoots compressed or 

 mostly for a time 2-edged. Cataphyls a single pair, on the basal joint 

 only. Flowers in 4 or 4+2 series. Fruit elongated, with erect parted 

 sepals. South America. 



Leaves obovate-elliptical. 



Abruptly subpetioled, rather thick. P. craspedophylloides. 



Very cuneate, thin. P. obtusissimum. 



Leaves cleaver-shaped to subelliptical. P. acinacifolium. 



Leaves oblanceolate, small. P. reductum. 



