138 THE GENUS PHOBADENDRON 



the type of V. macrophyllum; Britton, Stevens & Hess, 2535, 2569; Cow- 

 ell, 626; Eggers, 880; Heller 514; Kuntze, 219, 415; Sintenis, 6758 as 

 host; Stevens, 4817 as host). FRENCH GUIANA (Perrottet, 1820 the type 

 of V. pennivenium) . SURINUM (Wullschlaegel, 1481; Focke, the type 

 of V. glandulosum) . BRITISH GUIANA (7m Thurn, Sept. 1879; Jenman. 

 2218, 4055; Schomburgk, 554). VENEZUELA, on the lower Orinoco (Rusby, 

 1896). 



Phoradendron productipes u. sp. 



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

 p. 129. pi. 43. 1868, as to Brazil. 



Somewhat pseudodichotomous, the long branches with basal cataphyls 

 only, androgynous. Internodes moderate (2-4x40-160 mm.), smooth, for 

 a time somewhat rhombically ancipital, scarcely enlarged upwards. Cata- 

 phyls a single nearly basal pair, subannular. Leaves elliptical-oblance- 

 olate or obovate, very obtuse, 4-6x8-12 cm., acutely attenuate at base and 

 wing-petioled for 15 mm. Spikes more or less clustered, rather long 

 (30-50 mm.), with about 4 rather long and slender fusiform joints some 

 24- to 30-flowered in 6 series: peduncle 3-5 mm. long. Fruit globose, 

 smooth, 4 mm. in diameter: sepals inflexed and nearly meeting. Plate 

 204. 



Brazilian region. The type from Ceara. 



Specimens examined: BRAZIL. CEARA (Gardner, 1676, the type, 

 1679). San Gabriel da Cachoeira, Rio Negro (Spruce, 2112, the type 

 of P. Jiexastichum var. longispica Eichler, 1. c.). Plate 204. 



Phoradendron bolivianum n. sp. 



Scarcely forked, the moderate branches with basal cataphyls only, 

 androgynous?. Internodes short (2-3x20-30 mm.) , nearly smooth, at first 

 rhombically very sharply ancipital, somewhat dilated upwards. Cata- 

 phyls a single basal pair or as many as 4 crowded pairs, somewhat openly 

 tubular. Leaves elliptical-oblanceolate, sometimes mucronate, very ob- 

 tuse, 4-5x7-11 cm., acutely attenuate to a winged petiole scarcely 10 mm. 

 long. Spikes mostly solitary, rather long (20, becoming 50 mm.), with 

 about 4 fusiform-oblong joints some 24- to 40-flowered in 6 series: pedun- 

 cle 3 mm. long, often followed by a sterile joint. Fruit (immature) glo- 

 bose, smooth, 4 mm. in diameter : sepals closely inflexed. Plate 205. 



Bolivian region. The type from Bolivia. 



Specimens examined: BOLIVIA. Yungas (Bang, as a second collec- 

 tion for 632, the type). Mapiri (Rusby, 1547). Tumupasa, at 1800 ft. 

 (WUliams,581). 



