CHONANTHELIA | FRULLANIA. Ay 
Perianthia subimmersa anguste ovato-oblonga, basi tetragona, deinde ad 
apicem subtruncatum usque 12-plicata. 
Fr, Riojanetrensis, Raddi, cum nostra convenit foliolis magnis interdum 
integris (multo rarius autem), differt florescentia monoica ; caule duplo 
breviore ; foliis suborbiculatis, lobulo integerrimo basique rotundato ; 
bracteis fere semper integerrimis ; et perianthiis tetraquetris (nee pluri- 
plicatis).—F. Arece, Spreng., diversa est floribus monoicis ; foliolis majo- 
ribus semper distincte emarginatis, auriculis baseos magnis ; foliis lobu- 
lisque integerrimis ; bracteis apice cucullato solo paucidentatis ; &c.— 
Ff. ringens, 8., habitu tenuiore, folii lobulo basi 1-3-dentato (czetero 
margine integerrimo); foliolis ovato-orbicularibus, longioribus quam 
latis, emarginatis ; bracteis minoribus longe dissitis, laciniis 3 utrinque 
juxta bracteolam interpositis—F. sphwrocephala, 8., foliolis orbiculatis 
emarginatis profunde cordatis ; bracteis maximis in spheeram congestis, 
— solum dentato ; perianthio solum supra medium pluriplicato, longius 
istat. 
4, FRULLANIA SPHHROCEPHALA, Spruce. (Tas, I.) 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in sylvis montis Azuay, alt. 3000", e ramis 
pendula. 
# 1:4x1°2, 13x1-0; lob ‘8, ¢ 3,3; fi 10x10, “8x8; br 4-55 per 
3°5 x 2:0™™, 
Caules sub 6-pollicares laxe czspitosi pendulique, pinnati, pinnis dis- 
- tantibus breviusculis raro pinnulatis. 
Folia e viridi fuscidula subdissita, raro parum imbricata, patula apice 
decurva, oblongo-rotunda, basi semicordata; lobulus vix duplo 
brevior, cauli subcontiguus parallelusque, angustus, lineari-oblongus 
galeatus erostratus, deorsum in laminam planam vel subtortam pro- 
ductus ; cellulz parvee subzequales, pariete incrassato, 
Foliola distantia foliis subdimidio minora orbiculata fere plana, basi 
profunde cordata, auriculis vix imbricantibus, apice minutissime 
acute emarginata. 
Flores dioici: Q pauci, in caule ramisque primariis terminales. Bractezo 
sub 3-juge, foliis abrupte plus 3plo majores, flavidee paleaceze ven- 
tricoso-concavee, apice conniventes, in involucrum globosum arcte 
imbricate ; intime alte connate, lobis acutis subdentatis, lobulis 
paulo minoribus bracteolzeque segmentis plus minus acuminatis in- 
cisisque, lacinulis seepe interpositis ; exteriores liberee, plus minus 
incise, bracteolis magnis ovatis acuminatis profunde laciniatis, 
laciniis acuminatis sinubus gibbis. 
Perianthia immersa obovato-pyriformia subrostellata, basi tetragona, 
supra medium 10-12-plicata, plicis obtusis corrugatis, ore demum 
plurifida. 
Involucris maximis globosis paleaceis et perianthiis pyriformibus 
supra medium solum pluriplicatis, bene distincta species, 
5. FRULLANIA RINGENS, Spruce. 
Hab. in devexis montis Chimborazo, alt. 1200™, ad arborum ramulos, 
Heleox tt, I1x1-0, lob -6,*¢ J; f* 10x 9, 9x8; br 25; per 
SAI5) SQA Dees 
Elata pendula subcespitosa rufo-badia vel cuprea. Caules 3~-6-polli- 
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