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Folia imbricata patenti-decurvula, cordato-ovata ex subacuto apice 
apiculata, basi valde inzequalia antice longius supra caulem descen- 
dentia et transeuntia, margine repandulo postico recurvulo; lobulus 
fere triplo brevior, raro  saccatus ovali-cylindricus, plerumque 
evolutus lanceolato-subulatus; cellule parvule elongate: flexuose 
subpellucidee, pariete incrassato. 
Foliola vix $ breviora late oblonga fere ad 4 bifida, sinu segmentisque 
acutis, basi utrinque in auriculam sinuato-crispam oblongam producta, 
margine toto anguste recurvo. 
Flores dioici:?in ramo primario terminales, semper fere innovatione 
ramosa suffulti. Bracteze conferts suberectze foliis longiores com- 
plicate ad 4 alt. bilobse; lobi antici lanceolati tenui - acuminati 
angulati fere integerrimi; lobuli parum minores caudato-acuminati 
basi laciniis 3 aucti; bracteola libera (bracteis inclusa imbricataque) 
oblongo-lanceolata complicato-carinata ultra medium bifida segmentis 
angustis sublaciniatis spinosisve. 
Fr. tubiflora 8. folia habet magis acuminata, bracteas (in ramo Q 
incrassato) dissitas homotropas haud caudato-acuminatas. 
Obs. The leaf subtending a branch is obliquely cordate—the antical 
auricle being slightly larger than the postical—and the lobule is repre- 
sented by two narrow lanceolate leaflets, whereof the outer is connate at 
the very base with the lobe and also with the inner and smaller leaflet : 
both are internal to the large lobe, or leaf proper. 
36. FRULLANIA TUBIFLORA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in valle fluvii Pastasa, loco Antombos, alt. 1500™, 
ad ramulos, cum Fr. Brasiliensi et strobilantha. 
F'-9x ‘5, lob -2,¢ g—-sb3 f* 6x4, 4x 2; br 20x14; br™ 1:9 1-25; 
per 35 x 1.3m™™, 
Subpusilla, e rufo-purpureo nigrescens. Caules 1} -pollicares arcte 
bipinnati, ramis brevibus. 
Folia subimbricata fere divergentia oblique ovato-lanceolata, basi anguste 
- semicordata, apice sensim vel subabrupte breviter acuminata ibidem- 
que spe angulata vel subdenticulata, margine supero anguste 
incurvo, infero recurvo; lobulus plus 4plo brevior cauli parallelus 
et subcontiguus conico-cylindricus, ore obliquo; cellule fere minutulee 
elongate flexuoso-rhomboidee, pariete valde incrassato, plures inferi- 
ores multo majores. Folia ramulina sensim multo minora, eorum 
lobulo tamen caulinorum eequimagno, apice sepe distincte serrulata. 
Foliola } minora subimbricata subappressa, oblonga (ramea angustiora) 
-@ margine toto anguste recurvo ad speciem rectangularia, basi 
breviter biauriculato-cordata vix sinuata, apice ad vel ultra } sub- 
obtuse bifida, segmentis acutis. 
Flores dioici: 9 in ramo superne incrassato terminales; bracteze 5-jugee laxie 
decurvo-secundee (folia Sendinere haud male simulantes),intime foliis 
duplo longiores ovatze valde concave vix ad $ bifidee, segmentis haud ~ 
longe sed acutissime acuminatis repandulis, postico sat minore 
inzegualiter bilobo vel medio margine spina aucto; bracteola late ovalis 
ad medium fere bifida, segmentis tenul-acuminatis integerrimis. 
Perianthia alte emersa, foliis fere 4plo longiora, cylindracea levissima ex 
apice rotundato rostellata, demum breviter 5-fida. 
Fr. macrocephala L. et L. perianthia (ac im nostra) ecarinata-ovata vero, 
nec cylindrica—habet; foliis longe acuminatis primo visu differt. 
TRANS. BOT. SOC, EDIN. VOL. XV. G 
