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..».»..... DESCRIPTION 
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“CALAGUALA MEDIANA; 
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| “Acrostic” “HO KOSARO' a La 
A. TF Pootadileea, lanecolato-linearibus: integerrimis; fructiferie 
angustioribus encase Flor, Nemes, edend, cum Icons > 
_ Plant—Ceespitose. ise? ; aroented res demain? 
‘Root—Horizontal, ompind: ER re about two feet long, 
of the thickness: of a finger, furnished» with, numerous slender; 
fibres; surrounded: by»theistipes, which mutually fold over each 
other, so as to form a cord or braid, of a dark grey polcer writhis: 
out, and a dark tawny within. . 
Fronds—Numerous on the whole ciroamitenee of the root, 
and erect by means of the upward curvature of the stipes dis- 
posed in two rows, linear-lanceolate, very entire, slightly undu- 
fated on the margins, scarcely juicy, rigid, smooth and shin- 
ing, and with the mid-rib carinated on both sides of the frond, 
sharper on the posterior side. Sterile fronds flat, more than half 
a yard (vara) long, fertile ones narrower, almost double the 
length, at first revolute and carinated, afterwards straight and flat, 
