18 FRULLANIA. [ CHONANTHELIA 
cares flexuosi intricati, inferne vage divisi, divisiones elongate 
pinnate, pinnis subdistantibus simplicibus vel subpinnulatis. 
Folia inferiora vix contigua, superiora subimbricata, suboblique late 
ovato-orbiculata, apice decurvo-vel etiam involuto-cucullato obtu- 
sata, basi antica latissime semicordata, auricula semiorbiculata ; 
lobulus duplo brevior, cauli contiguus parallelusque, apice galeatus 
subrostratus, deorsum in laminam rectangulari-oblongam basi 2-3- 
dentatam, vel spina unica magna quasi-caudatam, longe productus ; 
cellulee subparvee fere conformes, pariete incrassato, 
Foliola paulo minora, dissita, ovato-orbiculata breviter anguste emargi- 
nata, dentibus acutis, basi profunde cordata, auriculis imbricatis, 
margine ubique plano. 
Flores dioici: @ in ramis longiusculis incurvis terminales. Bractez 
3-4-juge longe dissite decurvo-secunde, intime foliis duplo 
longiores, ad 4 alt. connate bilobs, lobis anticis subacuminatis 
parum cucullatis argute spinoso-dentatis, lobulis bracteoleeque ad $ 
bifide segmentis angustis tenui-acuminatis repandisve, laciniis 3 
acuminatis inter bracteolam et bracteas utrinque interpositis. Brac- 
teolz exteriores ovales bifidule parce spinoso-dentatee. 
Perianthia bracteis equilonga subovato-oblonga rotundato-truncata brevi- 
rostellata, ab ipsa basi 10-12-plicata. Calyptra obovata basin 
versus 6 cellulas, medium versus 4 cellulas, crassa, demum ad 
medium usque in valvulas 3 subzequales rupta, 
Obs. The leaf-lobule greatly resembles a slipper, covered only at the 
toe, or a lady’s stirrup. The female flowers are often very numerous, 
and, being borne on the ends of longish upturned branches, they give to 
the plant a chandelier-like aspect. The hooked secund bracts look like 
the lobed lip of some ringent flower. The outer bracts are gradually 
smaller than the innermost, and less toothed, and at about the 4th or 
5th pair from the perianth, the leaves are of the normal form, with 
saccate lobule and entire margins. 
6. FRULLANIA BLEPHAROZIA, Spruce. 
Hab. Pallatanga, Andium Quitensium, ad fruticum ramulos, alt. 1800™, 
F 16x12, 15x11, lob 8x5; css f* 9x8; br 4:05 0b7 as OERrner 
223 .xX die] nam, 
Mediocris, e pallide viridi ‘olivacea, laxe caspitosa. Caules 2-3-polli- 
cares flaccidi laxe subvage bipinnati. 
Folia ad 4 lat. imbricata horizontalia apice decurva, oblique semicordato- 
ovato-oblonga abrupte subacuta, subinde apiculata, raro obtusa, antice 
caulem transeuntia; lobulus duplo brevior, cauli approximatus 
parallelusque, oblongus, apice anguste oblique cucullatus (nec gale- 
atus), basi parum angustatus 2-3-spinosus lobum deorsum paulo 
transiens margine subrecurvus ; cellulee mediocres incrassatie, infe- 
riores medize subelongatee. 
Foliola vix duplo breviora ovato-rotunda anguste obtuse emarginato- 
bidentula, dentibus acuminulatis incurvo-conniventibus, apicem 
versus plerumque wutrinque 2-8-denticulata serrulatave, interdum 
integerrima, subundulata, basi breviter cordato-decurrentia, 
Flores dioici :?. @ terminales ; bracteee 5-7-jugee, decurve, intime foliis 
plus duplo longiores ad medium in excipulum connate ; lobis 
anticis oblique (v. semi-) ovali-lanceolatis acuminulatis apice in- 
