TAB. CXVI. 



K 



PTERIS 



AURICULATA 



FILICES. 



Gyrat^. Br. 



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PoLYPODlACEiE. Kaitlf. 



Filices veree. Willd.^Spreng 



Gen. Char. PTERIS, Linn. Sori lineares, marginales, continui ; capsulis 



sertis. Involucrum marginale, continuum, scariosum, intus liberum. 



nvolucri 



Pteris auriculata 



frondibus pinnatis, pinnis brevissime petiolatis 



gulari 



vel basi sursum auriculatis inferioribus subrotundis, stipite rachique tevissimis nitidis 



subtrilob 



Pteris auriculata 



Thunb. FL Cap. ed. Schultes 



Swartz 



Sy 



Fil 



2. p. 733. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 365 



p. 103. Spreng. Syst. Veg 



Schlentend. Adumb. Pl. t. 22 

 Adiantum auriculatum. 



4. p. 71. Sieber Sy 



Fil 



8 



Thmib. Prodr. Fl. Cap. p. 173 



Hab. Ad Promontorium Bonae Spei. Thunberg; Villette; Thom; 



Radix caespitosa, e fibris numerosis ramosis subpilosis. 



Stipes brevis, vix duas uncias longus, erectus, flexuosus, atro-purpureus, longissimus, nitidus 



Frons palmaris usque ad spithamaeam, circumscriptione lanceolata, pinnata. Pinnce alt* 



Mund; Carmichael. 



* 



plerumque sub 



remotae, forma mire variantes ; inferiores subrotundae, integerrimae, obtusissimae, reliquae magis minusve 

 vel triangulares, basi utrinque vel sursum solummodo auriculataa, nunc obtusae. nunc acnt^ • 



& 



brevissime petiolatae, subcoriaceae, glabrae, supra intense virides, inferne pallid 



superiores mag 



oculo bene armato 



Rachis glaberrima, atro-purpurea 





Sori marginales, continui. 



Involucrum e margine membranaceo formatum, pallide fuscum, apice inaequaliter crenulatum, subundulatum 

 Capsula; numerosae, pedicellatae, annulo lato donatae. 

 Semina parva, globosa. 



Fig. 1. Portio pinnae cum soro. f. 2. 



Capsulae. f. 3. Semina: — magn. auct. 



At the time that our drawing was made, no figure existed of this species of Pteris ; but since the 

 engraving was executed, we find it represented in the last number of SchlentendaFs excellent 

 Adumbr ationes Plantarum; of which, however, the descriptions have not yet reached us. The four 

 numbers that we have seen are admirably illustrative of the Ferns of the Cape of Good Hope. 



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