AEQUATORIALES EMARGINATAE 117 



pair or a second pair exceptionally present, bifid. Leaves obovate, more 

 or less mucronately emarginate, 2-3x3-5 cm., cuneately subpetioled for 

 about 5 mm. Spikes mostly clustered, moderate, (30 mm. in fruit), with 

 4 or 5 joints 4- or 6-flowered in 4 or 4+2 series : peduncle scarcely 2 mm. 

 long: scales ciliate. Fruit ovoid, 3x4 mm., verrucose: sepals suberect. 

 Plate 170. 



Brazilian region. The type from Minas Geraes. 



Specimens examined: BRAZIL. Minas Geraes (Claussen, 252, 1839, 

 taken as type). Piauhy (v. Martins). Without locality (Claussen, 

 113). Rio de Janeiro ( Glaziou, 9861, 14887) . Ceara ( Gardner, 1670-1 ) . 

 Joazeiro, Bahia (Rose & Russell, 19751). BOLIVIA. Velasco (Kuntze, 

 19) . Sierra de Sta. Cruz (Kuntze, 18) . 



Phoradendron minor n. comb. 



Phoradendron emarginatum minor Eichler in v. Martius, Fl. Brasil. vol. 

 5. pt. 2. p. 119. 1868. 



More or less pseudodichotomous, the short branches with basal cata- 

 phyls only, androgynous?. Internodes short (2x10-25 mm.), nearly 

 smooth, slightly 4-winged. Cataphyls a single pair, basal, deeply notched. 

 Leaves ovate or suborbicular, mucronately very obtuse or mostly emar- 

 ginate, 1-1.5x1.5-2.5 cm., rather abruptly subpetioled for 2 mm. Spikes 

 short, with about 4 subglobose joints subverticillately about 4-flowered: 

 peduncle very short : scales ciliolate. Fruit ?. Plate 172. 



Brazilian region. The type from Piauhy. 



Specimens examined: BRAZIL. Piauhy (v. Martius, the type of 

 P. emarginatum minor). 



PHORADENDRON OBOVATIFOLJUM Morong. 



Phoradendron obovatifolium Morong, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. vol. 7. p. 216. 

 1892. 



Pseudodichotomous, the rather short and slender branches with basal 

 cataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes short (1-2x10-20 mm.), nearly 

 smooth, acutely 4-angled, slightly flattened upwards. Cataphyls a single 

 pair, nearly basal, notched. Leaves obovate, mucronately very obtuse or 

 emarginate, .5-2x1-2.5 cm., rather abruptly subpetioled for 3 mm. Spikes 

 solitary, short (8-15 mm.), with about 4 slender joints subverticillately 

 4- to 6-flowered above the middle : peduncle 1 mm. long : scales ciliolate. 

 Fruit ovoid, 2 mm. long, verrucose: sepals suberect. Plate 171. 



Brazilian region ( ? exclusively) on Piptadenia. The type from Para- 

 guay. 



Specimens examined: PARAGUAY. Gran Chaco, opposite Asuncion 

 (Morong, 1582, the type). Rio Pilcomayo (Hassler, 298). Rio Apa to 

 Rio Aquidaban (Fiebrig, 32, 4981). 



