50 FRULLANIA. [ THYOPSIELLA 
37. FRULLANIA BRASILIENSIS, Raddi. 
Crypt. Brasil. in Mem. di Modena, t. xix. 
Hab. In Andibus Quitensibus et Peruvianis sylvaticis, alt. 1000-2500, 
sat frequens, ad arborum et fruticum ramos. 
F 10x ‘6, lob 1°5, ¢ Ao—gy; f'* 65 x 5; br 1°5; per 2°75 x "75™™, 
Elata rufescens stratificata, procumbens y. ex p. pendula. Caules 3-6- 
pollicares bipinnati v. pinnatim decompositi. 
Folia subimbricata, angulo fere recto divergentia, subplana v. caviuscula, 
e basi obliqua semicordata (auricula antica circinata) oblonga, apice 
rotundato apiculata; lobulus 4plo brevior cauli contiguus cylindricus, 
sepe evolutus subulatus canaliculatus ; cellule subminute opace, 
pariete incrassato, subbasales medize multo majores discolores v. fere 
concolores. 
Foliola haud 2plo breviora contigua late oblonga basi sinuato-con- 
stricta longiuscule auriculato - cordata—vel subsagittata—apice ad 
4-4 alt. bifida, segmentis apiculatis cucullato-recurvis, margine 
toto anguste valide recurvo. 
Flores dioici: 9 terminales; bracteze 3-4-jugze, intime f. caulinis dimidio 
majores suberectee parum ineequilobe, acuminulatee vel solum acutee 
apiculateeve, lobis anticis dente uno alterove spinulosis, lobulis cum 
bracteola plus minus alte connata parce spinuloso-dentatis lacini- 
atisve. ; 
Perianthia bracteas fere duplo superantia, basi rufa apice albido-viridia 
flavidave, e basi conica cylindracea ecarinata, ex apice turgido 
rotundato longirostria, demum ore plurifida. Calyptra basin versus 
6-cell. crassa, superne sensim tenuior. Capsula globosa exserta. 
Pedicellus cellulis pluristratis conformibus constans. 
Amenta, framigena folio axillari longiora compresso-globosa, basi foliis 
paucis rudimentariis stipata; bracteze propriz sub 6-jugee arctissime 
equitantes subopposite, fere dolabriformes subturgidee aequilobe, 
Antheridia bina majuscula tenuissime pedicellata. Bracteole lineares 
bidentate hinc v. seepe utrinque bracteis connate. 
Obs. In montibus totius Americ tropicee valde abundat. Fr. Brasili- 
ensis; in planitiebus mullibi (quantum scio) invenitur. Varietates 
innumeras cognoscimus; sequentes tres ipse legi. 
Var. cylindrica (Fr. cylindrica Gotts.) subvar. Lindigii Gotts. Hep. N. 
Granat. 77. Folia ovata ovatove-oblonga, apice valide decurvo 
subobtuso minute apiculata. Foliola submajora fere orbiculata. 
Bractez svepe basi liberze, bracteolaque margine laciniatee. Perianthia 
apice demum 3-5-fida. Hab. Andes Quit. juxta fl. Pastasa, loco 
Loca del Rio Verde. Cum exemplaribus Novo-Granatensibus a Lindigio 
lectis, in herb. amicissimi Lindbergii asservatis, perfecte congruit.— 
Forma heterocalyx adest perianthiis maturis fructiferisque, aliis ultra 
bracteas vix emergentibus, apice v. etiam fere a basi obtuse trigonis 
triplicatisve sensim rostratis, aliis (in eadem stirpe) forma cylindrica 
elongata normali. Talia perianthia abbreviata pro more in caulis 
apice corymbose congesta sunt. 
Var. elegantula 8. Tenella eleganter bipinnata, vel magis elongata ramis 
paucioribus ineequilongis. Folia semicordato-ovata ovatove-oblonga 
apice parum decurvo acuta obtusave—nunquam apiculata, Foliola 
basi perobseure biauriculata. Flores @ ad ramos ramulosque superi- 
ores terminales, creberrimi; bractearum lobuli bifidi sublaciniati— 
