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26 FRULLANIA. [cCHONANTHELIA 
F 1-0x°8, 9x °8, 8x °62, lob 6x °3, ‘5x ‘25, ¢ A; fl 6x°75, 5x5, 
4x5; br 1°75—1°5 5; per 2°5 x 1:0, 2°0 x -8™™, 
Pusilla, magnitudine F’r. dilatate, virescens olivaceave, prostrata. Caules 
pollicares vel longiores, vage vel subpinnatim ramosi, implexi. 
Folia subimbricata, oblongo-vel ovato-rotunda, planiuseula, apice decur- 
vulo rotundata, basi subsemicordata ; lobulus majusculus cauli sub- 
parallelus et parum dissitus, dimidio supero alte galeatus (e vertice 
arcuato tubuloso-inflato decurvo proboscem, vel arietis cornu, simu- 
lans), infero angustior in laminam subrhombeam lobi margine sub- 
conterminam protractus haud raro perfecte evolutus subplanus ovato- 
triangularis obtusus acutusve; cellule parve pellucide, pariete 
incrassato, basales perpaulo majores. , 
Foliola subdissita foliis vix duplo breviora orbiculata, breviter (ad 4-4) 
emarginato-bifida, sinu subobtuso, dentibus acutis, margine plano, 
basi amplexante parum cordata. 
Flores monoici (paroici): @Q in ramo brevi longioreve terminales. 
Bracteze 2-3-jugee, intime foliis sat longiores in excipulum obpyra- 
midatum ore recurvo-patulum coalits, subinzequilobie, lobis anticis 
ovatis apiculatis serratis, raro integerrimis, lobulis (interdum bifidis) 
necnon segmentis bracteole breviter bifidee acuminulatis parce 
dentatis incisisve, vel fere integerrimis. Bracteze exteriores sensim 
breviores breviusque connate. 
Perianthia subemersa oblonga compressula 4-quetra, facie antica latiore 
obtuse 2-3-carinulata, raro faciebus lateralibus etiam posticaque 
carinulatis, rostello brevi ore subampliato. Calyptra pyriformis, 
basi 6 cell., medium versus 4 cell., apice 1 cell. crassa. 
Andrecia hypogyna—raro in ramuli 9 longioris basi ipsa posita ; 
bracteze’ ¢ 2-3-jugee foliis consecutivee, paulo breviores, aequilobe, 
diandree. Rami mere masculi rarissime adveniunt. 
Var. pluricarinata.—Laxifolia ; fol. lobulis plerisque evolutis ; foliolis 
interdum paulo magis profunde fissis; bracteis spinulosis; perianthiis 
7-10-carinatis-plicatisve-—Hab. ad San Carlos tl. Negro. 
Obs. In omnibus formis perianthii sectio trapezoideo-quadrangula 
semper invenitur, carinulis intercalatis multo minus elevatis quam 
quatuor carine primaric. 
Taylor would probably have included under his “ arietina,” not only 
the species above-described, but also Fr. tenera and gibbosa. I have speci- 
mens, gathered in Demerara by Dr Campbell, and named “ Fr. arietina” 
by Taylor himself, which are truly the normal form of Lr. gibbosa. 
15. FRULLANIA LAXIFLORA, Spruce. 
Hab, Andes Quitenses, in cordillera occidentali ad arbores pomiferas, 
loco Guatazi, alt. 2200"; in cordillera orientali juxta cataractam 
Agoyan supra saxa, alt. 1600™; ex Andibus Novo-Granatensibus, a 
cl. Ros. Cross lectam, varietatem pulchram habeo. 
F'1:1x9, lob 5-6, ¢ A5—py ; f* '7 x65 Or 15; per 15x 10=™ 
Humilis, strato tenui repens, atro-sanguinea, rufo-badia vel virescens, 
tenera. Caules 1}-8-pollicares pinnati, ramis laxis brevibus inter- 
dum pinnulatis. —. 
Folia dissita vel subimbricata convexa late cordato-ovata, basi antica 
