40 FRULLANIA. | METEORIOPSIS 
Folia dissita cauli circumvoluta cordato-ovata, acuta apiculata vel sub- 
obtusa, basi fere symmetrica, auriculis rotundatis, postica submajore 
e sinu (cauli contiguo) lobulum folio 38ple breviorem erectum 
clavatum compressulum proferente ; cellule parve subconformes 
subeequilaterve, pariete incrassato, foliolorum pallide elongatze. 
Foliola foliis haud multo breviora pallida ovato-lanceolata, subacuta 
breviter (ad }) bifida, alis recurvulis, segmentis contiguis acutis 
subplanis. 
Flores dioici: @ laterales. Bracteze intime foliis caulinis subminores 
inequilobe, lobo ovali apiculato - acuto, lobulo ovato - lanceolato 
acuminato ciliato ; bracteola bracteis eequilonga laciniato - ciliata 
complicato-biloba, lobis lanceolato-subuiatis flexuoso-acuminatis. 
Perianthia semiemersa obovato-oblonga, subtriplo longiora quam lata, ex 
apice lato abrupte longirostria, demum trifida. Capsula globosa 4- 
partita vix emersa. 
Amenta ¢ ramigena, folio axillari duplo longiora oblonga compressula ; 
bractew 6-jugee arcte equitantes cymbiformes, lobis subeequalibus 
semilunato-obovatis ultra medium connatis. Bracteola unaalterave, 
parva biloba, ad amenti basin adest ; caters bracteole obsolete. 
A F. atrata certe diversa videtur habitu flaccidiore, colore sanguineo ; 
foliis majoribus haud acuminatis—interdum obtusis, cellulis mediis haud 
elongatis ; foliolis longioribus ; bracteis longe brevioribus, lobis haud 
acuninatis, lobulis ciliato-laciniatis ; preecipue autem perianthio ex apice 
lato rotundato longirostri. 
29. FRULLANIA PERUVIANA, Gottsche. 
G. L. et.N. ‘Syn. Hep.’ 465. 
In M. Guayrapurina Andium Peruvianorum, e rupibus arboribusque 
pendula, necnon in filice repens. “ Peruvia,” ‘Syn. Hepat.’ 1. ¢. 
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°85, rostellum 6 ; ¢ gy—-2A5™™- 
Caules usque ad 12 pollices longi, tenuissimi, in caespites magnos, pallide 
virides flavidosve pendulos imbricati, laxe bipinnati, ramulis sepe 
fere capillaceo-attenuatis. 
Folia dissita suboblique cordato-ovato-triangularia acuminulata apicu- 
latave acuta, basi antica caulem late transeuntia convolutiva, 
cterum subplana, vel margine lenissime recurvulo; lobulus 3plo 
brevior semper fere evolutus subulatus, raro saccatus subeylindricus 
cauli subcontiguus; cellule minutule subelongate flexuose pellucide, 
Foliola duplo breviora distantia oblonga (subduplo longiora quam lata) 
planiuscula, basi vix cordata, apice ad vel ultra 4 bifida, sinu segmen- 
tisque anguste triangularibus acutis. 
Flores dioici : 9 ramulo brevissimo constantes, seepe crebri. Bracteze sub 
5-jugee, interne foliis sat longiores suberectee profunde biloba com- 
plicatee, lobis omnibus tenui-acuminatis, anticis lanceolatis subinciso- 
serratis, lobulis imo longioribus duplo autem angustioribus, seg- 
mentisque bracteole angustee ad 4 usque bifidee complicate (basi 
cum altera bractea connate) laciniatis. 
Perianthia pallida ovali-fusiformia alte obtuse trigona sensim rostrata, 
rostello praelongo solo emerso. 
