46 FRULLANIA. [ THYOPSIELLA 
31. FRULLANIA BICORNISTIPULA, Spruce. (Tas. II.) 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad pedem montis Tunguragua juxta fl. Blanco 
ostia et in montis Chimborazo devexis occidentalibus, alt. 1500™, in 
arborum ramulis. 
F23x1:3, 20x11, lob 15-2, ¢ dy; f'* 15x20, 1-4 x0Seeie ae 
br! 2°25 x1:0; per 2.0 x "75™™, 
Elata pendula olivaceo-virens rufulave. Caules 3-6-pollicares im- 
bricati bi-tripimnati, ramis dissitiusculis. 
Folia imbricata divergentia subplana oblique semicordato-oblonga vel 
subovata abrupte cuspidata, apicem versus paucidentata, angulata, 
vel integerrima, basi antica caulem longe transeuntia, postica 
sinuato-lobulata, margine toto lenissime recurvula; lobulus pre- 
minutus folio 12-15plo brevior, cauli subcontiguus parallelusque, 
basi in calcar breve seepe productus ; cellule parvule subelongate 
opace, pariete incrassato intus 6-sinuato, subequimagne, infime 
sole cxteris multo majores discoloresque. 
Foliola imbricata maxima, latiora quam longa, reniformi-orbiculata, 
rotundata, retusula vel late subemarginata, ex utroque sinus angulo 
cilium corniforme #™, longum, cellulis 7-8 uniseriatis conflatum, 
rectum v. curvatum, proferentia, fere planissima, solum juxta basin 
canaliculatam amplexantem margine recurvula. 
Flores dioici: 9 crebri, ad ramos primarios, raro ad secundarios, nun- 
quam ad ipsum caulem, ramulo abbreviato constantes, quasi-laterales. 
Bracte 5-6-jugze, suberectee conferte, intimeze foliis paulo longiores 
brevissime connate ad 3 bilobe, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis 
equilongis, postico angustiore, ipsa basi ciliis paucis longis ornate, 
dein brevi spatio integree, ad lobos profunde inciso-dentatie ; bracteola 
longe cuneato-oblonga ultra + bifida, eodem modo ae bractez inciso- 
dentata basique ciliata ; br. inferiores sensim minores liberze minus 
dentatee, lobulo tamen evoluto, infima minuta sola nonnunquam 
saccifera vel etiam ad solum sacculum redacta.  Pistillidia 2. 
Perianthia immersa, inferne rufa apice pallida, fusiformia tricarinata 
sensim rostellata brevia, demum trifida. Calyptra subglobosa tenuis, 
dimidio inferiore 2 cell. crassa. Capsula globosa, stratis cellularum 
duobus conflata. Elateres a medio valvularum ad apicem usque 
sparsi, persistentes elongati utrinque truncati late unispiri, plerumque 
nudi, folliculo dissoluto. Sporee maxim, elaterum diametro 4plo 
latiores, flavee angulatee pulchre rufo-tuberculate, tuberculis humili- 
bus erebris eequidistantibus. 
32. FRULLANIA FORMOSA, Spruce. 
Hab. Ad pedem Andium Quitensium orientalem, secus fluvium Bom- 
bonasa, in arborum ramulis. 
FOX 7, 0b 1D, ¢ ays fe OX efor Loo 
Elata rufo-badia horizontaliter patula. Caules 3-pollicares tripinnati, 
frondem triangulari-plumeeformem sistentes. 
Folia arcte imbricata, subplana, apice decurvula, valde oblique oblonga 
abrupte acuta interdum minute apiculata, basi antica profunde 
semicordata (auricula subrotunda); lobulus minutus  conico- 
cylindricus cauli proximus et subparallelus, sepe evolutus lanceo- 
