AEQUATOBIALES PERUVIANAE 133 



peduncle 3 mm. long. Fruit globose, dull, obscurely granular, 4 mm. in 

 diameter: sepals closely inflexed. Plate 197. 



Andean region. The type from Bolivia. 



Specimens examined. BOLIVIA. Sorata, Larecaja, at 10000 ft. (Man- 

 don, 1467, Feb. 1861. the type) . 



Phoradendron avenia n. sp. 

 Phoradendron quadr -angular e avenia Hieronymus in Herb. Berolin. 



Scarcely forked, the moderate branches with basal cataphyls only, 

 androgynous?. Internodes short and stout (3-6x20-30 mm.), smooth, an- 

 cipital or rhombically 4-angled, dilated upwards. Cataphyls a single pair 

 nearly 10 mm. above the base, acute. Leaves broadly lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, rather acute, 1.5-2x3.5-5 cm., cuneately petioled for 5-7 mm. 

 Spikes mostly solitary, moderate (30 mm. in fruit), with about 4 short 

 stout oblong joints some 6-flowered in 4+2 series: peduncles 2-3 mm. 

 long, sometimes followed by a sterile joint. Fruit globose, nearly smooth, 

 3 mm. in diameter : sepals inflexed. Plate 195. 



Andean region. The type from Colombia. 



Specimens examined: COLOMBIA. Paramo de Coper (Stuebel, 105, 

 July 1868, the type). 



PHORADENDRON ENGLERIANUM Patschovsky. 



Phoradendron Englerianum Patschovsky, Bot. Jahrb. vol. 45. p. 439. 

 1911. 



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

 cious?. Internodes rather long (2-4x30-70 mm.), slightly granular, an- 

 cipital or rhombically somewhat quadrangular, dilated at the nodes. Cata- 

 phyls a nearly basal pair, sometimes followed closely by a second or even 

 by a third pair some 10 mm. distant, short and spreading. Leaves lance- 

 olate, obtuse, 2.5-6x9-15 cm., cuneately petioled for scarcely 5 mm. Spikes 

 more or less clustered, rather long (40-60 mm.), with half a dozen long 

 slender joints some 40- to 60-flowered in 4-J-2 or 6 series: peduncle 

 scarcely 2 mm. long. Fruit (immature) subglobose, smooth, 3 mm. in 

 diameter: sepals inflexed. Plate 196. 



Andean region. The type from Peru. 



Specimens examined: PERU. Chanchamayo Valley, Funin, Tarma 

 (Weberbauer, 1903 pistillate, 1904 staminate, Dec. 1902, the types). 



Phoradendron Mathewsi n. sp. 



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

 androgynous?. Internodes moderate (2-5x30-60 mm.), nearly smooth, 



