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13. FRULLANIA LEPTOMITRA, Spruce. 
Hab. Ad pedem Andium Quitensium, secus fl. Bombonasa, in arboribus 
super Fr. replicatam parasitans. 
# 9% G5, lob evol “6x35, c J 5~f* 5x5, -55%°45 5. br 16; per 
Oe Ose aol x 10mm: 
Pusilla viridis, dein fuscidula, flaccida. Caules 2-pollicares prostrati 
vage ramosi, ramis 9 assurgentibus. - 
Folia subimbricata late patula subplana oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, basi 
antica subcordata caulem parum transeuntia, inferiora rotundata 
obtusatave repanda integerrima, superiora sxepe apiculata acuminu- 
latave apiceque serrata; lobulus sat magnus erectus svepissime 
evolutus ovatus acutus, raro apice alte uncinato-galeatus-cucullatusve, 
dimidio infero zequilatus (vel parum latior) late acinaciformis sub- 
planus lobum late transiens ; cellule subparve, annulo opaco intus 
cinctz, pariete subincrassato. : 
Foliola vix duplo  breviora orbiculata, superiora cuneato-ovalia, 
subplana, apice ad 41~-} obtuse bidentata, dentibus acutis spe 
conniventibus. 
Flores monoici: ? in caule ramisque terminales. Bracteze plurijugze 
laxze decurvo-subsecunde, intimee foliis fere duplo longiores patulee, 
lobis anticis ovatis acuminatis serratis vel subspinosis, lobulis paulo 
angustioribus revoluto-canaliculatis, ineequaliter bifidis vel saltem 
spina externa auctis, segmentisque bracteole bifidse utrinque 
breviuscule connate paucispinosis.—Bractez exteriores 5—6-jugee) 
sensim subminores, lobis lobulisque acuminatis serratis ; bracteolis 
subliberis cuneato-ligulatis, apice bifidulis serratisque. In aliis 
stirpibus videmus folia plurima infrafloralia subapiculata apiceque 
subserrata, lobulo evoluto acuminato instructa, in bracteas sensim 
vergentia. 
Perianthia emersa ovato-linearia—interdum preelonga,fere ovato-subulata, 
—ex apice rotundato retusove brevirostria, subcompressa, alte obtuse 
plicato-pentagona, subinde, carinula una alterave utrique faciei 
adjecta, 7-10-carinata. Calyptra duplo brevior, pyriformis, tenuis, 
basin versus 2 cell. superne 1 cell. solum, crassa, demum bifide 
rupta. 
Amenta ¢ cauligena, folio axillari sepius breviora, compresso-globosa- 
oblongave, bracteis 3-5-jugis. 
Planta pulchella, forsan pro var. Fr. tenere insigni habenda, differt 
autem foliis longioribus plerisque apice acuminulato serratis, lobulo - 
seepissime evoluto (in Fr. tenera fere constanter apice galeato) ; foliolis 
brevius bidentatis, superioribus subcuneatis ; bracteis minus alte connatis 
subspinoso-serratis ; preecipueque calyptra basin versus solum 2 (nec 6) 
cellulas crassa. 
14. FRULLANIA ARIETINA, Tay]. Mst, 
G. L. et N. Syn. Hep. 413. 
Hab. Per sylvam Amazonicam et Andes inferiores (vix supra 500™ 
ascendens) haud infrequens, ad arbores cultas nusquam ab habita- 
tionibus remotas : San Carlos del Rio Negro, ad Crescentiam Cujete 5 
Tarapoto, ad Erythroxylon Coca; &c. 
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