LOPHOCOLEA. 429 
(5°0-5:5™™ longa) alata, alis angustis latioribusve valde spinoso- 
ciliatis, ore profunde trilabiata, labiis bifidis ciliatisque.—Tarapoto. 
Var. cephalantha, minor, vix semipollicaris. Bractese oppositie, foliis 
multo majores tenerioresque in capitulum ovale congest, intime 
utroque margine (basi precipue) laciniis longis hamatis armate ; 
bracteola vix diversa, bracteis basi connata. Receptaculum alte 
convexum pistillidia 36 vel plura gerens.—M. Campana. 
5. LopHOCOLEA CANELENSIS, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in sylva Canelos, ad saxa. 
BUS x U1; ¢ dy 3 f'* 55°43; br 2:1; brs 2:1 x ‘Emm, 
Flavo-viridis prostrata laxe implexa; caules 14-pollicares vage subramosi, 
ramis ? assurgentibus. 
Folia alterna patulo-decurva oblique ovata, apice subangusto bidentata, 
sinu lunulato, dentibus acutis raro subapiculatis ; cellule mediocres 
equilaterze leptodermes fere vacue. 
Foliola dissita foliis triplo fere breviora cuneato-quadrata vel sub- 
rhombea, ultra medium subacute bifida, segmentis subulatis 
acuminatis, sepius utrinque 1-spinosa. 
Fl. dioici: @ terminales, innovatione sepe suffulti; bractexe foliis 
dimidio majores, apice bifidee, marginibus late subrevolutis laciniate 
integerrimeve ; bracteola magna, forma varia, subquadrata, ad 
medium laciniato-trifida, vel oblonga et breviter bifida, margine 
grosse paucilaciniata. 
Perianthia (valde juvenilia) trialata, alis mediocribus laciniatis, labiis- 
que latis grosse laciniatis. 
A. L. blepharoptera (cui ramis 9 innovatis convenit) foliorum dentibus 
solum acutis nec longicuspidatis, alisque perianthii grosse laciniatis 
(nec crebre ciliatis) differt. 
6. LOPHOCOLEA ABERRANS, Lindenb. et G. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, juxta fl. Bombonasa, alt. 500™, in terra humida 
umbrosa etiam in truncis putridis. In Mexico legit LizpMan, 
Wr Os 6 ays fs 4 x25, 55x33. br 125%"; br* 1:25x« 6; 
per 2°6 x -gmm, 
Pusilla tenera pallide viridis; caules pollicares prostrati foliosi radicantes, 
ramos ascendentes subsimplices vel bis terve innovando-proliferos 
edentes. 
Folia per paria approximata subimbricata patentia oblique oblongo- 
subovatove-rotunda; apice lato retusa, angulis rotundatis, raro 
truncata, rotundata, tricrenatave, rarissime ad ramulos parvifolios 
acute bidentata; margine late recurva (unde ligulato-oblonga 
videantur); cellule mediocres eequilaterze leptodermes subopace. 
Foliola dissita, foliis subduplo breviora, subsquarrose patula, ovalia, 
paulo ultra 4 bifida, sinu rotundato, segmentis acuminatis, integer- 
rima vel basin versus unidentata, hine isthmo brevi cum folio 
subjecto connata. 
Flores dioici: @ terminales, innovatione prolifera semper suffulti. 
Bractez bijugze, intime foliis submajores, eadem forma sed magis 
recurve, integerrime vel repando-crenate ; bracteola squilonga, 
dimidio angusiior, lanceolato-ovalis breviter (ad 1-3) bifida, seg- 
