Transactions and proceedings . riangularemrhombiformemve expansi. Folia viridia, interdum tlaveutia vel olivacea, rarius rufula, alterna im-bricata patentia, late semiovata, raro subsemicordata—caulina tamenfere semiorbiculata—marginibus basi valide recurvis revolutisveparum decurrentibus, antico fore recto apice rotundato exceptointegerrinia, postico apiceque spinuloso-denticulata, dentibiis 10-12brevibus insqualibus; celluke parvulfe ajquilaterse ramulina longe minora angustioraque, oblonga vel subobovata,superne vel apice solo j^aucideuticulata sjjinulosave. Flores $ in ram
Transactions and proceedings . riangularemrhombiformemve expansi. Folia viridia, interdum tlaveutia vel olivacea, rarius rufula, alterna im-bricata patentia, late semiovata, raro subsemicordata—caulina tamenfere semiorbiculata—marginibus basi valide recurvis revolutisveparum decurrentibus, antico fore recto apice rotundato exceptointegerrinia, postico apiceque spinuloso-denticulata, dentibiis 10-12brevibus insqualibus; celluke parvulfe ajquilaterse ramulina longe minora angustioraque, oblonga vel subobovata,superne vel apice solo j^aucideuticulata sjjinulosave. Flores $ in ramulorum apice insidentes, raro innovatione bijugae, foliis ranmlinis jiroximis duplo longiores, pcrian-thium arete amplectentes, basi posliea valde ampliatse, argutiusspinulosae. Perianthia subemersa, cuneato-campanulata, basi turgida gibba, supernecompressa, bine (raro utrinque) alata vel semialata, ala integerrima,ore subobliquo spinosa, spinis confertis flexuosis. TtW/s Brt Scr Ediii Vol. XV: XVIi. ssee adnal, del. sc. PiA&IOCHJLA HYLACCETIS. Mrnteni Bros vmp __J Plagiochila. 487 Var. Peruviana, rufescens, foliis subdissitis siccando tam recurvo-coii-strictis ut liiiearia viderentur. In Andibus Peruvise orientalibus, adarborum truncos in In this species, all the leaves, of both stem and branches, havethe margins so strongly recurved at the base that they seem cuneate,and the general outline of the leaf obovate, whereas when ilattened outthey are found to be widest near the base, obliquely ovate, or semi-ovate, rarely semicordate. In the variety Peruviana the whole plant hasa rufous tinge ; the leaves are rarely at all imbricated, and in drying themargins are so strongly rolled liack that the leaves seem widely-set andlinear ; yet when expanded by moisture their form and toothing are notsensibly different from those of the typical form. A plant gathered on Mt. Campana has regularly, though laxly, pinnatestems, with sometim
Size: 1230px × 2032px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookpublisher, booksubjectbotany
