20 FRULLANIA. [CHONANTHELIA 
diversis laciniato-serratis ; lobulis bracteolaque magna ovali apice ad 
i bifida toto margine crispatis et longilaciniatis-ciliatisve. Bracteze 
exteriores in foliornm formam sensim transeuntes. Bracteola sexta 
suborbiculata margine crispata et plus minus dentato-spinulosa apice 
biapiculata ; septima subintegerrima foliolis conformis. 
Perianthia subimmersa compresso-cylindrica (rectangulari-oblonga) ros- 
tellata 12-plicata. 
Amenta ¢ pro more ramigena, folio axillari longiora, ovato-linearia ; 
bracteze 8-10-jugze parvulee arcte imbricatee, diandre. 
Var. crispa, §., foliis, lobulis, foliolisque margine pulchre sinuato- 
crispis, basi bispinosis. 
Obs. The long, almost teretely revolute laciniz of the bract-lobules, 
beset here and there with widely-spreading teeth, resemble elk’s-horns ; 
while the large, flat, sharp-pointed, and sharply-toothed (or spinose) 
antical lobes are widely different from the cucullate slightly-toothed 
bract-lobes of Fr. Arece. 
8. FRULLANIA AREC# (Spreng). 
Jung. Arece, Spreng., N. Entdeck. II1.,99 ; “ Frull. Ecklonii, Spreng.,” 
G. L. et N. Syn. Hep., 413 (nec Spreng. Syst. Veg. IV., 2, 324). 
Hab. In Andibus Quitensibus, alt. 1500-3000", haud infrequens ; 
Banos, ad pedem M. Tunguragua, in fruticum ramulis, cum Fr, 
hiante mixta; M. Guayrapata, inter Lejewneas serpens, &c. Per 
americam tropicam et australem ad Chili usque dispersa. 
F 20x20, 1°8x 1°55, lob 1°3X°5, ¢ ge—sh; f” 14x15, 12x13; br 
3°1-3°5 5 per 3°2 x 1°2, 3:0 x 1:1™™, 
Elata prostrato-stratificata, e viridi rufo-badia. Caules 2—5-pollicares 
flexuosi flaccidi pinnati et subbipinnati, pinnis brevibus ineequilongis, 
pinnulis seepe ad amenta ¢ redactis. 
Folia imbricata patentissima vel subdivaricata, cordato-ovato-rotunda, 
apice subcucullata, basi antica caulem late transeuntia ; lobulus vix 
dimidio brevior cauli subcontiguus ligulatus, deorsuam paulo ampli- 
atus, subplanus repandus, basi triangulari acutus vel subacuminatus, 
raro obtusus, lobi marginem paulo transiens, apice galeato-saccatus 
compresso-planus vel supra concavus (neque vertice inflato-unci- 
natus); cellule mediocres subsequilateree, pariete incrassato. 
Foliola imbricata foliis dimidio breviora, viridia, subplana cordato-orbicu- 
lata, paulo oblata, ad 4 alt. emarginata, sinu triangulari, apicibus 
acutis vel vix subacuminatis, auriculis baseos majusculis (=folioli 4) 
subrotundis, vel recurvis vel subplanis, contiguis vel imbricatulis. 
Flores monoici: @ in ramo (haud abbreviato) assurgente terminales. 
Bractese 4-5-juge laxiusculee decurvee, intime foliis vix duplo 
longiores in infundibulum preealte connate (antice tamen liberee et 
convolutive imbricata); lobis anticis late ovalibus cuspidatis apicu- 
latisve cymbiformi-concayis apice 3-pauci-serratis-denticulatisve ; 
lobulis inzequaliter bifidis, segmentis (idem ac bracteole anguste 
bifidee) caudato-acuminatis, plus minus recurvo-canaliculatis, rarius 
lacinula una alterave interjecta auctis. Bractese exteriores sensim 
minores apiculate subintegerrime, cum bracteola ovali-lanceolata 
apice anguste bifida minus alte connate. 
Perianthia cx involucri ore recurvo-hiante vix vel paulo emersa cylin- 
