436 LOPHOCOLEA. 
In eodem monte Tunguragua advenit var. parvifolia, omnibus partibus 
duplo minoribus. Cilia foliorum sub sex, 6-8 cellulas longa. Perianthia 
vel omnino exalata, vel uno solo latere ala angusta brevi aucta, compressa 
nec trigona. 
Cum priore adest altera var., longispina, major, foliis longissime dentato- 
spinosis, seepius apice truncato-2-3-spinosis. Perianthia argute triquetra, 
angulis lateralibus late alatis spinosis, antico angustius alato.—Caules 
interdum sub flore terminali innovationes sub 4 produnt. 
Var. angustifolia, tenuior. Folia sat imbricata angustiora, fere 
rectangularia—vel, basi paulo dilatata, ovato-rectangularia, longispina; 
spinis 5-8, antica sepissime obsoleta, Foliola 5-partita, laciniis cilii- 
formibus inter se patentibus. Androecia in ipso caule, medio basive 
posita ; bracteze 5-10-jugee, basi antica incurvo-lobulate, apice ciliate, 
lobulo ciliolato.—Hab. Andes Quitenses in sylva Canelos ad truncos 
putrescentes; Chimborazo, ad ramos; Andes Peruvianos, in M. Campana, 
ad terram bumidam cum Sphagno Peruviano. 
14. LoPpHOCOLEA TRAPEZOIDEA, Mont. 
In Ann. Sc. Nat. 1843, p. 251, t. 8, f£-2.—Syn. Hep. 155. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in montibus Chimborazo et Azuay, ad arborum 
ramos. Ins. Guadalupa, in cortice (PERROTET). 
F 16x10 (x1:3, spints inclusis); ¢ ds; f'* °75x10; br 21x20; 
br? 1X 15 3 per 45x 2°3™™. 
Tenuis, laxe stratificata, rufo-badia. Caules 2-8-pollicares flexuosi 
paralleli parum ramosi. 
Folia opposita, contigua vel subimbricata, fere plana, ovato-oblongove- 
triangularia, apice subangusto truncato-2-3-ciliata, caetero margine 
fere toto—vel antico (recto) solum supra medium—ciliata, ciliis 
omnibus 8-10; cellulee majusculee subeequilateree, ad angulos paulo 
incrassatee, endochromio annulum tenuem constante. 
Foliola foliis fere eequilata, duplo breviora, utrinque folio connata, sub- 
dissita, subrotunda, ab apice ultra medium ciliatim fissa, ciliis 6-8, 
subulato-setaceis, 2 mediis suberectis, ceeteris patulis. 
Flores dioici: 9 terminales, innovatione nulla suffulti. Bracteze foliis 
majores recurvee, late oblique ovato-oblong toto margine spinoso- 
ciliatee ; bracteola brevior oblonga (spinis exclusis), ultra dimidium 
4-fida, laciniis lateralibus angustioribus divaricatis, toto margine 
distanter spinosa, basi cum altera bractea breviter connata. 
Perianthia altiuscule emersa, bracteas plus duplo superantia, ovata 
turgida, obscurissime trigona exalata, ore subconstricto brevissime 
3-labiata, labiis spinoso-laciniatis. 
Cum descriptione figuraque Montagnei bene quadrat, unica differentia 
perianthio exalato; quum tamen eandem variationem in L. columbica, L. 
bidentata etc. videamus, pro specifica haud habenda est. 
15. LopHOCcOLEA POLYCHA&TA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad fluvium Pastasa superiorem, locis Antombos, 
Mapoto, aliisque sylvee Canelos, ubi ad saxa umbrosa humida 
cespites latos depressos format. 
Fo15x1°5; cee ff 1:01:25; br. mt. 25x25; per 4x 3mm, 
25 
Caules 1-2-pollicares, suberecti, subsimplices vel parce ramosi, ope 
