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caulem longe excedentia, apice subangustato obtusa rarius rotundata ; 
lobulus duplo brevior cauli contiguus et subparallelus, dimidio 
supero alte galeatus, infero lamina oblonga canaliculata lobum haud 
superante constans ; cellule subparvee eequilaterze, pariete incrassato, 
inferiores paulo majores. 
Foliola dissita foliis haud duplo breviora ovato-orbiculata ad } emarginato- 
bifida, sinu obtuso, dentibus subacutis, basi e margine recurvo 
angustata, raro subcordata. 
Flores monoici: ? in ramo brevi, raro longiore terminales. Bractee 
bijugee, laxee, longius inter se dissitz quam folia caulina, recte 
patule. vel decurvee, profunde hilobie, lobo ovato sensim: acuminato 
repandulo, lobulo fere longiore porrecto ovato-lanceolato acuminato 
valde canaliculato, basin posticam versus 1-laciniate ; bracteola basi 
sola connata anguste oblonga apice bifida laciniis subulato-acuminatis, 
integerrima rarius subincisa, 
Perianthia vix emersa ovali-vel obovato-fusiformia alte tetraquetra ros- 
tellata, facie antica sepe sulcata, demum 4-fida, valvulis lanceolatis 
cuspidatis. Calyptra pyriformis tenuis, solum basi tubulari 2 cell. 
crassa, demum bivalvatim rupta. Capsula in pedicello brevi arcu- 
ante, e perianthio lateraliter emergens, globosa 4-loba. Elateres 
validi rubri unispiri. Spore majuscule. 
Andreecia axillaria compresso-globosa oligophylla. 
Var. Crossii. Submajor pallide viridis tenerrima. Foliola submajora, 
basi distincte cordata margineque recurva, dentibus apicis sepe 
apiculatis. Hab. juxta Popayau. 
Fr. tetraptera Mont. (Syn. Hep. 429) nostree subsimilis, differt preecipue 
lobulis basi truncatis. 
16. FRULLANIA SEMICONNATA, Lindng. et G. 
Syn. Hep. p. 776. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad arbores preecipue pomiferas, alt. 1500-3400™ ; 
prope Quito, alt. 3000™, in hortis, ad truncos ramulosque Amygdala 
Persice, Pyri Cydonia, preecipue vero Pyri Mali, haud infrequens. 
Peel 2 x 1:0, lob -b, ¢ fyi J 6X 6, 715 X75, Or 18; per 
30 x 1:37", 
Humilis subcespitosa e viridi badia. Caules 2-3-pollicares tenues vage 
subpinnatim bis ramosi, inferne denudati. 
Folia imbricata valde oblique rotundo-oblonga, basi antica profunde 
semicordata caulemque late transeuntia, e margine toto incurvulo 
concava ; lobulus plus duplo brevior saccatus late obovato-semiglo- 
bosus, ore truncato ; cellule parvee equilaterze, subbasales medize 
multo majores, flavide, pariete ad angulos lateraque incrassato. 
Foliola foliis dimidio breviora contigua obovato-orbiculata, margine 
basali recurvo, apice brevi-emarginata, sinu dentibusque acutis. 
Flores monoici: 2 terminales. Bracteze 2—3-jugee majuscule, intime 
in excipulum alte connate, lobis anticis patulo-recurvis obtusis 
apiculatisve, lobulis ovatis acuminatis segmentisque bracteole breviter 
bifidee angustioribus basin versus seepe lacinula una alterave auctis. 
Pgrianthia magna, foliis caulinis fere 3plo longiora a basi subangustiore 
rectangulari-oblonga tetraquetra subcompressa, rotundato-truncata, 
rostellata, facie antica latiore unisulea. , 
