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Amenta ¢ rami apicem mediumve tenentia ; bracteze foliis consecutiva, 
sensim minores, 3-4-juge, equitantes subsequilobee. 
Obs. Folium a basi ad }-4 ejus longit., i. e. ad sacculi insertionem 
usque, plica perangusta (pro lobuli parte basali habenda) auctum. 
Cellule subpellucidze, utriculo seepe collapso lineari sinuato, medize Ay™™ 
long, axiales omnes elongate, ceeteree marginem versus multo minores 
(2>-z40™) subrhombe, ocelli basalis magnz magis pellucidee. 
45. FRULLANIA COMPSOTERA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad fl. Pastasa superiorem, alt. 1500™, in arbusculis, 
supra alias Frullanias repens. 
7x5, lob “2; c 3; f* 35 x °35; br 15 x "75, br 1°25 x °6; per 1:65 x 
9; caps “65, elateres *4™™, 
Pusilla, e viridi rufescens. Caules }-1-pollicares prostrati debiles 
pinnati, ramulis plus minus microphyllis. 
Folia imbricata patula decurvula oblique ovato-rotunda mutica, rarissime 
subacuta, repandula; lobulus a basi ad lobi alt. 4 usque ad plicam 
angustissimam—medio processum triangularem proferentum, vel 
non—redactus, dein liber lobo triplo brevior clavato - oblongus 
incurvus, cauli parallelus vel plerumque suboblique ascendens, 
subinde evolutus lanceolatus; cellule pleraeque parvulee eequilateree, 
pariete ad angulos incrassato. 
.Foliola subimbricata foliis duplo minora subrotunda ad $ fere acute 
bifida, segmentis acutis, margine angulato-repanda raro utrinque 
unidentata. 
Flores monoici: 9 terminales. Bractee 5-juge distiche patule, arcte 
imbricat, sensim increscentes, intimz foliis duplo longiores com- 
plicatze ad medium fere bilobee; lobus ovali-lanceolatus acuminulatus 
subintegerrimus ; lobulus paulo brevior duplo angustior oblique 
triangulari - lanceolatus subacuminatus basi sepe subdentatus ; 
bracteola hinc breviter connata, anguste oblonga complicato-carinata 
ad 4 bifida, segmentis subacuminatis, integerrima vel utrinque 1- 
dentata. 
Perianthia subemersa pyriformia apice rotundato longius rostellata 
triquetra, faciebus lateralibus canaliculatis. Capsula in pedicello 
perianthio duplo longiore majuscula globosa pallide ruta, valvulis 
ovali-lanceolatis recurvo - patulis, intus papulosis et ab apice ultra 
medium elateribus elongatis unispiris obsitis. 
Amenta gcrebra cauligena, folio caulino duplo breviora, compresso- 
globosa; bracteze 3-jugee arcte imbricate concave, lobis subsemicir- 
cularibus ad apicem fere usque connafis. Adsunt bracteole. 
Fr. gymnotis Mont., proxima, folia habet orbiculata, superiora apiculata; 
bractearum lobulos serratos. 
Fr. subtilissima Lindenb. foliis duplo minoribus ovatis interdum sub- 
acuminulatis ; foliolis multo angustioribus lanceolato-oblongis ; lobulis 
bractearum incisis serratisve, distat. 
Frullania myosota Tayl. hb.! (in ins. Auckland, supra Madothecam 
arctissime repens, ab Hook. f. lecta), nostra aflinis, magis robusta est, 
valde ramulosa, ramulis plurimis microphyllis, paucis normaliter foliosis 
apice floriferis (2). Folia pellucida subrotunda valde concava mutica, 
lobulo parvo brevi-clavato distante valde obliquo. Foliola cuneato- 
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