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mann, 809, 1857; Tonduz, 1393, 10110}. S. Ramon (Brenes, 14406). 

 Piedra Blanca (Pittier, 1258). Los Frailes (Tonduz, 7884). Without 

 locality (Oersted, 3, 3086, in part, P. latifolium Oliver). PANAMA. Chir- 

 iqui ( f Pittier, 2932, 3312) . COLOMBIA. Popayan ( fLehmann, 3565, 8538) . 

 Without locality (Kalbreyer, 353). VENEZUELA. Tovar (Fendler, 1109). 



Phoradendron Hermmieri n. sp. 



Phoradendrum undulatum Urban, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 24. p. 42. 1897, as 

 to the West Indies. 



More or less pseudodichotomous, the moderate branches with basal 

 cataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes moderate (2-4x25-40 mm.), the 

 upper somewhat compressed rather than ancipital. Cataphyls mostly 3 

 pairs, one nearly basal, the others at intervals of 10 or 15 mm., scarcely 

 tubular. Leaves rather ovate-lanceolate, attenuately subacute to obtuse, 

 2.5-3x6-9 cm., cuneately subpetioled for about 5 mm. Spikes more or less 

 clustered, rather long (25, becoming 40 mm.), with half a dozen rather 

 slender joints some 10-flowered in 4+2 series : peduncle very short, usu- 

 ally followed by 1 or 2 equally short joints and a longer sterile joint: 

 scales scarcely ciliate. Fruit (immature) round-ovoid, smooth, 3x4 mm.: 

 sepals nearly meeting. Plate 191. 



Caribbean region. The type from Guadeloupe. 



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

 the type, 2966 in part, 4157, 4418 in part; L'Hermimer, a). DOM- 

 INICA (Lloyd, 207). 



42. PERUVIANAE. 



Leaves rather large except in one species, lanceolate or ovate-lance- 

 olate, dull, drying rather thick, pinnately nerved from a more or less 

 evanescent midrib beneath. Shoots ancipital. Flowers in 4+2, 6 or 6+2 

 series. Fruit round, mostly smooth, with closed sepals. Andes. 



Spikes rather stout. 



Leaves elliptical-ovate, obtuse. 



Spikes stout-peduncled ; flowers in 6 series. P. peruvianum. 

 Spikes slender-peduncled : flowers in 4+2 series. P. Balansae. 



Leaves elongated lanceolate, subacute. P. Mandonii. 

 Leaves lance-ovate, subacute. 



Spikes moderate (30 mm.). P. avenia. 



Spikes rather long and relatively slender. P. Englerianum. 



Spikes very slender and short. P. Mathewsi. 



PHORADENDRON PERUVIANUM Eichler. 



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

 p. 123. 1868. 



