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they abound on many neighboring trees. The berry is pags glossy, of a light champagne color, with a tinge of 
red when dried.” Fendl.— The specimens are all fertile 
ruit ; so that it is not known whether the plant has 
the anthers of the genus, but of this there is little doubt, as om apecies is in A a too closely allied to the Phoraden- 
drow Ca Spends Nutt., which is “ parasitic on a Stromboca 
ARCEUTH 
pis).? 
arpus.” (Pr 
OBIUM Pain M. Bieb. ? (A. gracile, Engelm. it 283. A. Oxycepri, M. Bieb.? [59] 
(A. anak Engel, mss 
From Gray's Pranta LinpuEIMERIANS, Part II. (Boston Journ. Nar. History, Vou. VI. 1850). 
PHORADENDRON FLAVESCENS (Nutt.): ramis tenesstan; foliis obl latis obovati biculatis obtusis [212] 
foli equantibus, articulis 4-5, 1 
in petiolum brevem attenuatis trinerviis; 
floris ; foemineis suboppositis folio brevioribus, articulis 3-4, iia floribus depresso-globosis annulato-carinatis 
1 The genus Phoradendron has recently been briefly indi- 
eated by Nuttall (in Jour. Acad. Philad. n. ser. 1, 5), 
but was unknown to Dr. Engelmann when he communicated 
d of s 
name of which I have. hedaa pete re pment ss 
1 VISCUM, Linn. Flores diveci campanulati. Fl. mase. 
Perianthium 4-fidum ; anther lobis totis adnate multicellu- 
los p is dehiscentes. Fl. bo cum 
ovario connato, mar; heey limbo obsoleto. Corolla 4- 
petala, summo caly vari 
Bacca pulposa, corolla persistente coronata, monosperma. — 
Frutices gerontogei, foliosi, parasitici ; ; foliis o oppositis 5 flori- 
bus masculis glomeratis terminalibus ; fcemineis in spicas 
articulatas breves terminales congestis, in quevis bractee 
axilla singulis. 
have nprctey only Viscum album, and based the 
characters on that species. 
SPIC VISCUM, nov. gen. ege PHORADENDRON]. 
Bacea wage aie pores a. ceag aera 
bb 
viatas diapoitis seepe ura supra que ractes axillam 
rhachidi immersis ; bracteis abbreviatis connatis vaginulam 
pelviformem ihendabtn 
3. a ae M. Bieb. Flores diceci, onnti, 
compressi. Fl. masc. Perianthium tripartitum, antherce lobis 
mediis adnate, ere uniloculares, rimula transversa achis- 
— ori foliis ad a lamas connatas pelviformes 
axillaribus terminalibusque, masculis 1-3, 
snes sin, 
PHORADENDRON, Nort. [59} 
* Aphylla. 
1. [P. Catrrornicum, Nutt. lc. Mountains of Califor- 
nia. Perhaps same as the next.] 
2. P. suNIPERINUM, Engelm. supra. Santa Fé. 
8. P. riavescens, Nutt. 1. c.: ramis teretibus ; foliis 
obovatis in petiolum attenuatis 3-nerviis, junioribus puberu- 
62 
lis ; spicis folio brevioribus ; bracteis truneatis  ciliat 
oribu 
us 
vescens, Pursh.)—On Platanus and Ulmus, in the woods 
of the lower Ohio and from there south ; on Populus, along 
the Rio Grande below Santa Fé (Dr. Wislizenus). A well: 
known species ; flowers half a line in peaiiensaes 
4. ICULATUM, 7. sp. : s teretibus ; foliis or- 
Vioulatis & ovato-orbiculatis, Steiner "t abrupte petiolatis 
, Quercus ; on Q. 0 tind sterile hills of Arkansas 
(Engelm.) ; on several oaks, San Felipe, Texas (Lindhei- 
mer). — Leaves on the older ‘ecndbidees exactly orbicular, 6 
to 10 lines in ihe ; young leaves somewhat longer than 
wide. petioles a line and a half long : flowers half a line in 
diameter, 
5. P. TOMENTOSUM : tomentosum; ramis teretibus ; a 
obovatis s. oblanceolatis obtusis in petiolam brevem bre 
attenuatis, senioribus subtus obscure lis ; spicis mas- 
culis folium longe superantibus ; bracteis truneatis, articulis 
elor Iti-(15-25-)floris ; s foe s folio 
culatim congestis, articulis brevioribus sub 8-floris ; 
immersis depresso-globosis annulato-carinatis puberulis 3- 
sya 4-)lobis. (V. tomentosum, DC, Prodr. 4. p. 670). 
Algarobv and one or two aia aie near crepes" 
Nocthati "aisive Dr. Gregg. —No dou 
as De 
Candolle’s plant, which was oak’ in Rovthern evs by 
Rerlandier, also on Mimosew. Leaves an inch or one anda 
quarter long, and half as wide. Sterile spikes one and a half 
to:two and a half inches long: female spikes only about an 
inch long : flowers . similar to those of both the foregoing 
species, and of the same size or rather smaller. Fruiting 
=e peg Desai an rated to an inch and a half a 
berri e line and three- pare two oo 
W's LANCEOLATUM : glaberrim 
retibus ; foliis anon clon ieee subfaleatis is bins 
in pe tiolum bre um se! a capa 3-5-n 3 Spi 
hee folio ror bracteis triangulari as peste 
articulis 8-18-floris ; Gsstivas immersis sae 3-(rarius 4-) 
lobis. — On ** Li nak, ” Rineconada, Dr. G — Leaves 
inches long, half an inch wide : sterile aglkes an inch and a 
— to two inches long. Flowers less than a line in diame- 
nguished eal those of the foregoing species by 
ie destitute of the horizontal edge, and entirely glabrous, 
as is the whole plant. Anthers very distinct, similar to 
common form of two-celled anthers, opening longitudinally, 
while in the other species they open by two s. — Appar- 
ently near V. Schiedeanwm, DC., but distinguished by the 
terete branches. 
