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Un nouveau PHORADENDRON 



William TRELEASE 



Paru le 8 Mai 1913 



Phoradendron Briquetianum Trelease, sp. nov. 



Rami continui, subacute compressi, vaginis cataphyllaribus in 

 internodio inflmo ramorum tantum obviis solitariis. Folia ellip- 

 tico-oblonga obovatave, mucronulata, subobtusa, in petiolum 

 10 mm. longum sensim attenuata, 10-15 mm. lata, 50-60 mm. 

 longa, vel 30 x 60 mm., a basi trinervia, crassa, minute revo- 

 luta. Spicae sub50 mm. longae, 3ârticulatae, articulis oblongis, 

 sub80floris in seriebus 6, pedunculis 5-8 mm. longis. Baccae? 



Habitat in Columbia, Bogota (Lïnden ann. 1842, n. 796 inherb. 

 Delessert). 



Affinis videtur P.polygyno Eichl., differt ramis compressis nec 

 tetragonis, foliis petiolatis, floribus hexastichis, etc. 



