LORANTHACEAE. 1 5 5 



Paramaribo: Splitgerber 241 H. L. B. 905, 185 — 18 (fl. Dec), named 



Viscum luteum Splitg. mss. ; near plant. Quarta and Poelepantje ; 



Kegel 198 (fl. July). 

 Upper Saramacca River: Pulle 413 (fl. Jan.).' 

 Surinam : Focke 281 and 448 on Citrus named : Viscum Fockeanum 



Miq. Linnaea XVIII p. 60 ; Hostmann 729 ; Wullschlagel ex Eichl. 



1. c. 127. 

 All tropical South-America. 



Phoradendron racemosum (Aubl.) Krug et Urb. in Englers Botanische 

 Jahrbiicher XXIV. p. 46. 

 Viscum racemosum Aubl. PI. Guyan. II. 895. 

 Para district, near Osembo : Focke 586 (fl. April) on Crescentia Cujete, 

 named Viscum glandulosum Miq. Linnaea XVIII p. 60 ; near plant, 

 la Prosp^rite" : Focke 985. 

 Upper Surinam River near Bergendal : Focke 989. 

 Northern Brazil, Guyana, West-Indian Islands. 



Phoradendron dimidiatum (Miq.) Eichl. Flora Bras. V. 2 p. 134. m. 

 Viscum dimidiatum Miq. Linnaea XVIII. p. 58. 

 Orellana kreek, near plant. La Campagne: Focke 716 (fl. Octob.) on 

 Citrus; on Persea Focke 168 H. L. B. 905, 185 — 11, named 

 Loranthus Fockei Splitg. mss. 



Phoradendron obtussimum (Miq.) Eichl. Flora Bras. V. 2 p. 134. m. 

 Viscum obtusissimum Miq. Linnaea XVIII p. 602. 

 Para district: Focke 1019 (fl. Sept); near post Belair: Splitgerber 

 816 H. L. B. 905, 185 — 19. (fl. April), on Inga, named Viscum 

 obovatum Splitg. mss. 



Phoradendron rubrum (L.) Griseb. Flora Br. West. Indian Isl. 314. 

 Viscum rubrum Linn. Spec. 1451. 

 Paramaribo: Splitgerber 249 H. L B. 905, 185—17 (fl. Dec), named 



Viscum alatum Splitg. mss. 

 All tropical America. 



Phoradendron surinamense Pulle nova spec. 



Caulis teres, siccitate striatus, vaginis cataphyllaribus ad omnia in- 

 ternodia, orchreiformibus, vix bilobatis. Folia lanceolata vellinearia, 

 plerumque falcata, coriacea, apice acuta, nervis parallelis utrinque 

 valde prominentibus. Spicae axillares, solitariae, nee non terminates, 

 2— 3-articulatae, articulis 2 X 3-floris, androgynis, flore impari <$ , 

 Flores articulae inferioris saepe abortivi. Flores in reacheos foveas 

 profunde immersi, perigoniis exsertis. Rachis apice acuta; vaginae 

 bracteales breves, subtruncatae, rachi appressae. Bacca non suppetit. 



