3 FRULLANIA. [TRACHYCOLEA 
minor, suberectus cauli contiguus galeatus vel compresso-companu- 
latus ; cellule parvulee pallide opace, pariete sinuoso-incrassato, 
intus profunde stellate. 
Foliola contigua foliis haud duplo breviora oblato-orbiculata brevi- 
emarginata, sinu dentibusque acutis obtusisve, basi subangustata 
amplexantia. 
Flores dioici: Q in ramo seepe abbreviato terminales. Bracteze intime 
foliis diimdio longiores subpatule, lobo oblongo rotundato, lobulis 
bracteolaque angusta bifida connata laciniatis vel spinoso-serratis. 
Perianthia viridia semiemersa rectangulari-oblonga ex apice rotundato 
longirostria acute triquetra, antice obtuse 1-carinulata, facie tota 
(basi apiceque levibus exceptis), ad carinas preecipue squamulosa, 
squamulis pallidis foliaceis, subulatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, integris 
vel varie laciniatis. 
A F. laciniosa, Lehm.; ‘Syn. Hep. 415, insula Java oriunda, 
distincta lobulis parvis et perianthiis facie antica 1- (nec 3-) striatis. A 
F’. squarrosa Nees differt foliis dimidio majoribus vix obliquis, lobulis 
duplo minoribus ; foliolis pro ratione multo minoribus brevi-emarginatis 
(nec ad 4 usque bifidis) ; perlanthiisque dimidio longioribus squamosis 
(nec solum papillosis). 
24, FRULLANIA LATIFLORA, Spruce. 
Hab. Ad cataractam Maypures fluminis Orinoco in cortice. 
F 8x °66, lob -2-25, ¢c Jy; fle 4x °4, 5x55; br 9; bre 9x85 
(explanata) ; per 16 x 15mm. 
Viridis prostrata subimplexa ; caules pollicares vage ramosi. 
Folia (parum fragilia) imbricata, plus minus squarroso-recurva, oblique 
cordato-ovata rotundata; lobulus fere 4plo brevior cauli sub- 
contiguus galeatus (obtuse conicus v. extinctoriiformis) ore hori- 
zontali ; cellule pallidee sed opacee parvulee subconformes. 
Foliola contigua foliis fere duplo breviora obovato-rotunda ad } obtuse 
bifida, segmentis subacutis, subplana undulatave, basi margine 
leniter reflexa unde subcuneata videantur, integerrima vl 
(superiora (augulato-denticulata. 
Fl. dioici: 2 terminales; bracteze intime foliis c. vix longiores carinate, 
bifidee, lobo antico paulo majore obtuso, lobulo ovato-lanceolato sub- 
acuminato ; bracteola utrinque altiuscule connata, (lacinula una 
alterave in sinu) carinata bifida, segmentis forma magnitudineque 
lobulorum, 
Perianthia foliis fere duplo longiora albida obovato-orbiculata triquetra 
_carinis dilatatis compressis rudimentarie alatis, ala eroso-denticulata, 
ceterum levissima nec papillosa; facie antica vel convexula vel 
l-carinulata, postica loco carinee unice validee adsunt raro carine 
3 minores. 
I’. squarrosa, Nees, huic peraffinis, differt lobulis subduplo majoribus ; 
ore obliquo; foliolis multo latioribus dentibus apiculatis, et perianthiis 
oblongis tuberculosis. 
