The Genus Phoradendron

ate flowers on the same spike. All are glabrous except for the small group Anomalae. Central in Brazil, extending from the Argentine to central Mexico and through the West Indies even to the northern Bahamas. Cataphyls on the basal joint only of each branch. Interruptae. Cataphyls on alternate joints. Paradoxae. Cataphyls on all joints. Continuae. D. INTERRUPTAE. Cataphyls strictly limited to the basal joint of each branch, the branches normally percurrent so that some joints occur without cataphyls. Throughout the range of the Aequatoriales. With foliage leaves. Foliosae. Leaves reduced to scales. Sqtiamosae. I. Foliosae. With foliage leaves. All are glabrous except for the group Anomalae. Throughout the range of the Aequatoriales. Leaves basinerved. Basinerviae. Leaves pinnately veined, never very narrow. Penninerviae. a. Basinerviae. Nerves starting from the base of the leaves, rarely joined for a short distance above the petiole, never with a pinnately branched midrib although the middle nerve may be stronger and more raised than the others. Glabrous throughout, though sometimes papillate. Leaves not clasping. Fruit elongated, with erect sepals. Longibaccae. Fruit round, ovoid, or ellipsoidal. Flowers prevailingly 2-ranked on each joint. Fruit tuberculate. Stem mostly sharply 4-angled. Leaves obovate. Of wide range. Emarginatae. Leaves elliptical or lance-oblong. Argentine. Argentinae. Stem not 4-angl...