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Phoradendron tamaulipense n. sp. 



More or less pseudodichotomous, the moderate branches with basal 

 cataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes moderate (2-5x30-50 mm.), 

 smooth, acutely quadrangular, somewhat ancipitally compressed above. 

 Cataphyls a single basal pair, annular. Leaves elliptical-obovate, more 

 or less mucronately obtuse, 1-2x3.5-5 cm., cuneately subsessile. Spikes 

 mostly solitary, at length rather long (15-20, becoming 50 mm.), with 3-5 

 elongated joints some 6- to 12-flowered in 4 or 4+2 series : peduncle 3-10 

 mm. long, when short usually followed by a partly florif erous joint. Fruit 

 red, globose, smooth, 4 mm. in diameter: sepals closely inflexed. Plate 

 167. 



Eastern Sierra Madre and Cordillera of Mexico. The type from 

 Alvarado. 



Specimens examined: MEXICO. Victoria (Palmer, 21, 1907). Tam- 

 pico (Palmer, 81, 221). Alvarado (Seler, 422, 4484 the type). Orizaba 

 (Mueller, 1570). Zacuapam (Purpus, 6280). Fortin (Kerber, 1990). 

 Without locality (?. Karwinski, 1844). Caxamatle (Wawra, 567). Jaya- 

 catlan, Oaxaca ( ? Smith, 360). 



Phoradendron zacapanum. n. sp. 



More or less pseudodichotomous or verticillately branched, the rather 

 long branches with basal cataphyls only, androgynous ?. Internodes mod- 

 erate (3x30-60 mm.), acutely 4-angled. Cataphyls a single basal pair, 

 annular, white-margined. Leaves obovate to oblanceolate-oblong, very 

 obtuse or somewhat emarginate, 2-3.5x5-7.5 cm., cuneately subsessile. 

 Spikes mostly solitary, moderate (20-30 or 40 mm.), with about 4 elon- 

 gated rather fusiform joints some 10- to 18-flowered in 4+2 series: 

 peduncle 3-5 mm. long. Fruit (immature) subglobose, smooth: sepals 

 closely inflexed. Plate 168. 



Guatemalan region. The type from Gualan. 



Specimens examined: GUATEMALA. Gualan, Zacapa (Kellerman, 

 5604, Dec. 30, 1906, 5612 the type, 5728, 5972). Without locality 

 ( ? FriedrichstJial, 1625). 



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Leaves broad or small, usually rather papery, basinerved, but mostly 

 with prominent midrib beneath. Shoots ancipital or acutely quadrate, 

 mostly papillate. Cataphyls a single pair, on the basal joint only. Flow- 

 ers in 2, 4 or 4+2 series. Fruit warty, the sepals usually parted. South 

 America: one species in Yucatan and one in the West Indies. 



