FLORAE ECUADORENSIS 
Auctore ALOISIO SODIRO S. J. 
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PTEEIDOPHYTA 
o. 1? Cyatliea Sm. 
1 Invulucro cupuliformi. 
A Caudice 2-4-metvaU, cum stipitibus breviter muricatis, squami lineari- 
lanceolatis obtecto, involucri margine post dehiscentiam aequali, in sicco denique 
scisso. 
l C. nitens sp. nov. ai^boi^escens; caudice 2-4 m. al- 
to, 12 ct. crasso, cicatricibus subellipticis signato; stipi- 
tibus dh 5 longis, subsemicylindricis, stramineis, a 
basi ad médium usque muricibus conicis dorso armatis, 
sursnm rachibusque dorso vix scabridis, squamisque lan- 
ceolatis subulatis, dorso castaneis margine albidis, basi 
supra diu persistentibus, sursum mature deciduis et to- 
mento furfuraceo obtectis, denique glabratis; frondibiis 
1,5-2 metr. longis, 6-7 dm. circa trientem superiorem 
latís, deorsum gradatim, sursum abrupte contractis, 3- 
pinnat\f\d\s, ápice pinnatifidis; rachi rachillisque supra 
tenuiter hispidis, subtus glabris, stramineis; pinnitlis pe- 
dicello 6-10 mm. longo instructis, 4-6 dm. longis, 15-20 
cm. latis, e basi leviter contracta lanceolatis, pinnatis, 
ápice pinnatifidis; subsessilibus, 7-10 cm. Ion- 
