TAB. X. 



TllICHOMANES LUCENS. 



FILICES. — Gyrat^. Br. PoLYPODiACEiE. Kaulf. Filices verae. Willd. 



Gen. C 



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TRICHOMANES, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsulce sessiles, receptaculo com 



muni cylindraceo insertae, intra Involucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore 

 frondis. Br. 



hiante, textura 



Trichomanes lucens ; subhirsutum, frondibus sub-bipinnatifidis pinnis horizontalibus lanceolatis 



acutis, laciniis brevibus sub-bidentatis, stipite rachique alatis. 



?c. v. 3. p. 1734. Syn. Fil. p. 143. Willd. Sp. PL 



Trichomanes lucens. Sivartz. Fl. Ind. O 



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v. 5. p. 506. 



Ad latera umbrosa cavernarum montium Jamaicse. Sw. In monte Sancti Andreae, 



. In Demerara, Americse Meridionalis. C. S. 



H AB . 



Insulae Sancti Vincentii. Rev. L. 

 Parker. 



Caudex repens, fibrosus, primum paleaceus, demum nudus 



Stipes 3 



-uncialis, basi teres, pilosus, senectute nudus, superne prsecipue alatus. 



Frons palmaris ad pedalem vel sesquipedalem, anguste oblongo-lanceolata, pellucida apice attenuata, sub-bipinna- 



tifida. Pi?mce horizontales, approximatae, oblongo-lanceolatse, magis minusve acutae, venosae, reticulatae, 

 venis nunc, et margine, hirsutis, laciniis rotundatis, brevibus, obtusis, bi-tridentatis. 



Sori in partem superiorem frondis, et ad apicem pinnarum, in singula lacinia. 



Indusium urceolato-cylindraceum, immersum, ore subcompresso truncato. 



jReceptaculum indusio triplo longius, filiforme. 



Capsulce ut in Tr. alato. 



Semina sphaerica. 



Fig. 1. Pinnae portio cum soro. 



f. 2. Pars receptaculi, cum capsulis duabus. f. 3. Capsula. f. 4. Semina 



magn. auct. 



Trichomanes lucens varies much in size. Our specimens from St. Vincent are generally from 

 six to ten inches in height, while those brought to us from Demerara on the continent of South 



America, by our valued friend C. S* Parker, Esq 



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rly two feet in length 





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