TAB. XXXIV 



HYMENOPHYLLUM 



MARGINATUM. 



FILICES. — Gyrat^. Br. 



Polypodiace^. Kaulf. Filices verae. Willd. 



Gen. Char. HYMENOPHYLLUM,$m. 



Sori marginalcs. Capsula sessiles, receptaculo com 



muni cylindraceo insertge, intra Involucrum bivalve, textura frondis, valvis planis, exterius 



liberis. 



Br. 





Hymenophyllum marginatum; frondibus erectis di-trichotomis laciniis linearibus obtusissimis 



subundulatis marginatis integerrimis, involucris terminalibus solitariis rotundatis, marginibus 

 incrassatis integerrimis. 



Hab. In Nova Hollandia, prope Port Jackson, inter Muscos. Fraser. 



Cauclex gracillimus, filiformis, pilosus, repens. 



v 



Stipes duas tres lineas longus, erectus, filiformis, basi pilosus. 



Frondes pollicares, sesquipollicares, di-trichotomae, membranaceae, pulcherrime reticulataa, areolis minutis rotunda- 



tis, costatae, basi attenuatae, laciniis linearibus, subundulatis marginatis, integerrimis, apice, frondium sterilium, 



ohtusis, fertilium emarginatis. 

 Sori in sinu, ad apicem laciniarum, solitarii. 



hivolucrum rotundatum, bivalve, valvis subconvexis reticulatis integerrimis, marginibus incrassatis pulcherrime 



rubris. 



Rcceptaculum filiforme, involucro brevius, apice liberum. 

 Capsidce rotundatas, compressae, peltatae, annulatae, annulo integro. 



Fig. 1. Plantae: 



magn. auct. 



magn 



f. 



Frons, cum portione caud 



f. 



Frondis apex cum soro. f. 4. Capsula 





At first sight, and with the eye unaided by a mieroscope, this plant has very much the appearance 



of Trichomanes lanceum ; but a more careful examination will show 



to b 



very distinct 



genus : the involucrum here being completely that of a Hymenophyllum, and the margin wants 



the cilise of that pl 



— being furnished instead with a thickened marg 



We have only received specimens from Mr. Fraser, gathered in New Holland, and, we b 

 the neighbourhood of Port Jackson. 



