494 PLAGIOCHILA. 
Perianthia emersa oblongo-campanulata, inferne turgida, ore truncato 
rotundatove compressa pluriciliata, ciliis 60-64, breviusculis sub- 
flexuosis, antice a basi ad 3 alt., vel ad apicem usque, spinuloso- 
alata. Capsula magna ovali-globosa in pedicello perianthium vix 
duplo longiore suffulta. 
A Pl. hypnoide et serrata diversa statura humiliore, teneritate ; a priore 
foliis basi minus dilatatis, margine minus argute serratis.—Planta Ama- 
zonica a Guayaquilensi paulo differt foliis infra medium parum latioribus, 
auricula basi ipsa calva, dentibus paucioribus (15-20) ; perianthio longiore 
ovato-campanulato antice suturd elevata percurso, vix tamen alato. In- 
terdum adjicitur bracteola magna cordato-orbiculata breviter bifida mar- 
gine spinosa. 
. 58, PLAGIOCHILA FLORIDA, Spruce. 
Hab. ad arborum ramulos fl. Ramos, flum. Amazonum tributarii, irrigatos. 
Ad arbusculas juxta rivulos Andium Peruvianorum prope Tarapoto. 
F 20x10; css; br 3-0; per 32x30; caps 13x 1:1™. 
Viridis tenella, caule 2-pollicares pluries (ad 7-ies) dichotomo, ramis 
brevibus paucifoliis, terminalibus floriferis, nulio flore in furcis. 
Folia subimbricata, apice solo dissita, basi breviuscule decurrente excepta 
angulo fere recto patentia, semicordato-ovato-ligulata, truncata— 
superne fere rectangularia vel rhomboidea, margine antico subrecto 
inferne recurvulo superne plano et infra apicem 1—2-dentato, postico 
apiceque ineequaliter spinosis, spinis omnibus 15-20 pungentibus, 
aliis brevibus aliis longioribus subulatis, ad auriculam depresso- 
sinuosam sepe tenuibus hamatis; cellule parvule subpellucide, 
superiores fere eequilateree subleptodermes, inferiores oblongo-hexa- 
gone, pariete subincrassato. _ Foliola nulla. 
Flores dioici: ¢ terminales. Bractez propriz bijugee, foliis dimidio 
longiores subundulatz, basi dilatatee, margine plurispine, aliis spinis 
prelongis subulato-acuminatis varie flexis. 
Perianthia subemersa campanulata, inferne turgida, apice compressa, antice 
sutura elevaté percursa (vix subalata), postice seepe profunde hiantia, 
ore bilabiata, labiis rotundatis laciniato-spinosis ; spinis paucis, 
magnis, omnibus sub 24 (dentulis 3 v. 4 utrinque ad rimam in- 
comptis) seepe per paria subdivergentibus. Pedicellus validus cel- 
lulas 10 ecrassus, cellulis tamen tenuissimis (ex siccatione ?) sinuosis, 
perianthium perpaulo excedens. Calyptra perianthio $ brevior 
angustiorque ovali-globosa, demum lacera, basin versus 2 cell. 
crassa, ipsa basi pistillidiis sterilibus obsita. Capsula oblongo- 
globosa valida 4-valvis—valvula una alterave swepe biloba—stratis 
3 v. 4 conflata, strato intimo tenui (cellulis helice incompleto faretis), 
exterioribus sensim subcrassioribus (cellularum parietibus internis 
distanter trabeculatis nodosisve). Elateres longiusculi subobtusi 
arcte bispiri. Spore minute tetraedro-globose leves. 
Pl. serrata (Roth) folia habet basi sublatiora, margine brevius dentato- 
serrata, involucralia preecipue et perianthii orificium multo tenuius 
armata. 
59. PLAGIOCHILA VENUSTULA, Spruce. 
Hab. Andes Peruvianos, in M. Guayrapurina. ad saxa et arborum 
truncos, alt. 900™. 
I 20% 1:0 2 ¢ ay : per 15x 1:0™™, 
