132 THE GENUS PHOEADENDKON 



Scarcely forked, the rather long branches with basal cataphyls only, 

 androgynous?. Internodes moderate (2-3x20-60 mm.), nearly smooth, 

 ancipitally compressed, somewhat dilated upwards. Cataphyls a single 

 pair towards the base, somewhat spreading, white-margined. Leaves 

 broadly lanceolate, sometimes falcate, acute to obtuse, 3-4 or 5x6-12 cm., 

 rather abruptly petioled for 5-7 mm. Spikes solitary, moderate (becom- 

 ing 40-50 mm.), with 3 or 4 stout oblong joints nearly 50-flowered in 6 or 

 6-|-2 series : peduncle stout, 3-5 mm. long. Fruit red, subglobose, smooth, 

 4 mm. in diameter : sepals closely inflexed. Plate 193. 



Andean region. The type from Peru. 



Specimens examined: PERU. Without locality (Ruiz, the type). 



Phoradendron Balansae n. sp. 



Somewhat pseudodichotomous, the rather long branches with basal 

 cataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes rather long (2-4x40-100 mm.), 

 granular, strongly ancipital but little dilated. Cataphyls a single pair 

 somewhat above the base, openly tubular, white-margined. Leaves ellip- 

 tical to oblanceolate-oblong, sometimes oblique, very obtuse, 2.5-3.5x 

 5.5-7.5 cm., cuneately wing-petioled for about 10 mm. Spikes mostly sol- 

 itary, moderate (20, becoming 30 mm.), with about 3 moderately stout 

 elongated joints rather turbinately some 18- to 26-flowered in 4+2 series : 

 peduncle nearly suppressed, usually followed by an elongated nearly or 

 quite sterile joint. Fruit subglobose, smooth, 3 mm. in diameter: sepals 

 closely inflexed. Plate 194. 



Bolivian region, on Punica etc. The type from Paraguay. 



Specimens examined: PARAGUAY. Asuncion (Balansa, 2497, May 

 1874, the type). Resistencia, Charco (Stuckert, 13363, 18606}. ARGEN- 

 TINA. Tucuman (Stuckert, 20256). Sierra de Guasapampa, Cordoba 

 (Kurtz, 6784). Rio La Plata (Palmer, 1853-4). Concepcion (Hassler, 

 7436, f. Hassleri (PI. 195), with cylindrical spike- joints). Pilcomayo 

 River (Morong, 954, f. Morongi, with 2 pairs of cataphyls). 



PHORADENDRON MANDONII Eichler. 



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

 p. 124. 1868. 



Scarcely forked, the long branches with basal cataphyls only, andro- 

 gynous?. Internodes moderate (2-3x40-60 mm.), smooth, ancipital. Cata- 

 phyls a basal pair, sometimes closely followed by a second, tubular-bifid. 

 Leaves more or less obliquely lanceolate, subacute, 2-3x8-10 cm., cuneately 

 wing-petioled for about 10 mm. Spikes mostly solitary, moderate (30 

 mm.), with about 3 stout joints some 10 to 18-flowered in 4-f-2 series: 



