TAB. LXXVI. 



HYMENOPHYLLUM BADIUM 



FlLICES. — Gyratje. Br. 



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Polypodiace^. Kaulf. Filices verae. Willd 



Gen. Char. HYMENOPHYLLUM, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsula sessiles, receptaculo 



communi cylindraceo insertae, intra involucrum bivalve, textura frondis, valvis planis, exterius 

 liberis. Br. 



Hymenophyllum badium 



fronde lanceolata bipinnatifida, laciniis lineari-oblongis obtusis integer- 



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rimis glabris, inferioribus bifidis, soris raris in lacinia inferiori, involucris rotundatis 

 Hab. In India Orientali. Wallich. 



Caudex repens, filiformis, gracilis, ramosus, intricatus, fibroso-radiculosus. 



Stipcs etiam filiformis, bi-triuncialis, superne alatus. 



Frons, circumscriptione, ovato-lanceolata, 4 — 5 pollicaris, bipinnatifida, segmentis primariis ovat 



lanceolat 



emarg 



laciniis lineari-oblongis, obtusis vel 



parvis. Coloi\ siccitate, fusco-badius. Costa fusca. 



non raro inferioribus bifid 



Textura frondis ex areolis 



Involucra rara, praocipue versus apicem frondium, in lacinia inferiore ad superiorem partem segmentorum, solitaria, 



terminalia, rotundata, bivalvia, valvis concavis, integerrimis. 

 Sori inclusi. 

 Capsulcc paucae, breviter pedicellatae, sphaerico-compressae, columellam brevem terminantes, annulo integro, ob- 



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liquo. 



Scmina angulata, et, ut videtur, ternatim congesta. 



Fijr. 1 . Pars frondis cum involucro f. 2. Portio laciniae. f. 3. Sorus. f. 4. Semina:— magn. auct. 



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Presented to us by the Honourable the East India Company, as discovered by Dr. Wallich in the 



Company's possessions, but 



without any specific name 



We have named it from the singular 



colour of the frond, which is common to all our dried specimens. 



