48 FRULLANIA. [ THYOFSIELLA 
34. FRULLANIA STROBILANTHA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad fruticum ramulos secus fluvium Pastasa, 
infra Banos, alt. circiter 1500" ; Andes Peruvianos, ad arbores et 
rupes montis’ Campana, alt. 1200-1500™. 
F15x°8, lob 15-5, cay 5 fl* 10x ‘75 ; br 3-2 longer 5 per 35x 1'5™™. 
Caules 2-4-pollicares in cespitem densum seepe suberectum_ stratificati, 
bi-tri-pinnati, seepe plumeformes, ramis subdivergenti-decurvulis. 
Folia e pallide viridi rufo-badia, interdum albescentia, fere horizontalia, 
in sicco cauli plus minus circumyoluta, e basi cordata ovata suba- 
cuminata acutissima sepeque tenui-apiculata, integerrima v. apicem 
versus serrulata, margine infero toto recurvo, supero anguste in- 
curvo ; lobulus parvus cauli approximatus et subparallelus, fol. 
caulinorum semper evolutus lanceolato-subulatus canaliculatus, 
ramulorum saccatus breviter conico-campanulatus v. subeylindricus 
ore bifidus ; cellule parvee subelongatze, inferiores mediz longiores 
discoloresque. 
Foliola foliis dimidio breviora subimbricata ovato-oblonga, basi lata cor- 
dato-amplexicaulia, apice ultra 4 acute bifida, laciniis acuminatis 
acutis recurvo-hamatis, alis recurvis, toto medio carinato-canaliculata. 
Flores dioici: @ in ramo brevi longioreve terminales, sepe cum in- 
novatione. Bractes 3-jugze rufo-flavide paleaceze basi ventricoso- 
concave arcte imbricatee, apice squarroso-recurve, intime folia 
plusquam duplo excedentes, liber, subzqualiter bilobee, lobis 
breviuscule tenui-acuminatis integerrimis vel ad acumen serrulatis, 
interdum supra bracteze basin posticam lacinula aucti ; bracteola 
magna orbiculato-ovata acuminata, basi turgida, apice breviter 
bifida, laciniis tenui-subulatis serrulatis vel persepe integerrimis. 
Perianthia ovali-fusiformia inferne teretia supra medium obtuse trigona 
acuminata sensim longirostria (rostello solo sepe emergente), demum 
ab apice profunde 5-fida, laciniis lanceolato-subulatis apice sepe 
cohzerentibus. 
Andreecia in planta tenuiore creberrima, oblongo-globosa, folio axillari 
longiora ; bracteze 4-7-jugee iis Fr. Brasiliensis simillimee. 
Obs. I at first thought that this might be the true F’r. macrocephala L. 
et L. in Lehm. nov. et minus cogn. stirp. V., p. 20, but the description in 
‘Syn. Hep.’ p. 460 makes no mention of the large turgid chaffy bracts, 
imbricated so as to resemble a fir-cone ; nor of the fusiform perianth, 
tapering gradually into a trigonous beak, whose point barely peeps out 
from the involucre ; nor of the acuminate segments of the underleaves, 
which in the Synopsis are described simply as “ ovalia, bifida, laciniis 
revolutis.” 
35. FruLtuania Beyricuti, L. et Lindenb. 
Syn. Hep. 460. 
Hab, Andes Peruvianos, in M. Guayrapurina, alt. 900™, supra folia 
emortua filicesque: pl. ? sola, sterilis. Brasilia (Bryricn). Peruvia 
(Porpria). Silla de Caracas (Mortt2). 
F11x°75, lob °45, ¢ py 3 f* 8x °55 3 br 15; br* 12x oe 
Prostrata rufescens. Caules 3-pollicares nigrescentes, bipinnati, ramis 
late patulis (angulo axillari sub 80°), frondem lanceolatam sistentes. 
