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222 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 28<br />
Phoradendron karuaianum Steyermark, sp. nov.<br />
Frutex paras<br />
it icus furcatus, ramis oppositis pseud odichotomis vel<br />
cymosis teretibus, ad omnes nodos cataphyllis suffultis; internodiis<br />
3-4 cm. longis; cataphyllis late deltoideo-triangularibus supra nodos<br />
0.5-2 cm. insertis; foliis oppositis paullo falcatis vel symmetricis<br />
la nee ola to-elliptic is vel elliptico-ovatis basim versus et ad apicem<br />
sensim attenuatis, laminis 5-8 cm. longis, 1-3.5 cm. latis, in stato<br />
sicco minute ruguloso-verruculosis, palmatim 3-nervosis basinerviis;<br />
nervis inconspicuis non elevatis; petiolis 2-4 mm. longis alatis;<br />
spicis axillaribus ad nodos plerumque solitariis tenuibus 2-3 cm.<br />
longis, 1.5-2 mm. crassis cataphyllorum, jugis 3 et articulis 3 tenuibus<br />
gerentibus; pedunculis 2-3 mm. longis; articulis 3 et 5-8 mm.<br />
longis, 12-16-floris, prophyllis superne minute papillatis; floribus<br />
2-seriatis: masculis minoribus, in diametro 1-1.1 mm. ad quoquem<br />
articulura infra flores foe rain ineas; foemineis raajoribus, in diametro<br />
1.5-1.7 mm.; baccis oblongis laevibus 4 mm. longis, 2.5 mm. latis.<br />
Type in herb. Chi. Nat. Hist. Mus., collected in dense forest at<br />
base of Cerro along Rio Karuai, Ptari-tepuT, state of Bolivar, alt.<br />
1220 m., November 27, 1944, Julian A. Steyermark 60659.<br />
Local name:<br />
"atapi".<br />
This is an exceptional species, belonging to the Dichotomae<br />
group, and apparently related to P laxiflorum Ule of Amazonas,<br />
Brazil, from which it differs in its thicker, longer, less-pointed<br />
leaves and more densely-flowered spikes. From P. Jenmani Trel. it<br />
differs in the pointed leaves and more densely many-flowered<br />
spikes. Furthermore, from some members of section Chrysocarpae it<br />
differs from P. haitense Urban in the broader, shorter blades, oblong<br />
fruits, and more densely-flowered spikes.<br />
It is well characterized<br />
by the combination of densely-flowered slender spikes, the flowers in<br />
two ranks, the oblong fruits, and the palmate ly-nerved thickish<br />
leaves.<br />
Phoradendron ptarianum Steyermark, sp. nov.<br />
Frutez parasiticus, ramis oppositis dichotomis teretibus dioicis;<br />
cataphyllis tantum ad nodos basales ramulorum 1-jugis sterilibus late<br />
deltoideo-triangularibus, 1.5 mm. longis, supra nodos 1.5-4 cm. insertis;<br />
foliis oppositis crasso-coriaceis paullo falcatis ellipticolanceolatis<br />
vel oblanceolato-oblongis basi angustatis, apice rotundatis<br />
vel obtusis, laminis 7-10 cm. longis, 1.5-4 cm. latis, in sicco<br />
minute ruguloso-verruculosis aereo- vel olivaceo-viridibus, marginibus<br />
plerumque albicantibus, penninerviis, nervis lateralibus inconspicuis;<br />
petiolis 12-25 mm. longis; spicis axillaribus ad nodos<br />
nonnullis olivaceo-viridibus, 1.2 cm. longis, 2-2.5 mm. crassis, cataphyllorum<br />
jugis 3-4 et articulis 4-5 gerentibus; pedunculis 2-3 mm.<br />
longis; articulis 4-5 et 5-6 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis, clavatis, 24-30-<br />
floris, floribus masculis (tantum visis) verticillatis 6-seriatis trimeris.