integri vcl incilio hiantcs, apice fissi, int. rudimentarii,
membrana angusta emarginata pallide lutea.
li. b rc vifulia Sctiinip. in litteris.
Vairia, Alexico, Pico dc Orizaba, alt. 12000';
L i c bma n ii.
Locum ex auctore tenet inter B . strictam ct ith y -
phyllam. A congeneribus omnibus perist. interno impcr-
l'octo jam refugit.
3 6 b. 18. C o s ta r ic e i is is C. Alidi.; hermaphrodita; B.
patenti simillima, seti folia inulto breviora, sicca parum
crispata, c basi laxe elongate reticulata pellucida tenera
angusta longa apice rotundata subito in subulam canaliculatam
maxime opacam, margine revoluto et dorso max
iine scaberrimam, serrulatam producta, nervo carinato
excurrente subulam superiorem totam percurrente; perieli,
magis crccta; thcca in ped. longiusculo innovaiiones autem
v ix superante laterali inclinata turgide globosa vulde
plicato - corrugata, minutius reticulata.
Patria. America centralis. Costa Rica, in reg. montosa
inter 5000 — 8000 ped. clevationis, inter Dicruna ab
A. S. O e r s t e d 1848 mens. Fcbr. lecta specimen legimus.
36 c. B. f la v ic a n s Alitten (Lond. Journ. of bot. 1851.
p. 55!); hermaphrodita, laxe cespitosa, ramosa, ramis
strictis dichotomis viridibus et flavescentibus; folia caulina
c re cto-patentia, madefacta stricta, sicca appressa, e
basi subquadrata laxa superne dilatata crccta subito in
subulam lanceolatam reflexiusculam minute areolatam clilo-
ropliyllosam producta, margine minute serrulato, dorso
papillis minutis aspero, nervo lato subulam superiorem
totam fere occupante; perieli, basi latiora laxius reticulata;
theca iu ped. elongato rubro globosa sulcata microstoma
aurantiaca, opere, convexo - conico ; perist. simplex
externum, f .
Patria. Propo Quito: W. J a m e s on.
Habitu B . pomi/ormis, sed B. ithgphgllae, patenti ct
robustae affiuior, diffcrt autcm ab omnibus bisce congencribus
foliis brevioribus; a B . patente ct iihgphylla perist.
simpliei, a B . robusta inflorcsccntia jam distat. Colore
partium fcrc oniuium primo adspectu distinguenda.
N o n s a t i s n o t a c .
38. 18. r o b u s t a Hook, et Wils. I. p. 49.5. — Dioica ;
tbeca in ped. breviuscuìo erecta globosa majuscula, siccitate
sulcata (gymnostoma?), opere, breviter conico-rostellato
subobliquo luteo.
FI. Antarct. I. p. 133. t. 59.
Patria. Insula Campbclli: J. D. l l o o k e r .
b. Brevipedunculatae.
44. 88. b r e v i f o l i a Brid. II. p. 737!
B. Ma l le v i Mont. in C. Miill. Syn. I. p. 498!
Sectio IV. E u b a r t r a i n i a C. Miill. — Caulis dicliotome divisus;
folia stricta erecta, neo vaginata nec plicata, minute arcolata.
A. Crispatae.
a. Longipedunculatae.
45b. B. c amp y lo p u s Scbimp. (in litteris!); folia c basi
lanceolata longe aristata; pericb. longissima; omnia scabra,
margine serrata; tbeca ia ped. arcuato subglobosa;
caetera B . pomiformis.
Patria. Alexico, Pico dc Orizaba, all. 12000':
L i e bm a n n .
Habitus B . pomiformis var. crispae, seti pedúnculo
arcuato primo intuitu distinguenda, medium inter B . po~
miformem et Uallerianam tenens.
b. Brevipedunculatae.
46. B. J am e s o n i Tayl. I. p. 500.
Mentiente Mi t tenio ad B. v i r id i s s imam pertinet, quod non cre-
dimus !
Sectio V. Orc n d eU a C. Mtìil. — Caulis fastigiatim divisus;
folia lanceolata complicato - carinata, margine maxime revoluta w c i-
sioidea, quadrate a r eo la ta , sublaevia.