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floribus femineis trifidis semiimmersis. — Habitat in montibus buanocccnsibus Pcruviac 

 (Haenke). — Rami ramulique compressi, acutc ancipites, ad nodum supcriorcm incrassati ct 

 inde clongato-obconici, fusci. Ramuli supra basim (duas-quatuor lincas) vagina vix scnu- 

 lineam longa scariosa aut cupuliformi truncata aut biloba et foliorum jugum infimum abor- 

 tiens exhibente iustructi. Folia usque sesquipollicem longa, usquc octo lineas lata , pc- 

 tiolo vix lineam longo insidentia, virescenti-fusca, coriacca, plana , praetcr nervos latcralcs 

 jam infra medium desinentcs trinervia, avcnia. Spicae duas usque quatuor lincas longac, 

 flavae, axillares, oppositac, solitariac, crccto-patentes, lineari-clavatac, obtusc quadrangulac, 

 apice stcrili mucromformi acutiusculo apiculatac, sacpissime biarticulatae , rarius triarlicula- 

 tae articulo infimo sterili lineam longo aut paululum longiori terctiusculo,superiori supremo. 

 que flores quadriscriales gerente, apiculo articulum terminalem iterum sterilem ct abor- 

 tientcm rcferentc. Bracteae vix semilineam longae, cupuliformes, truncatac aut lacvitcr cmar- 

 o-inatae. Florcs masculi ignoti, fcminei trientem lineae circitcr longi, globosi, scmiimmersi, 

 conli ( uii. Corolla trifida, laciniis ovato-triangularibus obtusis. Stigma punctiiorme. Fru- 



ctus ignotus. 



Viscdm laurifolium ; ramis ramulisque teretibus oppositis, foliis oppositis sub- 

 sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis pinnatincrviis obtusis in petiolum angustatis , spicis axillaribus 

 solitariis ternisve linearibus sessilibus articulatis, articulis obovatis, bracleis cupulacformibus 

 acute bilobis, floribus femineis trifidis semiimmcrsis. — Lorantbus spcc. Leibold pl. mcxic. 

 exs. — Habitat in Mcxico rcgione temperata (Leibold)). — Ramorum ramulorumque interno- 

 dia usquc tripollicaria apicc nodoso-incrassata. Folia ferc quinque pollices longa , scsqui- 

 pollicem lata, petiolo vix lineam longo insidentia, plus minus angustato-acuminata scd 

 sempcr obtusa, basi acuta, saepe laevitcr falcata ct tum acquilatcra, nervis pinnatis utrinque 

 tribus-quatuor remotis in inferiori paginatantum visibilibus instructa, avcnia, firmkcr coriacea, 

 exsiccata fusca, infima in ramis ramulisque aborticntia et ad mcras squamas scmilincales 

 ovatas acutiusculas adprcssas scariosas albidas rcducta. Costa supra plana, subtus valde pro- 

 minula valida convexa , infra apicem folii desincns. Spicae usque pollicarcs, apparentcr 

 verticillatae, sed revera axillarcs solitariae aut binac aut ternatac, patcntcs , sessiles, apicula- 

 tac. Articuli scx-decem , infimi duo brevcs (uni-semilincales) sterilcs obconici pedunculi- 

 formcs, reliqui subacquales anguste obovato-clavati. Bracteae duas tricnles Iineae longae, 

 scariosae, acute bilobae, decussatae. Flores masculi ignoti, feminci subvcrticillati globosi ca- 

 vitatibus articulorum semiimmersi, corolla obtuse trifida flavescente, ovario globoso nigri- 

 cantc, stigmate punctiformi. Fructus ignotus. 



Viscum cumingianum ; ramis ramulisque teretibus oppositis, foliis oppositis petiolatis 

 lanccolatis obtusis aut obtusiusculis utrinque angustatis trinerviis (obsolete quinquenerviis), 

 spicis axillaribus solitariis binisve ternisve pcdunculatis linearibus articulatis folio duplo 

 triplove brevioribus basi saepe monoicis, articulis teretibus, bracteis cupulaeformibus trunca- 

 tis, floribusoppositissolitariis scssilibus, fcmineis trifidis, ovario ovali baccaque obovata trans- 

 vcrsc rugoso. — Habitat in insulis Philippinis (Cuming pl. phil. n. 1908). — Rami ramuh- 

 quc unum-scmitertium polliccm longi, cxsiccatione longitudinahter ct inuequahter stnolati, 



