78 [134] : : . BOTANY. 
SANTALACEZ. 
Catan UMBELLATA, Nutt. Gen. 1, pp. 157; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2; p. 139, £179, fig. A} 
’ Torr. Fl. N. York 2, p. 160. Hill-sides, Sonora; California ; May 9. This pina has a very 
extensive range both in latitude and longitude, being hiwod from British America to Georgia 
‘and Texas, and from.the Atlantic to the Pacific. In the south, and far to the west, it is often 
suffrutescent, which is not the case in the middle States. Mr. Stauffer, of Mount Joy, Pennsyl- 
vania, has clearly established the parasitism of Comandra to be similar to that which M. Mitten 
had saieared ascertained of Thesium. 
LORANTHAGER. 
PHORADENDRON FLAVESCENS, Nutt. in Jour. Acad. Phil. n. ser. 1 Si 185: Engelm. in Gray Pl. 
Fendl. p. 59. Viscum flavescens, Pursh, Fi,-T, p. 114, A Reichohach: anum,-Seem.<Bot 
__ Herald-p-294t: 62,- On b Saleen River; Vebvaary.: The anthers are only one-celled, with 
a transverse terminal slit. 
Var. puBESCENS, Engel. in Gray, Pl. Inndh, 2, p. 212. Parasitic. on Quercus agrifolia, Napa 
Valley, Corte Madera, &c., California. Differs’ frist the ordinary form of P. flavescons only i in 
its pubescence, and widalie leaves. 
Var. orBicuLaTuM, Lngelm. 1. c. Pass of Mount Hope, and near White Clit Creek, ‘Western 
New Mexico; on Quéteds Emoryi. . Fruit ripe in J anuary. Dr. Bigelow found at Cajon Pass, 
_ on what seems to be a dwarf oak, a Phoradendron with ovate nearly sessile and very thick leaves, 
which are scarcely more than half an inch in length, and clothed (as well as the young branches) 
with a dense pubescence. There were only a few separate berries accompanying the specimens. 
It may be P. villosum of Nuttall. Our materials are scarcely sufficient for identifying the species. 
_-- ~PHORADENDRON PAUCIFLORUM (n. sp.): rainis teretibus; foliis spathulatis v. spathulato-lineari- 
8 te bus enerviis junioribus pubescentibus demum glabratis crassis ; spicis brevipedunculatis simpli- 
bas ¢ capitatis oblongisve pauci-(4-8)-floris foliis multo brevioribus ; floribus plerumque 3-lobis. 
‘f~ On Juniperus occidentalis and Abies Dotiglasf, "Duffield’s Ranch, Sierra Nevada. Branches 
ey 3-6 inches: long, stout. Leaves three-fourths of an inch to an qwoh long, ‘2-3 lines wide. 
' . Anthers 2-celled, opening by two terminal transverse chinks. There is an abortive ovary with 
a distinct style in the male flowers. Berries apparently white, about one line in diameter in 
_ the dried specimens. This seems to bea widely spread species. Dr. Gregg found it at 2 
Antonio de los Alanzanes, Mexico. It oso occurs in ss and Mr, _—— collected it 
New Mexico. - 
PHORADENDRON ae ee Mite. l. c.; Engelm: tl. c. Willian River, growing on 
Parkinsonia microphylla; also near the Caines, on Cercidium floridum, bearing fruit in Feb- 
ruary, probably formed in the autumn of the preceding year. Specimens with small flowers 
were collected near Fort Yuma by Major Thomas. Branches pubescent when young, but at 
~Jength nearly or quite smooth. Spikes, in the specimens from the Colorado, three-fourths of an 
inch long and many-flowered, with several approximated whorls; but often only 4-8-flowered. 
Berries globose, apparently reddish, about two lines in diameter. ‘Perianth 3—4-lobed. Anthers 
oblong, 2-celled, adnate by the middle to the rome thie cells opening Stance on their 
face the whole a ~ the anther. This sdiffers-in thes > of the anthers from the 
as-given-by: Nuttat an aid Engelmann. “When evi the whole plant i is 
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of a grayish-brown color. . 
PHORADENDRON JUNIPERINUM, Engelm. 1, c. On Williams’ Hives: also in the Desert, 50 miles 
west of the Colorado. It grows on different species of J utiiperns, Only fruiting specimens 
were found. This is a common species in New Mexico, but we have never seen the nite flowers. 
ARCEUTHOBIUM cRYPToPopUM, Engelm. in Gray, Pl. Lindh. 2 , p. 214. On Pinus brachyptera. 
Sierra Madre and Leroux’s Spring, near San Francisco mountain, Western New Mexico. Our 
