PLAGIOCHILA. 489 
decurrentia, postica caulem vix obvelantia; cellule majusculie 
oblongo-hexagone. 
Foliola parva caule velata, subquadrata, irregulariter plurifida; hic illic 
autem, juxta ramorum basin praecipue, advenit foliolum majus ovato- 
lanceolatum ciliatum. 
Flores 9 terminales, raro innovati. Bracteze foliis vix majores, orbicu- 
latee creberrime ciliate. 
Perianthia alte emersa, maxima, cupulari-campanulata, multo latiora quam 
longa, basi inflata, ore rotundato vix obliquo compressa laciniato- 
ciliata. 
Obs. Folia paulo latiora, ciliis magis concinnis fimbriata, quam in icone 
Gottscheana, |. c. ; cum ejus descriptione autem bene quadrat. 
50. PLAGIOCHILA DIVERSIFOLIA, Gottsche ? 
Mex. Leverm. 47, t. 7 et 15. Pl. palmuleflora R. S. Mst. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, prope Pallatanga cordilleree occidentalis, alt. 
1800™, ad fruticum pedem in rivuli ripis. Prope Loja legit G. E.. 
MassEE; in Andibus Granatensibus Linpia ; in Mexico LIEBMANN. 
F325 1°75; cg; per 3°75 x 45mm, 
Caules subtripollicares, nigrescentes, laxe implexi, 3-5-ies dichotomi, 
angulo furcarum subrecto vel divergente, subinde etiam parce alter- 
natlm ramosl. 
Folia pallide viridia tenuia subdissita horizontalia convexiuscula, dimidi- 
ato-ovata, apice subtruncato sub 4-spina, margine antico recurvo in- 
tegerrima vel 1-2-ciliolata, basi longe oblique decurrentia ; postico 
5-9-ciliata, ciliis parvulis sursum directis ; cellule mediocres sub- 
equilatere pellucide. F. ramea subrhomboidea argutius incisa. 
Ramuli fertiles simplices, apice clavato-incrassati, in perianthii basin 
sensim dilatati. Bractee unijuge, perianthio dissite, foliis haud 
majores apice autem magis protunde incise. 
Perianthia late spathulata, latiora quam longa, nuda, complanata, alte 
bilabiata, labiis dentato-laciniatis, laciniis a basi lata sensim acumi- 
natis. 
Obs. Perianthiis forma palmule lusoriz, ramulo clavato insidentibus 
quasi-stipitatis, species insignis. Cum descriptione cl.,Gottschei haud 
perfecte quadrat, eandem speciem esse tamen censeo. Fructum matu- 
Tum nondum examinavi, fide Gottschei autem, 1. c. “elateres solidi 
MONOSPIRI! Sub microscopio speciem edunt, ac si fibra flava unica circa 
baculum flavum spiraliter convoluta esset.” 
51. PLAGIOCHILA XANTHOCHROMA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad arborum ramulos prope Bajos (R. 8.); In monte 
Pichincha (JAMESON). 
F 30x 1-25, 3°5x1°73 ¢ dy—y™™ 
Tenuis flavida, emollita aquam cito flavo-tingens, Caules e caudice brevi 
repente radicelloso tripollicares, rubescentes, flabellatim dichotomi, 
ter quaterve furcati, furcis rectangulis, ubique eequaliter foliosus. 
Folia alterna imbricata horizontalia late patentia, duplo vel fere triplo 
longiora quam lata, faleato-semiovata ex alis late recurvis canali- 
culata (in sicco convoluta et ad speciem dissita), basi decurrente 
