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TAB. CXI 



INDS.EA 



ENSIFOLIA 



FILICES.— Gyrat^. Br. 



PoLYPODIACEiE. Kcilllf 



Filices verae. Willd., Spreng. 



Gen 



Char 



LINDSjEA, Dryand. Sori lineare 



margine paralleli saepiusque aproximati 



Involucrum ex apicibus venarum (una plurium) ortum ducens, exterius liberum 



LlNDS^E 



ifolia; glabra, frondibus pinnatis 



pinnis (paucis) petiolatis alternis 



ensifor 



mibus obtusis integerrimis basi attenuatis, soris marginalib 



Lindsaea ensifolia 



Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 118 & 137 



Enum. Fil. /?. 219. Spreng. Syst. Veg* 



Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 420 



Kaulf 



4. p. 79 



Pteris stricta 



Lam. Emyd. Bot. v. 5. p. 713. Sivartz. Syn. Fil. p. 96. JVilld. Sp. Pl. v. 5 



p. 370 



Adiantum ensifolium 



Poir. in Encycl. Bot. Suppl. v. 1. p. 139 



Hab. Insula Mauritii et in Madagascaria. Swartz ; Neraud; Carmichael. 



Cau&ex brevis, vix repens, squamoso-hirsutus, radiculas filiformes flexuosas ramosas fuscas emittens. 

 Stipes spithamaeus et ultra, erectus, strictus, fusco-viridis, nitidus, inferne badius, hinc canaliculatus. 

 Frons, in nostris exemplaribus, digitalis ad palmarem, circumscriptione oblonga, pinnata, pinnis paucis (5 ad 7) 



remotis, 3 



unciam 



gis, lineari-ensiformibus, costatis, venisque obscuris reticulatis 



omnino 



glabris, integerrimis, obtusis, basi in stipitem vel petiolum brevem 



marg 



Involucrum lineare, continuum, membranaceum, pallidum extus dehiscens. 



Capsulce sphericse, pedicellatae. 



Semina obtuse triangularia, subpellucida intense flava. 



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Fig. 1. Portio fructificans pinnae. fl 2. Sorus et involucrum. f. 3. Semina: — magn. auct 



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We are indebted to the Baron de Lessert for the opportunity of figuring this rare Fern, which 

 was gathered by Mons. Neraud in the Mauritius, the same country in which it was first discovered, 

 we believe, by Commerson. 



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