AEQUATORIALE8 CHRYSOCARPAE 101 



20 or 25 mm.), with about 3 slender 2- to 6- or 8-flowered joints : peduncle 

 scarcely 2 mm. long, sometimes followed by a longer sterile joint : scales 

 white-margined. Fruit ovoid-ellipsoidal, 3x4-5 mm., smooth: sepals 

 closely inflexed. Plate 141. 



Caribbean region. The type from Guadeloupe. 



Specimens examined: CARIBBEES. GUADELOUPE (Duss, 3904 in part, 

 the type of P. chrysocarpum Dussi; also in part, 2968, 2969, 4099, 

 4417). 



PHORADENDRON CRENULATUM (Urban). 



Phoradendrum crenulatum Urban, Symbolae Antillanae. vol. 5. p. 332. 

 1907. 



Pseudodichotomous or trichotomous, the rather long branches with 

 basal cataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes moderate (2-4x20-30 

 mm.), smooth, terete or somewhat compressed above. Cataphyls 1 or 2 

 nearly basal pairs, somewhat tubular, white-margined. Leaves falcately 

 subelliptical, very obtuse, 2-2.5x4-6 cm., cuneately narrowed for about 

 5 mm. rather than petioled, finely crisped or brokenly crenulate. Spikes 

 mostly solitary, rather short (20 mm.), with about 5 short joints some 

 10- to 14-flowered in 4-f-2 series : peduncle scarcely 3 mm. long, with one 

 or more basal pairs of white-margined subciliate scales. Fruit?. Plate 

 140. 



Antillean region ( ? exclusively) on Cordia. The type from Jamaica. 



Specimens examined: ANTILLES. JAMAICA (Harris, 6659, Aug. 12, 

 1896, the type). 



PHORADENDRON GUNDLACHII (Krug & Urban). 



Phoradendrum Gundlachii Krug & Urban, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 24. p. 44. 

 1897. 



More or less pseudodichotomous, the elongated branches with basal 

 cataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes rather short (2-3x20-30 mm.), 

 smooth, for a time ancipital or somewhat rhombic. Cataphyls a nearly 

 basal pair, sometimes followed by a second at some 5 mm., rather obtuse, 

 separate. Leaves elliptical-obovate, very obtuse, 2-3x4-5 cm., somewhat 

 abruptly wing-petioled for 5-10 mm. Spikes more or less clustered, short 

 (15-20 mm.), with about 3 somewhat tumid joints some 6- to 10- or even 

 18-flowered in 4+2 series: peduncle about 3 mm. long: scales ciliate. 

 Fruit white, ellipsoidal, about 4 mm. long, nearly smooth : sepals closely 

 inflexed. Plate 142. 



Antillean region. The type from Cuba. 



Specimens examined: ANTILLES. CUBA: Mt. Guajaibon (Wright, 

 2650, the type, as of P. flavescens f., of Grisebach). Camaguey (Brit- 

 ton, Britton & Cowell, 13106) . Sta. Clara (Shafer, 12178) . 



