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interdum fere «qualiter 4-fidi; bracteolee segmenta integerrima vel 
sublaciniata. Perianthia iis F, brasiliensis conformia, apice demum 
sub 8-fida.—Hab. in montibus Chimborazo et Azuay.—Pro specie 
propria fere habenda. 
Var.! robusta 8S. Elata rufo-badia-nigrescensve. Folia submajora apice 
fere cucullato minutissime apiculata v. sepe mutica. Bractese 
integerrimz vy. subspinulosze. Perianthia alte emersa fusiformi- 
cylindrica apicem latum versus obscure trisulea.—Hab. in monte 
Tunguragua. 
38. FRULLANIA CLOSTERANTHA, Spruce. 
Hab. In fl. Pastasa ripis, ad fl. Verde ostia, alt. 1400™, ramicola. 
F 8x ‘55, lob °35, ¢ 35, f ramea ‘5, lob 15; f -6x°45,-7x°55; br 146— 
2°05; per 4:0 x 1:0™2. 
Plantz graciles 1}-3-pollicares, facie Ir. Brasiliensis var. elegantule, 
concinne bipinnate et in frondem latam expansive. 
Folia subimbricata planiuscula vel concava divergentia, oblique semi- 
cordato-oblonga-ovaliave, ex abrupto apice apiculata—ramea apiculo 
longiore cuspidata ; lobulus fere semper explicatus subulatus, raro 
{ramulorum) conico-cylindricus erectus folio plus triplo brevior ; 
cellulee parvee, pariete incrassato. 
Foliola sat magna (=folii {—2) obovato-oblonga, basi anguste hastatim- 
cordata, margine toto valide recurvo, apice ad 3-4 bifida, segmentis 
reeurvis apiculato-acutis. 
Flores dioici: 2 terminales. Bracteze 3-4-jugee arcte imbricata concave, 
is Fr. Brasiliensis sat similes, intime cuspidato-acuminatee paucispine, 
lobulo inqualiter bifido; bracteola cum altera bractea leniter 
connata—vel seepe adnata, nempe intra ejus marginem eidem adfixa— 
ovali-lanceolata, ad 4 fere bifida, subspinosa, segmentis acuminatis. 
Perianthia primum subinclusa demum alte emersa, foliis 4-5-plo longiora, 
tenui-fusiformia, haud teretia sed valde obtuse trigona, apicem sensim 
rostratum versus magis distincte trisulca, demum ore 4-8-fida. 
Calyptra plus duplo brevior, inferne cellulis 4—5-stratis conflata. 
Pedicellus sat longe exsertus, demum (capsula globosa evacuata) 
deflexus. 
Obs. Anne eadem ac Fr. triquetra L. et G. Syn. Hep. 780, in Mexico 
lecta; que tamen nomini male respondet, quum perianthia haud 
“triquetra” descripta sunt, sed “ovata apice valde attenuata, dorso ad 
apicem vel sulcata vel obsolete carinata ventre obtuse unicarinata.” 
Eperianthii forma, caule simpliciter pinnato, ete. diversam speciem 
censerem.—Fr. Triane G. Hep. Novo-Granat. p. 79—a cl. auctore in- 
complete descripta—differre videtur foliis breviapiculatis, et bracteis 
solum apiculatis—nee cuspidato-acuminatis, ac in nostra.—Fr. Bey- 
richiana, foliis margine postico recurvis—nec toto ambitu incurvis, 
facile distincta. 
Var. hylonoma S.—F 1:0x ‘7, lob °3; f -65 x °55, -4x ‘32°; br 13x °45; 
br’ 1:2 x -6™".—Elatior pendula 3-6-pollicaris tripinnata. Folia 
majora, brevius apiculata, lobulo pro ratione minore semper fere 
evoluto. Foliola foliis duplo fere breviora oblonga basi sinuato- 
biauriculata. Bracteze minores quam in typo, lobulis idem ac 
bracteolze segmentis laciniato-ciliatis—In monte Abitagua sylvee 
Canelos, ad arbores, sterilis. 
