TAB. LXXIX; 





BOTRYCHIUM 



LANUGINOSUM 



FILICES. 



OpHiOGLossEiE. Br., Kaulf, Spreng. Stachyopterides. Willd. 



Gen. Char. BOTRYCHIUM, Sw. 



Capsula distinctae, in spica disticha composita, respectu 



cujus transversim quoad insertionem longitudinaliter dehiscens. Br. 



Botrychium lanuginosum; scapo superne unifrondoso, fronde ovato-deltoidea bipinnatifida, pinnis 



ovatis inciso-pinnatifidis dentatis, bulbo lanigero. 

 Botrychium lanuginosum. Wall. MSS. 



Hab. In India Orientali (Nepalia?). Wallich. 



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Radix e fibris plurimis, longis, simplicibus, carnosis, crassis, superne bulbifera. 

 Bnlbus ovatus, subsquamosus, apice lanigerus. 



Scap 



uncialis, erectus, teres, flavo-viridis, basi nigro-fuscus, frondem infra apicem gerens 





Fro?is, circumscriptione, late ovata fere deltoide 



3—4 uncias longa, bipinnatifida, glabra; pinnis inferioribus 



remotis segmentis iterum pinnatifidis, superioribus coadunatis, omnibus ovatis inciso-dentatis, dentibus acutis. 

 Spica composita, pinnata, pinnis distichis vel secundis. 



Capsulce plurimae, sessiles, flavo-fuscae, ad unum latus spectantes, sphaericse, glabra, demum transversim dehis- 



centes. 



Semina pallide flavescentia, viridi-punctata. 



Fig. 1. Portio frondis. f. 2. Capsulae. f. 3. Semina: 



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magn. auct. 



The name of lanuginosum appears to have been given to this species by Dr. Wallich in conse- 

 quence of a woolly substance which is attached to the upper part of the bulb ;'but this does not 

 appear very distinctly on our specimens, which have been communicated by the Honourable the 





East India Company. In general aspect, the plant has much aftinity with the North American 



ut there the frond is placed much lower down upon the stem or scape, and the 



B. dissectum 



foliage is much more compound or divided. 



