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hine inde irregulariter anastomosantes ante marginem sahcal- 
losum desinentes in ramo antico soriferi; sori utringue ad cos- 
tam unigeriafi, eique magis approximati quam margini; indu- 
sium nullam. 
Polypodium dubium ß. Hook, spec. fil. V. p 15. et 
Hook. et Bak. syn. p. 313. partim, 
Ecuador (Spruce 5263.). 
Habitu Ph. platyphyliae Mett. var. laxae Kuhn (Phe- 
gopteris polystichope Wawra Brasil. p. 291. T. 10%. Po- 
iystichum laxum Wawra Oestr. Bot. Zeit. 1863. p. 143. t. 
spec. orig.), quae nervis liberis differt; dentes obtusae, obsenrae, 
ante marginem desinentes vetant hanc plantam pro formam 
bipinnatam Phegopt. dubiae Karst. quacum a cl. Hookero 
1. e. conjungitur habere. (K.) 
Phegopteris eximia Mett. 
Rhizoma deest; folia tenuiter chartacea, infra paleaceo- 
pilosa ; petiolus 1 longus cum rhachi paleaceus; paleae mem- 
hranaceae, tenerae, pallide rufescentes, ovato-lanceolatae, fim- 
briatae, aliae minores longius ac densius fimbriatae; lamina 
2‘ longa, ovato-lanceolata, bipinnatisecta; segmenta prima- 
ria laxe disposita hrevi petiolulata ad 7“ louga, elongata, 
sensim attennata, acuminata, inferiora sursum falcata, secun- 
daria numerosa, sessilia, e basi inferiore euneata, superiore 
oblique truncata, trapezio-ohlonga, acufa, recta s, subfalcata, 
ineisa s, obscure serrata; nervi steriles ad marginem fere 
excurrentes, fertiles abbreviati, sori plerique costae approxi- 
mai, terminales; indusium nullum, 
Aspidium biaristatum Thwait, Ceyl. p. 390. Hook. spec. 
fil. IV. p. 29 partim. 
Ceylania (Thwaites 3275.). 
Aspidio anomalo Thwait. proximum, quod segmentis 
