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TAB. XVI. 



ANEMIA ADIANTIFOLIA (3 Asplenifolia. 



FILICES.— Osmundace^. Er., Kaulf. Schismatopterides. Willd. 



Cjen. Char. ANEMIA, Sw. Capsulce ovatae, vertice radiatim striatae, in spicis compositis uni 



lateralibus dispositae, basi adfixae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Indusium nullum. Kaulf. 



Div. Spica pedunculatm geminatce ad basinfrondis. 



Anemia adiantifolia ; fronde bi-tripinnatifida triangulari, laciniis ovato-cuneatis apice denticulatis 



subtus rachique pubescentibus, stipite glabro. 

 a. fronde tripinnatifida, laciniis acutis. 



Anemia adiantifolia. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 157. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 94. 

 Osmunda adiantifolia. Linn. Sp..Pl.p. 1520. 

 Osmunda filiculaefolia major. Plum. Fil.p. 135. t. 158. 

 Lunaria elatior Adianti albi folio duplici spica. Sloane Jam. v. l.p.Jl. 

 /3. asplenifolia , fronde bipinnatifida, laciniis obtusis. Tab. XVI. 

 Anemia asplenifolia. Sw. Syn. Fil.p. 157. 

 Osmunda asplenifolia. Lam. Dict. v. 5. p. 652. 



Hab. In India Occidentali. Insulis Bahamensibus. D. Swainson. /3. In Dominica. Lamarck 

 Jamaica. 





Radix caespitosa, fibrosa 5 fibris ramosis. 



Var. (Z 



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Stipes 4 — 6-uncialis, erectus, glaber, hinc sulcatus, basi nigricans, superne pubescens. 



Frondes 3 — 5 uncias longae, ovatotriangulares, bipinnatifidae, pinnis lanceolatis, pinnulis ovato-cuneatis, coriaceis 



tenuissime venosis, nitidis, inferioribus nunc bilobis, apice obtusis denticulatis, superne glabris, subtus rachi- 



que breviter pilosis. 



Spicce compositae, bipinnatifidae, pedun culatae, geminae, ad basin frondis insertae, laciniis angustis, pilosis, hinc 



capsulis tectae. Pedunculi magis minusve pubescentes. 



Capsulce obliquae, ovatae, sessiles, hinc gibbae, reticulatae, pallide fuscae, paulo infra apicem r adiato-annul atae, extus 



longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Semina parva, sphaerica, sub summa lente reticulata. 

 Fig. 1. Portio spicae a dorso visa. f. 2. Ejusdem pars superior. f. 3. Capsula. f. 4. Eadem dehiscens. 



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f. 5. Semina: — magn. auct. 



We received our specimens of this plant from Jamaica. They entirely accord with the Anemia 

 plenifolia of Swartz ; and we are of opinion, with Willdenow, that it can only be considered a 



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triety of the A. adiantifolia. 





