434 LOPHOCOLEA. 
divaricato-bilobis, segmentis trifidis—ad spicas ¢ sepe 4-5-fidis ; cum 
autem flores nulli aderant forsan dioica erit, itaque diversa species. 
11. LopHOCOLEA PYCNOPHYLLA, Spruce. 
Hab. In M. Guayrapurina Andium Peruvie supra truncos putridos, socia 
L. Martiand. 
F1:25x10; ¢ dy; f™ 65x 6; br 18; br* 14x75 per 40x°75, caps 
xX om. 
Robusta, olivacea, late repens; Caules 2-pollicares vage ramosi, ramis 
sterilibus elongatis matrici arcte adherentibus, fertilibus brevibus 
ascendentibus. 
Folia opposita confertissima, basi ultra 4 latitudinem imbricata, ovato- 
oblonga stbtriangularia, marginibus subrectis perpaulo rotundatis, 
apice lato fere recte truncata, angulis in spinulam 3-4-cellulas longam 
vix patulam productis ; cellule majuscule subleptodermes, 6-gone, 
paulo elongate, fere vacuee. Folia tota longitudine sese imbri- 
cantia, ipsa basi ad ? lat. usque, apice perpaulo sed distincte obtecta 
nec dissita, 
Foliola foliis vix duplo breviora, quadrata, recurva, apice breviter (vix ad 
4 usque) dentato-4-spinosa, cum foliis utrinque alte connata (nec in 
caule decurrentia), spinis erectis subparallelis. 
Fl. monoici; ¢ terminales sine innovatione ; bracteze 2-3-jugz, interiores 
foliis submajores, apice magis profunde bidentate, margine antico 
medio l-spin, postico 3-4-spine ; bracteola lato-ligularis v. sub- 
cuneata, apice 2-5-(seepius 4-)dentata, hiuc cum bractea breviter 
connata. 
Perianthia alte emersa, foliis 3-4plo longiora, fere linearia, acute triquetro- 
prismatica, vix subalata, ore profunde 3-loba, lobis apice bitidis 
utroque margine laciniis 2-4 subulatis (spe implexis) armatis. 
Infra fl. 2 oritur ramulus brevis parvifolius apice masculus ; bracteze 
paucijugee, laxee, foliis sensim sat minores, monandre. 
A. L. Martiana differt foliis confertissimis apice brevissime bicornibus ; 
foliolis quadratis apice solo breviter recte 4-spinis; perianthis subexalatis. 
The ¢ ramuli—mostly solitary, sometimes two, opposite or alternate 
—spring either from the very base of the perianth, or from just beneath 
the bracts, or 3 or 4 leaves lower down ; but I have never seen a pro- 
liferous Q innovation. 
12. LopHocoLEA PYCNORHIZA, Spruce. 
F 13x10, 12x °8; ¢ py; f* 4x5; br 28x18; br 10 x05 per 
AO xX Lon: 
Hab. M. Campana et Guayrapurina Andium Peruvie, in truncis putridis. 
Rufo-badia in plagas densas prostrata ; caules 1-14 pollicares parum vage 
ramosi, subtus radiculis numerosissimis flexuosis longis arctissime 
adherentes implexique. 
Folia opposita dense (ultra 4) imbricata, decurvula, ovato-rectangularia- 
trapezoideave, recte truncataretusulave, angulis rotundatis—rarissime 
altero angulo in spinulam 1-3 cell. longam protracto; cellule medi- 
ocres, fere wquilateree, subconformes, leptodermes, endochromio opaco 
latiuscule annulari intus cinctee. Ad ramos tenues parvifolios sub- 
inde adveniunt folia truncato-bidenticulata. 
