AEQUATORIALES FLAVENTES 153 



20- to 30-flowered in 4-f2 or 6 series : peduncle about 3 mm. long, often 

 followed by a sterile joint: scales forming rather large funnel-shaped 

 tubes. Fruit round-ovoid, nearly smooth, 4 mm. in diameter: sepals 

 closely innexed. Plates 229, 230. 



Brazilian region ( ? exclusively) on Tapira. The type from Rio de 

 Janeiro. 



Specimens examined : BRAZIL. Near Rio de Janeiro ( Wilkes Exped., 

 1838-42, the type; Riedel). Villa Nova, near Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou, 

 7664, May 1874, the type of P. reticulatum) . Bahia (Saltzmann, 302}. 



Phoradendron membranaceum n. sp. 



More or less pseudodichotomous, the rather long branches with cata- 

 phyls on all joints, androgynous?. Internodes moderate (2-3x50-80 mm.), 

 striate, terete. Cataphyls nearly basal, broadly triangular, keeled and 

 pointed. Leaves lanceolate to very broadly elliptical, acuminate at both 

 ends, 5-7.5x10-13 cm., subpetioled for about 10 mm., 5-nerved, drying 

 green and thin. Spikes mostly solitary, long (50, becoming 90 or 100 

 mm.), with half a dozen joints some 30-flowered in 6 series: peduncle 

 5 mm. long. Fruit (immature) subglobose, smooth, 3 mm. in diameter: 

 sepals closely indexed. Plate 231. 



Andean region. The type from Ecuador. 



Specimens examined: ECUADOR. S. Miguel (Sodiro, 148/18, 1883, 

 the type). Naneg (Sodiro, e). 



PHORADENDRON QUINQUENERVIUM Krause. 



Phoradendron quinquenervium Krause, Notizbl. K. Bot. Gart. Dahlem. 

 vol. 5. p. 264. 1912. 



More or less pseudodichotomous, the rather long branches with cata- 

 phyls on all joints, androgynous?. Internodes moderate (2-5x40-60 mm.), 

 rather granular, somewhat hexagonal or 2-edged above. Cataphyls a 

 single pair, 5-10 mm. above the base, triangular, keeled and pointed. 

 Leaves elliptical or lance-ovate, abruptly short-acuminate, 3-3.5x6-7 cm., 

 abruptly subsessile. Spikes mostly solitary, rather long (40-60 mm.), 

 with about 10 short rounded joints some 24-flowered in 6 series : peduncle 

 almost suppressed. Fruit?. Plate 231. 



Isthmian region. The type from Costa Rica. 



Specimens examined: COSTA RICA. Juiz (Tonduz, 11457, Nov. 

 1897, the type). 



