52 FRULLANIA. [ THYOPSIELLA 
39. FRULLANIA RIGESCENS, Spruce. 
Hab. In monte Lamas Andium Peruvie, alt. 750™, inter fruticulos ad 
terram saxosam. 
F 12x1-°0, lob 2, ¢ 4-sy; f'* °75x ‘8; br 18-20; per 30x 1-:0™. 
Elata badia sioaparacrehre rigidula dense suberecte czespitosa. Caules 
3-4-pollicares, 2-3-pinnati, ramis ramulisque valde ineequilongis, his 
seepe decurvo-squarrosis. 
Folia confertim imbricata semicordato-oblongo-rotunda apice decurvo 
obtusata minutissime apiculata, auricula antica magna margine 
crispa; lobulus posticus minutus (lobo 6plo brevior) semper fere 
evolutus subulatus, rarissime secus ramulornm apicem  saccatus 
conico-cylindricus ; cellule parvee, plurime basin versus majores 
discolores (,4,"™, flavide). 
Foliola majuscula imbricata orbiculata, basi abrupte angustata deorsum 
in auriculas duas parvas producta, apice ad } usque acute bifida, 
segmentis late ovatis acutis subapiculatisve, margine subrecurvo. 
Flores dioici : 9 terminales in ramo svepe brevi. Bracteze 5-juge confer- 
tissime appresse, intimee foliis sub-majores concavee subconnatz vel 
liberze, lobis ovatis acutis longe apiculatis spinulosis, lobulis (szepe 
bifidis) ut et segmentis bracteole magne ovate bifidee acuminulatis 
laciniatis, laciniis longissimis flexuosis. Bracteole exteriores bifidee 
dein profundissime laciniatze vel potius pinnatifidee. 
Perianthia alte emersa fusiformia, a basi ultra medium subteretia, superne 
obtuse 3-4-gona, vel melius 3—4- plicata, sensim in rostellum attenuata 
(i.e. apice subulata), demum 4-fida. 
Ramus § interdum elongatus, innovando 2-4-florus. 
Var. mollicula. Tenuior, mollior, magis zqualiter bipinnata. Folia 
- laxiora sublongiora. Bracteze pro more integerrime ; bracteola raro 
lacinia una alterave armata—In monte Campana, Lamas parum 
distante. 
FRULLANIA CLANDESTINA (M. et N). 
Lejeunea clandestina M. et N. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1836); Fruilania el. G. L. 
et N. Syn. Hep. 457. 
Hab. Rio Verde (Pastasa) ad frutices, cum F. Brasilienst. Planta ¢ sola. 
F9x'9, cts; f 75x85; lob f, :25™™, 
Elata valida e pallido rufescens, 4-5-pollicaris, bi- et sub tri-pinnata. 
Folia subimbricata oblique semicordato-orbiculata vel-subovato-orbiculata 
(tam lata quam longa) concava, margine toto incurvulo, apice sub- 
cucullata minuteque tenui- apiculata ; ; lobulus fere 4plo brevior cauli 
contiguus parallelus, semper saccatus ovalis; cellule parvee rhom- 
boideo-oblonge toto ambitu valde incrassate, intus 6-sinuatee, fere 
vacuze, basin versus paulo majores discoloresque. Lobulus nunquam 
evolutus, tectus.—Folia ramea longius apiculata, lobulo pro ratione 
majore ovali-conico ; omnia siccando convolutiva. 
foliola perpaulo minora oblato-orbiculata, basi lata cordata suberispula 
non autem sinuata, apice brevi-emarginata, sinu late triangulari 
obtuso, segmentis prelatis apiculato-acutis sed e margine toto re- 
curvulo mutica videantur, a basi ad apicem usque late unisulea, 
